Comparison

Luma vs Comparto

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Luma

Discover and host local events, from tech meetups to social gatherings. Easily create event pages, sell tickets, invite guests via SMS or email, and manage check-ins. Connect with other attendees and build your social circle.

Highlights
  • Event discovery
  • Event hosting
  • Ticket selling
  • SMS and email invites
  • Guest check-in
  • In-app chat with attendees
  • Beautiful event pages
Features
Currently charting
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DISCOVER EVENTS NEAR YOU Find popular upcoming tech, crypto, wellness, and social events around you. After registering for an event, you can easily share it with your friends or on your socials. At the event, pull up your event ticket or Apple Wallet pass for seamless entry. CHAT WITH (NEW) FRIENDS Don’t be that "Ugh, want to add me on IG / LinkedIn?" person. If you attend an event with someone, you can easily look them up and chat with them right from within Luma. HOST AN EVENT Host delightful events with ease. Create a beautiful event page, send email and SMS invites, collect registrations, and chat with your guests. With Luma taking care of reminders, ticketing, checking in and more, you can focus your full attention on the event itself. BEAUTIFUL EVENT PAGES You can create a beautiful event page in just a few seconds. Just choose a cover image, name, location and time for your event. We’ll take care of the rest. For cover images, you can choose from our fun gallery of party posters, bbq invites, happy hour photos and many more. SELL TICKETS You can create a new event, start selling tickets, and market your event all within Luma. It takes just a few minutes to connect your bank account and then you’ll receive next day payment as guests buy tickets. SMS AND EMAIL INVITES Now you’ve created your event — who is going to come? You can sync your contacts and easily send a mass SMS invite message. In addition, Luma makes it incredibly easy to invite past guests again and to send email invites. CHECK IN GUESTS If you want to track attendance, you can check in guests with our built in QR code scanner and check in system. Guests will be able to show their QR code to scan in — or you can look them up by their name or email. You can add cohosts to your event who can also check in guests and manage the event together. SUBSCRIBE TO LOCAL CALENDARS From running clubs to AI calendars, discover fun events and clubs around you. Keep up with their events and make new friends.

About

Comparto

Features
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Share something with a friend. A book, a jacket, a hug, a walk. Whatever you want. You hand it over and it stays between you: what it was, when, where. Then they share it with someone else, and what started between two people ends up being a conversation between many. Experiences are better when they are shared. Every shared thing has a conversation of its own. Everyone who lived it leaves their note, their photo, their voice message. A group that forms by itself around something that happened between you. You shared it and you think that was the end of it. It was not: someone is living it right now. When you share it you can leave a message, written or recorded, for whoever gets it next. WITH YOUR FRIENDS Follow your friends, see what they are sharing and join whatever is going around near you. You have things you have not used in years that someone could use today. Do not keep them. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.comparto.love/privacidad

Screenshots

Luma4 screens
Comparto4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Luma at none against Comparto's 2. Luma also leads on chart position (#112 vs unranked). Comparto's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Comparto sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Luma asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Luma ships an update every 5 days, Comparto every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Luma versus Comparto: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLumaComparto
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (20K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings20K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
Best chart rank#112 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size126 MB86 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperLuma Labs, Inc.Gaston Rivero

Bugs and requests

Luma

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Login screen freezes
  • Incompatibility with older devices
  • Inability to remove or leave group chats

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to save/bookmark events
  • Improved search and discovery options
  • Better guest management tools
  • Seamless calendar integration
  • Customizable event notifications

Comparto

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Luma

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Comparto

Subscriptions2
  • Comparto$4.991 Month
  • Comparto$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Luma free?
Luma is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Comparto free?
Comparto is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Luma or Comparto have ads?
Neither Luma nor Comparto shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Luma or Comparto?
Luma ships an update every 5 days, and Comparto every 4 days. Most recently, Luma was updated on November 9, 2026 and Comparto on November 6, 2026.

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