Farcaster vs Wavepoint
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.
Wavepoint
Discover local happenings and conversations based on your chosen locations and interests. Share updates, ask questions, and reward great content with virtual currency. Stay connected to your community and the places that matter to you.
- Follow cities, campuses, and countries
- Control content topics
- Post local updates and questions
- Reward posts with gems and points
- Discover nearby conversations
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Wavepoint is a social feed built around the places and topics that matter to you. Follow your city, campus, or even countries you want to keep up with, and shape a feed that feels relevant to your life. Choose your places • Follow cities, campuses, countries, and more • Update them anytime as life changes Control your topics • Food, sports, events, housing, local news, and more • Follow what interests you and mute what doesn’t Post what’s happening around you • Ask questions, share updates, or plan meetups • Get local answers and discover conversations nearby Support great posts with gems and points • Reward posts you love • Highlight helpful, thoughtful, and entertaining content Wavepoint helps you discover what’s happening around you and in the places you care about most. Download free to get started.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Farcaster at none against Wavepoint's shown. Farcaster also leads on ratings volume (1.1K vs 8) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, rating, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Farcaster sells 16 one-off in-app purchases and Wavepoint sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Farcaster against 4.5 for Wavepoint. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Farcaster has 1.1K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Farcaster ships an update every 5 days, Wavepoint every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Farcaster | Wavepoint |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.1K ratings) — better | 4.5 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 92 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Merkle Manufactory | Proven Form, LLC |
Customer experience
Farcaster
Wavepoint
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
Wavepoint
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
Wavepoint
- Seafarer Bundle$1.99
- Dockside Cache$8.99
- Treasure Chest$14.99
