Farcaster vs Poke
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Farcaster
A decentralized social network where users control their identity and data. Connect with a global community by creating a profile, posting public messages, and engaging in private conversations. Experience a new way to socialize online.
- Decentralized social network
- User-controlled identity
- Create public profile
- Post public messages
- Send private messages
- Discover users and profiles
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Sign up requires an in-app purchase. Farcaster is a new type of social network. It's decentralized, like email, which means you control your account and identity. It's an ever-growing community of interesting, curious people from all over the world. Connect with others by creating a profile and posting public messages. What can you do with Farcaster: - Create a Farcaster account and public profile - Post and reply to public messages - Send private messages to friends - Find other users and visit public profiles You can keep updated by following us on (@farcaster) or on X (@farcaster_xyz). If you need to contact support, please send an email to support+ios@neynar.com.
Poke
Experience a new era of social networking with augmented reality. Create and discover holographic content on a map-based world, and gain control of territories to earn ad revenue.
- Augmented reality social networking
- Create and discover AR holograms
- Map-based world with controllable territories
- Earn ad revenue from controlled locations
- Make new connections through AR content
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The first platform for publishing and discovering spatial media in the real world. Creators upload hologram videos that appear in physical locations, turning the world into a canvas for immersive content. Meet people, discover creators, and explore holograms placed in the real world around you. Create a hologram of yourself and drop it anywhere — a beach, a café, a street corner, or your favorite hangout. Other users can discover your hologram through their camera, interact with it, and connect with you instantly. The world becomes a living social map where people, creativity, and locations collide. Explore the World in AR Open the camera and see holograms around you in real space. Walk through your city and discover content left by other users. Create Your Own Hologram Record a hologram of yourself and place it anywhere on the planet. Leave messages, perform, create moments, or just say hello. Discover New People Follow creators, interact with holograms, and connect with users from around the world. Control Territory The map is divided into real-world blocks. The most active creators can take control of territory and earn a share of ad revenue generated in their area. A New Layer of the Internet Poke XR turns the real world into a social network — where people, places, and digital experiences merge. Download Poke XR and start exploring the world in augmented reality.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Poke at 100% against Farcaster's 51%. Poke also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 16) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Farcaster's advantage is ratings volume (1.1K vs 4) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Farcaster sells 16 one-off in-app purchases. Poke asks for nothing beyond the download.
Poke holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Farcaster has 1.1K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 51% of Farcaster's written reviews are positive against 100% of Poke's.
Farcaster ships an update every 5 days, Poke every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Farcaster | Poke |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.1K ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| 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 | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 92 MB | 240 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Merkle Manufactory | Poke XR LLC |
Customer experience
Farcaster
Poke
Bugs and requests
Farcaster
Reported bugs
5 issues- Registration issues
- Inability to upload photos
- Crashes and app instability
- Problems with in-app purchases
- Sync issues between devices
Requested features
5 requests- Multi-language support
- Improved notifications
- Expanded content sharing options
- Better integration with web3 tools
- Enhanced analytics and metrics
Poke
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Farcaster
- Warpcast Gas Fee$1.00
- Warpcast Gas Fee$2.00
- Warpcast Gas Fee$3.00
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- Onchain Gas Fee$5.00
- Onchain Gas Fee$9.00
- Warpcast Gas Fee$12.00
- Onchain Gas Fee$18.00
- Warpcast Gas Fee$24.00
- Onchain Gas Fee$27.00
- Warpcast Gas Fee$36.00
- Onchain Gas Fee$45.00
- Warpcast Gas Fee$48.00
- Onchain Gas Fee$54.00
- Warpcast Gas Fee$60.00
- Warpcast Gas Fee$72.00
- Warpcast Gas Fee$80.00
Poke
No in-app purchases
