Loole vs Close Friends
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Loole
Engage in live streaming, connect with attractive streamers, and share your life's moments. Discover new connections through group voice chats and build relationships within a vibrant community.
- Live streaming
- Social interaction
- Group voice chat
- Discover new connections
- Share life moments
- Build relationships
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Are you ready to experience the unlimited fun brought by live streaming? Loole invites you to join our live community and enjoy exciting live moments together with many excellent and attractive streamers! Here, you can easily match the "crush" person, and share your thoughts and feelings, establish your own action relationship. Enjoy chatting with others? No problem! Join group voice chat room and discuss interesting moments in your life with us, sharing happiness together! Join us now, make live streaming a part of your life, and fill each day with laughter and surprises! Please understand the privacy policy and user agreement before using this application. Privacy policy: https://www.loole.com/public/PrivacyPolicyLoole.html User agreement: https://www.loole.com/public/TermsOfUseLoole.html Official customer service Whatsapp: +52 55 3123 5285
Close Friends
This social networking app focuses on building smaller, more intimate online communities. Users can invite friends to join their network and share updates. It's designed for authentic connections rather than broad social reach.
- Create small, private friend networks
- Post updates to your network
- Request friends to join
- Focus on authentic connections
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The only network that encourages you to keep it small. Request your friends, post updates, and have fun.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Loole at 5.0 against Close Friends's 2.8. Close Friends's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 11) and update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). On price, ratings volume, 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. Loole sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Close Friends asks for nothing beyond the download.
Loole holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 12 respectively.
Loole ships an update weekly, Close Friends every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Loole | Close Friends |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | 2.8 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 16.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 222 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Emphasis Brilliance Inc. | Caleb Mesfien |
Customer experience
Loole
Close Friends
In-app purchases
Loole
- top-up coins2 variants$0.29
- top-up coins$1.99
- top-up coins2 variants$2.99
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- top-up coins2 variants$4.99
- top-up coins2 variants$9.99
- top-up coins$29.99
- top-up coins$49.99
Close Friends
No in-app purchases
