Comparison

Social* vs Donna

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

Head to head
About

Social*

This app simplifies event planning and discovery by allowing users to create and share live plans with friends or the public. It offers features for discovering local places and trending events, with automatic calendar syncing and post-event sharing capabilities.

Highlights
  • Create public or private plans
  • Share invite links with one-tap sign-in
  • Discover public events and trending feed
  • Find local places (cafes, restaurants, etc.)
  • Automatic native calendar sync
  • Post photos and videos within plans
  • Personalized event history log
Features
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SOCIAL is where plans become real — and real plans become connections. Stop juggling group chats, screenshots, and "wait what time again?" texts. SOCIAL turns any idea into a live plan your people can join in one tap. PLAN ANYTHING Create a Public Plan and put it on the map for the world, or a Private Plan just for your circle. Add ticketing or a point of contact if you're organizing something bigger. ONE LINK. ZERO FRICTION. Share your plan's invite link. Whoever taps it gets signed in instantly, added to the plan, synced to their calendar, and connected to you as a friend — even if they've never opened the app before. That's it. That's the whole flow. DISCOVER WHAT'S HAPPENING Browse 1,000+ live public events already on SOCIAL — concerts, pop-ups, meetups, residencies — curated by Team SOCIAL from day one. Check the Top 30 Trending feed to see what's hot right now. FIND YOUR NEXT SPOT The Places section surfaces cafés, restaurants, hotels, cinemas, and attractions near you — daily utility even before your friends are on the app. NEVER MISS A PLAN Every plan syncs straight to your phone's native calendar. Get reminded 1 hour before and right when it starts. RELIVE IT, SHARE IT Post photos and videos inside every plan. Tag friends, like, comment, share. Your Personalized Track quietly logs every event you've ever attended — your own social history, built automatically. SIGN IN YOUR WAY Google, Apple, or Microsoft — pick one and you're in. SOCIAL isn't another events app you check once and forget. It's the layer that turns "we should do this sometime" into "see you at 8." Plan anything. Discover everything. #LetsBe-Social

About

Donna

This app facilitates genuine connections by understanding users through voice onboarding and personality insights. It intelligently matches you with compatible individuals for specific activities or shared moments, eliminating awkwardness and cold outreach.

Highlights
  • Voice onboarding for deep user understanding
  • Smart Persona development
  • Activity and personality-based matching
  • Instant connection requests
  • Location-based matching
  • Automated warm introductions
  • Post-connection feedback loop
Features
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Donna isn't a social media app. It's social infrastructure. Every social media app out there with swiping, scrolling, likes, and comments, the cold DMs, the performative profiles, and thousands of strangers as followers were built for entertainment. Not so much for actual connections. Donna was built for one thing: getting you to the right person, for the right moment, instantly. Here's how it works. When you join, Donna doesn't just ask you to fill out a profile. She understands you. Through voice onboarding, she asks the deeper questions that a perceptive friend would ask; not just the surface-level hobbies, but who you actually are, what kind of people you come alive around, and what you're looking for right now. That conversation becomes the foundation of the user’s Smart Persona that gets sharper every time you interact with Donna. After the onboarding, when you’re in the app, you can make a connection request like a study partner, a gym buddy, someone to explore the city with, etc., by just asking Donna. She searches her entire network by activity, personality, vibe, and timing. She finds the top five people who would be a great fit and most likely down for it, and does a broadcast request (reaches out to them on your behalf with a warm intro), and whoever confirms first gets connected to you. Both sides opted in. No cold outreach. No fear of rejection. No awkwardness. And Donna doesn't just wait for you to ask. The location-based matching feature helps you identify amazing people around you. Eg- If you walk into the library and she spots someone nearby who matches your vibe, same class, same energy, same time - she'll notify and connect you. Right place, right time, right person. After every connection, Donna follows up to check in on whether they liked their match. Every answer helps her understand you better, so the next match is even better. No swiping. No scrolling. No static rusty profiles. No judgment. Just tell Donna what you want to do; she handles the search and connection, so you can just go do it.

Screenshots

Social*4 screens
Donna4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Donna at every 2 weeks against Social*'s every 3 months. Donna also leads on ratings volume (13 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Social* against 5.0 for Donna. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Donna has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Social* ships an update every 3 months, Donna every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Social* versus Donna: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSocial*Donna
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (13 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings113 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size86 MB51 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperSocial Mobile Application (SMC- Private) LimitedDonna AI Social Network Inc.

Customer experience

Social*

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Donna

All ratings12 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Social*

No in-app purchases

None

Donna

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Social* free?
Social* is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Donna free?
Donna is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Social* or Donna?
Social* and Donna are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 13 ratings respectively.
Do Social* or Donna have ads?
Neither Social* nor Donna shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Social* or Donna?
Social* ships an update every 3 months, and Donna every 2 weeks. Most recently, Social* was updated on November 3, 2026 and Donna on October 31, 2026.

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