Cupla vs Buddy List Messenger
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cupla
This app helps couples synchronize their lives by offering a shared calendar, to-do lists, and wishlists. It aims to reduce stress, improve communication, and facilitate planning for dates, chores, and future aspirations.
- Shared calendar synchronization
- Joint to-do lists and reminders
- Collaborative wishlists
- Key date tracking and countdowns
- Flexible privacy controls
- Date night goal setting
- Memories feed
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• • • Cupla: The fastest way to a better relationship.• • • Because great relationships don’t just happen. They are planned together. Cupla is the relationship app for couples who want to stay in sync, reduce mental load, improve communication, and plan life together more easily. Cupla is the only app with university-backed research on its impact on relationships: • 75% of users say Cupla reduces stress and friction in their relationship. • 65% of users say Cupla helps them spend more quality time together. Created by a real couple, Cupla is the original planning app trusted by 500,000+ couples to stay connected. • • • A shared calendar built for couples.• • • Complete schedule visibility. See all of your calendars and work schedules together in one place and make plans that actually happen. Cupla syncs with Apple, Google, Outlook, work rosters, and shared family calendars, so you can stay connected across work, life, and everything in between. • View both schedules side by side • Create shared events in seconds • Add plans directly to your partner’s calendar • Choose what to share with flexible privacy controls More quality time, less mental load with To-dos and Lists made for real life • Keep up with the details of life together without constant back-and-forth. • Share chores, groceries, errands, and travel plans • Assign reminders to yourself or your partner • Keep track of the little things without nagging • Turn everyday admin into shared teamwork Wishlists made for two • Save and organise the things you want to do together. • Create wishlists for date ideas, gifts, travel, and future plans, all in one place. • Found something on Instagram or TikTok? Save and share it instantly so nothing gets lost. Key Dates and Quality Time features that enhance relationships • Keep track of all of life’s important moments, from anniversaries and birthdays to upcoming trips, with Key Dates and countdowns. • Set a goal for how often you want to go on date night and Cupla will send you helpful reminders to meet your goal. • Relive past dates with the beautiful Memories feed. • Widgets to keep your life together front and center. Why couples love Cupla “Cupla has changed everything. We finally plan dates around his crazy schedule, and we have chores organised so we’re contributing equally.” “Cupla helps us feel more like partners in everything.” “Finding time was tough. Cupla makes it fast and easy.” Everything couples need to plan life together: • Shared calendar for couples • Wishlists for date ideas, gifts, and travel • Shared to-dos, lists, and reminders • Anniversary and event planning • Cross-platform calendar syncing • Private sharing controls No more diary clashes, forgotten plans, or missed opportunities to connect. Join the 500,000+ couples already using Cupla. Download Cupla and start planning life together. View the university-backed research - https://cupla.app/blog/2025-impact-report/ Terms & Conditions - https://cupla.app/terms/ Privacy Policy - https://cupla.app/privacy-policy/
Buddy List Messenger
Easily send mass messages to your contacts. Friends can choose to receive your updates via text or push notifications. Share your ideas directly with the founders.
- Send mass messages
- Push notification subscriptions
- Text message subscriptions
- Direct founder feedback channel
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A green dot next to a name. That's the whole idea. Buddy List brings back the one thing instant messaging got right and every app since has thrown away: you could look at a list and see who was actually there. Not who posted three hours ago. Who's around, right now. WHO'S AROUND Open the app and you have your answer before the screen finishes settling. Green means they're here. Amber means they stepped away. Every state carries a shape as well as a colour, so it reads the same if you can't tell green from amber. AWAY MESSAGES, IN YOUR OWN HANDWRITING "brb, mom needs the phone." Set a status and it goes out to your buddies as a notification. Pick the font. Pick the colour. Six real typefaces, eight colours, and whatever you want to say in them. This is the part where the personality lives. FRIENDS AND FAMILY Group your people and collapse the ones you're not looking at. Each group shows how many are around out of how many there are. YOU CONTROL THE LIGHT Go invisible and you appear offline to everyone. Hide your presence and you stop seeing theirs — it works both ways, always, and no screen in the app can get around it. Auto-away marks you away after 24 hours. We're also deliberately imprecise. "A few minutes ago," never a timestamp. Nobody needs to know you looked. WHAT'S NOT IN HERE No feed. No algorithm. No recommended accounts, no follower counts, no strangers, no ads. There is nothing to scroll and nothing to catch up on. You add the people you actually talk to, and that's the whole app. Buddy List needs a phone number to find your friends, and a notification permission to tell you when they're around. That's it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Cupla at Free against Buddy List Messenger's $5.99. Cupla also leads on ratings volume (2.3K vs 35). Buddy List Messenger's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and review sentiment (92% vs 73%). On rating, 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
Cupla is free to download; Buddy List Messenger costs $5.99 up front. Cupla sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Buddy List Messenger asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Cupla against 4.7 for Buddy List Messenger. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cupla has 2.3K ratings behind it against 35, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 73% of Cupla's written reviews are positive against 92% of Buddy List Messenger's.
Cupla ships an update every 2 weeks, Buddy List Messenger weekly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Cupla | Buddy List Messenger |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $5.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (2.3K ratings) — better | 4.7 (35 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.7% of reviews | 92.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.3K — better | 35 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 248 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Cupla Limited | Spark Limited Liability Company |
Customer experience
Cupla
Buddy List Messenger
Bugs and requests
Cupla
Reported bugs
4 issues- Notifications not working as expected
- Calendar dates and events not displaying correctly
- Syncing issues between partner calendars
- App freezing or crashing
Requested features
5 requests- More customization options (colors, widgets, etc.)
- Ability to add more than 3 calendars (e.g. for kids)
- Improved calendar view and navigation
- Integration with other apps and calendars
- Chat or notes feature for events
Buddy List Messenger
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Cupla
- Monthly14 Days trial2 variants$4.991 Month
- Monthly$4.991 Month
- Monthly$5.991 Month
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- Monthly$7.991 Month
- Yearly14 Days trial2 variants$34.991 Year
- Cupla Plus14 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Yearly14 Days trial$44.991 Year
- Yearly14 Days trial$59.991 Year
Buddy List Messenger
No in-app purchases









