Farcaster vs FaceLive
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.
FaceLive
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FaceLive — Connecting real people and businesses आपका चेहरा, आपकी पहचान है। A place where everyone is who they say they are. People and businesses on FaceLive verify their identity, so the person you follow, message or meet is real. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Follow real people Your feed starts with the people you follow. Discover adds public posts from verified people and businesses, and news from Indian outlets with the source named on every story. No bots, no accounts that turn out to be nobody. • Post photos and video Share with everyone, with your followers, or with no one. You choose who a post is for — and you can change your mind afterwards. • Reels Watch clips full screen, one swipe at a time. • Go live Broadcast from your camera. When you finish, the recording is saved to your profile. • Message and call Private conversations with photos and video, and voice or video calls. • Find yourself in any photo 5,000 photos in your gallery? FaceLive groups them by person, automatically. • Shop Buy from verified Indian sellers — clothing, home and more — delivered to your door. Share a product or your whole cart with friends, track the parcel and cancel before pickup, all in the app. • Gift Card Store Gift cards from top brands at a discount. Pay by UPI, delivered instantly. • Post as your organization Verified businesses and organizations post under their own name, and can limit posts to their subscribers. • Your data, your rules Choose who sees you. Delete everything, any time. Built for India's DPDP law — your data is never sold, and never used to train AI models. WHO CAN POST Anyone with an account can read, follow, and message. Publishing posts, video and live broadcasts requires a verified identity, and is available in India only for now — verification depends on infrastructure that differs by country, and we will open it up as those integrations are in place. FaceLive is not a general media-sharing service and does not set out to be one. It is deliberately narrower: somewhere verified people and verified businesses talk to each other. Phone and laptop — facelive.app, the same account everywhere. Made in Bangalore, built for India. In 11 languages: हिन्दी, বাংলা, मराठी, తెలుగు, தமிழ், ગુજરાતી, ಕನ್ನಡ, മലയാളം, ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, অসমীয়া and English. https://facelive.app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Farcaster at 4.6 against FaceLive's 1.0. Farcaster also leads on ratings volume (1.1K vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). FaceLive's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 16). On price, update cadence, ads 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. FaceLive asks for nothing beyond the download.
Farcaster holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Farcaster has 1.1K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Farcaster ships an update every 5 days, FaceLive every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Farcaster | FaceLive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.1K ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 92 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Merkle Manufactory | FACELIVE PRIVATE LIMITED |
Customer experience
Farcaster
FaceLive
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
FaceLive
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
FaceLive
No in-app purchases








