Farcaster vs CML Community
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.
CML Community
A dedicated platform for investors, traders, and market professionals to engage in high-quality discussions about financial markets. It connects serious participants focused on equities, options, macro trends, technical analysis, and long-term investing strategies.
- Networking for investors and traders
- Discussion platform for financial markets
- Focus on equities and options
- Analysis of macro trends
- Long-term investing strategy discussions
- High-quality conversations
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CML Community is the dedicated networking and discussion platform for investors, traders, and market professionals who want higher-quality conversations about financial markets. Built for serious participants — not noise — CML Community brings together members focused on equities, options, macro trends, technical analysis, and long-term investing strategy.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CML Community at 100% against Farcaster's 51%. CML Community also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 16) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Farcaster's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (1.1K vs 60). 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. CML Community asks for nothing beyond the download.
CML Community 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 60, 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 CML Community's.
Farcaster ships an update every 5 days, CML Community every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Farcaster | CML Community |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.1K ratings) | 5.0 (60 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 60 |
| 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, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 92 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Merkle Manufactory | Capital Market Laboratories |
Customer experience
Farcaster
CML Community
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
CML Community
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
CML Community
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Farcaster free?
Is CML Community free?
Which has better reviews, Farcaster or CML Community?
Do Farcaster or CML Community have ads?
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