guide vs Spread
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
guide
A social platform designed for individuals to share their interests and thoughts without the negativity of traditional social media. It aims to foster a positive environment where people can express themselves authentically.
- Share interests and ideas
- Human-centric social space
- Free from trolling
- Ad-free experience
- Positive community
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There’s so much that’s good about the internet. But it’s harder and harder to simply show up as a human with interests and ideas. At guide:human, we’re creating a space where individuals share the things they’re into and the thoughts they’re having, free from the trolling and clickbait behavior of traditional social media. We believe that humans are good—we’re building a space where we can act that way.
Spread
Access exclusive content from top publications by proving you're human. Follow influential individuals to discover their curated reading, listening, and watching lists. Share access to content with friends and followers.
- Human verification for content access
- Follow journalists and thinkers
- Discover curated reading lists
- Share access with others
- Spread content from any app
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Spread: The Human Internet Prove you’re human to unlock access across top publications with Spread. Discover what journalists, creators, and other smart people are reading, listening to, and watching. HOW IT WORKS: - Verify you’re human to unlock access across top publications. - Discover and access things journalists, creators, and other smart people are reading, listening to, and watching. - Drop links in Spread from any app or browser to unlock access. - Share Spread links in group chats and on social media to pass unlocked access to your friends and followers. Join our mission to enable human access to the world's information.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Spread at 55 against guide's 4. Spread also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for guide against 4.9 for Spread. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spread has 55 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
guide ships an update every 9 days, Spread fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | guide | Spread |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.9 (55 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 94.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 55 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 570 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Guide Human Inc. | Spread Social, Inc. |
Customer experience
guide
Spread
In-app purchases
guide
No in-app purchases
Spread
No in-app purchases
