Spready vs Primal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spready
Consolidate all your streaming service catalogs into a single application. Discover new shows and movies with personalized recommendations from friends and insights into Oscar nominations.
- Consolidated streaming catalogs
- Friend recommendations
- Oscar nomination insights
- Personalized TV watching experience
- Discover new content
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All your streaming catalogs in one app A better way to watch TV, with recommendations from friends, Oscar nominations and a whole new experience.
Primal
Experience a next-generation social media platform built on Nostr and Bitcoin. Enjoy rich media feeds, long-form articles, and integrated Bitcoin wallet functionality. Discover content easily and authorize other Nostr apps with remote login.
- Rich media feeds with playback
- Built-in Bitcoin wallet
- Long form articles
- Extensive content discovery
- Advanced search
- Remote Login for Nostr apps
- Configurable ambient sounds
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Next generation social media powered by Nostr and Bitcoin. Primal features rich feeds with media playback, built-in wallet, long form articles, extensive content discovery, advanced search. Primal can also be used to authorize activity in compatible Nostr apps using Remote Login. During an active remote session, Primal can play user-configurable ambient sounds that continue while the app is in the background. Our terms of use are available at: http://primal.net/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Primal at 4.9 against Spready's 1.3. Primal also leads on ratings volume (928 vs 3). Spready's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and review sentiment (100% vs 88%). 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
Both are free to download. Primal sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Spready asks for nothing beyond the download.
Primal holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 1.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Primal has 928 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Spready's written reviews are positive against 88% of Primal's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Spready ships an update fortnightly, Primal every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spready | Primal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.3 (3 ratings) | 4.9 (928 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 88.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 928 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 156 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Simplestudio | Primal Systems Incorporated. |
Customer experience
Spready
Primal
Bugs and requests
Spready
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Primal
Reported bugs
3 issues- Losing relay connections when switching to desktop
- Issues with account creation and sign-in process
- Inconsistent display of reactions from other Nostr apps
Requested features
4 requests- Add support for more Nostr reaction types
- Implement robust community/subreddit features
- Improve cache management and clearing options
- Provide better account management and sign-out options
In-app purchases
Spready
No in-app purchases
Primal
- Primal Premium Monthly$6.991 Month
- Primal Pro Monthly$69.991 Month
- Primal Premium Yearly$69.991 Year
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- Primal Pro Yearly Subscription$749.991 Year
- Prepaid Nostr Zaps$4.99
