Comparison

Humboldt vs Vandal

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Humboldt

Create custom shortcuts for seamless posting to Micro.blog, including HTML content and image uploads. Automate your blogging workflow with hands-free publishing and import options from other platforms.

Highlights
  • Post HTML to Micro.blog
  • Upload images to Micro.blog
  • Build hands-free posting shortcuts
  • Import posts from other systems
  • Easy Micro.blog account sign-on
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Humboldt is an application that enables you to post HTML and upload images to Micro.blog. This enables you to build simple Shortcuts that enable hand-free posting to Micro.blog. You can also build more complex Shortcuts that import posts from other blogging systems. All you have to do is supply Humboldt with your Micro.blog account email and Humboldt will walk you through the sign-on process. You'll then be ready to start building your Shortcuts.

About

Vandal

Discover and describe local places using user-generated tags instead of traditional reviews. Become a culture curator by tagging spots and building a following for your unique descriptions.

Highlights
  • Tag-based local exploration
  • User-generated place descriptions
  • Tag ownership and follower system
  • Potential for tag marketplace
  • Leaderboards for street cred
  • Meetup and RSVP platform
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Reviews? Ratings? Categories? We don’t play that. Vandal says more about a spot in ten tags than any four-paragraph review could do. And what even is ‘Coffee Shops Nearby’? How about a café tagged “clandestine napping”, “man bun baristas”, “spinning vinyl”, “pristine poop spot”, “donut itis”, and “ski lodge vibes”? That’s the beauty of Vandal: it’s a blank canvas for local explorers and culture curators alike to see the color in their community. Tags are the language of Vandal, but upvotes are the currency — that’s why you’ll want to be an early user and tag your fingers to the bone. If you’re the first person to tag a restaurant as “vegan”, you own that tag at that location. Yep, you! Anyone who upvotes it becomes your follower for that specific tag, which will be YUGE in the future as it means you can message those followers to gather at the location for some vegan-related antics… or, sell your tag and its followers to the restaurant itself once it joins Vandal as a business user. Drop out of college and tell your mom you’ve got a better idea: 1) tag, 2) influence, 3) ??? Vandal Roadmap: - Street Cred (Leaderboards) - Tag Meetup & RSVP Platform - Business Users - Tag Marketplace

Screenshots

Humboldt2 screens
Vandal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Vandal at monthly against Humboldt's every 33 months. Vandal also leads on ratings volume (15 vs 3). Humboldt's advantage is device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.4). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Humboldt against 5.0 for Vandal. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Vandal has 15 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Humboldt ships an update every 33 months, Vandal monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Humboldt versus Vandal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHumboldtVandal
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (15 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings315 — better
Update frequencyEvery 33 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB16 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperVincode, IncVandal Inc.

Customer experience

Humboldt

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Vandal

All ratings15 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Humboldt

No in-app purchases

None

Vandal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Humboldt free?
Humboldt is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Vandal free?
Vandal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Humboldt or Vandal?
Humboldt and Vandal are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 15 ratings respectively.
Do Humboldt or Vandal have ads?
Neither Humboldt nor Vandal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Humboldt or Vandal?
Humboldt ships an update every 33 months, and Vandal monthly. Most recently, Humboldt was updated on November 3, 2026 and Vandal on November 7, 2026.

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