Sappa vs Pubmigo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sappa
Discover and connect with people in your immediate vicinity using Bluetooth technology. Browse profiles, send friend requests, and chat in real-time. Features an intuitive Bubble View for a dynamic and engaging user experience.
- Bluetooth-based social networking
- Real-time nearby profile browsing
- In-app chat feature
- Bubble View interface
- Privacy-focused design
- Low battery consumption
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See the world around you! Instantly connect with the people you see around you! Sappa is an all new Bluetooth based social networking app. You can — in realtime — browse through the profiles of people who are in your immediate field of view! Concerned about your privacy? Only the content that they wish to showcase is visible to you — so there is no breach of their privacy or consent. The system is designed to be fair playground — where you also get to know who all wanted to know you and viewed you. Connect and stay in touch! You can then make friends by sending or accepting friend requests and stay in touch with them through our in-app chat feature. Sappa intends to create a world with no strangers. Whether you are at a concert, festival, club, restaurant, airport, or just out and about — getting to know someone in the real world just got a whole lot exciting and easier! The all new Bubble View! Say goodbye to boring old grids, lists, cards, and tables! Explore the all new, super fun, and intuitive Bubble View. People you see in your field of view will pop up as interactive floating bubbles. With an integrated hyper-realistic physics engine you can drag the bubbles around and tap on them to open a profile. The closer the person is to you in the real world, the bigger their bubble appears on your screen! Tap and hold on a bubble to explore more options! How does Sappa work? Sappa uses Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) technology to detect and show you nearby peers — in near realtime! After years of testing, research, and development we have built our own proprietary BLE framework that works across multiple operating systems, even in the background state! We have made sure that the app doesn't drain any extra battery even after days of prolonged usage. For the app to work, your device must have Bluetooth enabled. Additionally, enabling location services makes our system work more efficiently and helps in faster detection of peers!
Pubmigo
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Pubmigo is for the evening you have free and nobody to spend it with. Say what you're up for tonight — a pint after work, a glass of wine, a mocktail, a coffee if that's the mood — and Pubmigo shows you people nearby who are up for the same. Cheers someone and they get your plan as an invite; when they say yes, a chat opens so you can sort out where and when. TONIGHT, NOT SOMEDAY Most apps ask who you are. Pubmigo asks what you're doing tonight. Your status — what you fancy, which bar, how many of you, how long the plan stands — is the thing other people see and answer, and it expires on its own. No stale plans, no profiles that have been sitting there since March. COMPANY, NOT A BAR TAB There are no drink counts, no streaks, no leaderboards, nothing that turns an evening into a score. Zero-proof is a first-class option: tag it, say it in your status, and you'll find people doing the same. Nobody owes anyone a round. DRINKING BUDDIES BY DEFAULT Pubmigo is platonic-first. Everyone sets an intent — Drinking buddies, or Open to whatever — and buddies is the default. It's a signal on the card, not a mode, and it keeps the app honest about what it is: somewhere to find company for the evening. BUILT FOR MEETING IN PUBLIC Plans point at a venue by name, never an address. You see a rounded distance — "1.2 km", "under 500 m" — never anyone's coordinates, and nobody ever sees yours. The match screen reminds you to meet at the bar, not at home. SAFETY IN ONE TAP Block from any profile or any chat: it hides the two of you from each other immediately and ends the match. Report with a reason — fake profile, harassment, underage, unsafe behaviour — and every report gets read. Unmatch quietly whenever you like. The house rules are four short rules, and you agree to them on the last onboarding step — before you ever see a card. HOW IT WORKS 1. Sign in with Apple or Google. No password to forget. 2. Build a card in three steps: a photo and a name, what you drink, roughly where you are. 3. Set tonight's plan. 4. Cheers the people nearby you'd like a drink with. They see your plan as an invite; a yes opens a chat. 5. Pick a bar and go. Pubmigo is 18+, and older where the law says so — 21 in the United States, 20 in Japan and South Korea. Please drink responsibly, or don't drink at all. Pubmigo works exactly the same either way.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Pubmigo at every 2 days against Sappa's every 12 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Sappa ships an update every 12 months, Pubmigo every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sappa | Pubmigo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (28 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 32.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 28 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Ahimsa Das | Fieldfare OÜ |
In-app purchases
Sappa
No in-app purchases
Pubmigo
No in-app purchases









