Parapost Network vs Pixelfed
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Parapost Network
A social media platform designed exclusively for the paranormal community. Connect with investigators, enthusiasts, and practitioners of occult arts to share stories, photos, and videos in a dedicated space.
- Dedicated paranormal community
- Share stories, photos, and videos
- Familiar social media layout
- Connect with investigators and enthusiasts
- Focus on cryptids, UFOs, Magick, and Witchcraft
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Parapost Network is a social media platform built for everyone - with a special home for the paranormal community. Whether you’re a paranormal investigator, enthusiast, content creator, podcaster, medium, psychic, UFO researcher, cryptid fan, occultist, or simply someone who enjoys connecting with others and discovering new content, Parapost Network gives you one place to do it all. You don’t have to be involved in the paranormal to join. Parapost Network is designed as a full social media platform where anyone can create a profile, connect with people, share updates, post photos and videos, discover creators, and build a community around the things they enjoy. Explore Parapost Reels to watch and share short-form video content, discover new creators, and share moments with the community. Stay connected privately with Parachat, our direct messaging experience designed to make conversations simple and easy. Go Live with your audience for paranormal investigations, podcasts, interviews, discussions, events, creator streams, or anything else you want to share in real time. For paranormal users, Parapost brings investigators, mediums, psychics, UFO enthusiasts, cryptozoologists, occultists, ghost hunters, and curious minds together in one dedicated community without having to search through endless unrelated content. Built with a familiar social media experience, Parapost Network is easy to use from the moment you join. Create posts, share photos and videos, connect with friends and followers, explore content, message through Parachat, watch Reels, and take your content Live. Parapost Network is growing into a place where communities, creators, investigators, podcasters, and everyday users can connect, share, discover, and build something together. Join Parapost Network and become part of a growing global community. Free to join. Free to connect. Free to explore.
Pixelfed
Share your photography with a community that values creativity, authenticity, and privacy. This app offers an ethical alternative to mainstream social media, giving users control over their content and data.
- Ad-free photo sharing
- Privacy-focused
- User content control
- Authentic community
- Ethical social media alternative
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Share your photography with a community that values creativity, authenticity, and privacy. Pixelfed is the ethical alternative to traditional social media platforms, putting you in control of your content and data.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Parapost Network at 90% against Pixelfed's 47%. Parapost Network also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.2). Pixelfed's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 34 months) and ratings volume (558 vs 28). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Parapost Network holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pixelfed has 558 ratings behind it against 28, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Parapost Network's written reviews are positive against 47% of Pixelfed's.
Parapost Network ships an update every 34 months, Pixelfed every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Parapost Network | Pixelfed |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (28 ratings) — better | 4.2 (558 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.0% of reviews — better | 47.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 28 | 558 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 34 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 129 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Bryan jon Laverty | Daniel Supernault |
Customer experience
Parapost Network
Pixelfed
Bugs and requests
Parapost Network
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Pixelfed
Reported bugs
4 issues- Inability to post photos or send DMs
- Inconsistent heart/like behavior
- Crashes and freezes on app launch
- Incompatibility with certain servers
Requested features
5 requests- Dark mode option
- Video support
- Improved collections/albums management
- Seamless onboarding and server selection
- Better notifications and interaction tracking
In-app purchases
Parapost Network
No in-app purchases
Pixelfed
No in-app purchases
