HowTo vs Watever
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HowTo
A social platform for creators to share their projects, from woodworking to baking. Connect with a community, discover new ideas, and share your creative journey through photos, videos, and 'Snaps'. Monetize your creations by linking to tools and equipment.
- Share projects via photos, videos, and 'Snaps'
- Discover creative ideas and follow creators
- Connect with like-minded individuals
- Engage with a unique commenting system
- Monetize creations with affiliate links
- Private messaging
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The HowTo app is a social media platform for all things creative! Connect with a fast-growing community filled with like-minded creative people. Explore a wide range of how-tos from Woodworking to Arts and crafts, or embroidery to baking. Stay up-to-date with projects from your favorite creators or simply discover new ideas for your own projects. Share What You Love - People are waiting. Whether you’ve just whittled a spoon or are adding the finishing touches to a victoria sponge; our community can’t wait to see it. The HowTo community has always been at the heart of everything we do; and with the new HowTo app we really are uniting creativity. Whether you’re just starting a project or have one you’ve finished, you’ll be able to easily share it using our unique platform… We’ve built the tools to be able to share the journey of your project in bite size chunks, essentially creating a story for you followers. You’ll also be able to upload ‘Snaps’ which is a quick way to share ‘Snappy’ updates without having to upload a whole how-to. Connect with others. We’ve made it easy to search for people that you may be already familiar with, or those you’re yet to discover! Join The Conversation. We’ve made it easy for you to read or engage with others on topics you care about the most. With our unique commenting system, you’ll even be able to hear or leave voice notes within the comments on each snap or how-to. Explore creativity. Creativity comes in all shapes and sizes and with our app we’ve made it easier than ever to discover photos, videos and users based around topics you’re interested in. Earn Extra Money! With the HowTo App, you’ll be able to add links showing your followers where they’re able to get the tools or equipment used for your creation. These could be affiliate links meaning you could earn extra money. We’re also working on additional methods for you to earn extra money. We’re working on a unique platform which will connect you to brands and retailers from around the world, looking to work with creatives like you. More info coming soon. Download The HowTo App Today! - Share Videos, Photos and Audio with others. - Private Messages - Engage with others via our unique commenting system - Share How-Tos & Snaps - Get tailored notifications on account activity - Connect with others
Watever
This social networking app offers a modern way to connect with others, share content, and discover new communities. It aims to redefine the social experience with innovative features and a focus on user interaction.
- Seamless social networking
- Community building
- Content sharing
- Discovery features
- Innovative platform
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Social media has been the same for fifteen years. The feeds look different, but the architecture is identical: follow, post, scroll, repeat. The biggest platforms in the world were built for a world that no longer exists. Watever is built for what is next. We are not adding features to a broken model. We are rebuilding the social layer from the ground up, combining real-time communication, live experiences, community, commerce, and presence into a single, coherent platform. No switching apps. No fragmenting your audience. One identity, one place, full range. At the center of it all is a question no social platform has ever seriously asked: what if location was not a limitation? With Teleportation, users are no longer bound to their physical coordinates. You can place yourself in Lagos, Tokyo, or Mars, and your feed, your community, and your content all shift with you. This is presence decoupled from geography, offering a glimpse of how social interaction will work when the world gets smaller and the universe gets larger. Watever also ships with live streaming, a real gifting economy built on virtual currency, community spaces with native moderation, events, commerce, and direct messaging. These are not bolt-ons; they are first-class experiences designed to work together seamlessly. The large platforms have the users. We have the architecture. Watever is the platform for the next generation of social behavior: serious about scale, serious about creators, and serious about what comes after the scroll. https://watever.co/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HowTo at none against Watever's 7. Watever's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (53 vs 2). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Watever sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. HowTo asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for HowTo against 4.5 for Watever. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Watever has 53 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
HowTo ships an update every 2 months, Watever every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HowTo | Watever |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) | 4.5 (53 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 53 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 74 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | How To Make Ltd | Cybernate AI Limited |
Customer experience
HowTo
Watever
In-app purchases
HowTo
No in-app purchases
Watever
- Watever Plus$1.991 Month
- 100 Gems$0.99
- 500 gems$1.99
- 1,100 gems$3.99
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- 3,000 Gems$7.99
- 6,250 gems$14.99
- 13,000 gems$24.99









