Farcaster vs TCGPTrading
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.
TCGPTrading
Facilitates trading of collectible cards by allowing users to display their own cards, browse others' collections, and make exchange offers. Users can also create chats to negotiate trades and complete card sets.
- Display personal card collection
- Browse other users' cards
- Make exchange offers
- Create chat for negotiation
- Complete card sets
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TCGPTrading provides the means to: - display what you want - browse what others want - make exchange offers to obtain the card you want - create chat with people in order to easily come to a consensus and make that trade and complete the set
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Farcaster at 4.6 against TCGPTrading's 3.8. Farcaster also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (1.1K vs 4). TCGPTrading's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 16) and review sentiment (75% vs 51%). On price, update cadence, 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. TCGPTrading asks for nothing beyond the download.
Farcaster holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.8. 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 complicate that: 51% of Farcaster's written reviews are positive against 75% of TCGPTrading's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Farcaster ships an update every 5 days, TCGPTrading weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Farcaster | TCGPTrading |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.1K ratings) — better | 3.8 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.6% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 15.3 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 92 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Merkle Manufactory | CORNEL-SEBASTIAN OAIE |
Customer experience
Farcaster
TCGPTrading
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
TCGPTrading
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
TCGPTrading
No in-app purchases
