Spotlyte vs Bomfy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spotlyte
Easily discover local social events or create your own. Find new happenings with personalized recommendations and map views, or host gatherings for friends or your community. Spotlyte simplifies event planning and attendance tracking.
- Discover local events
- Host new events
- Map view for events
- Personalized event recommendations
- Event details and spotting
- Share events with friends/community
- Estimate event attendance
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Welcome to Spotlyte! Our goal is to make your search for social events as easy as possible. Spotlyte allows you to easily see events in your area and quickly host new events for others to see. You can use the Discover and Maps screens to quickly find new events in your area. The Home Screen will display similar events, as well as the events you’ve already spotted. You can quickly create an event by clicking the large + on the icon bar and entering the event information as necessary. If you need more information about an event or you want to spot it, you can simply click on the event to see the event details page. Based on your interests, Spotlyte will recommend events that may interest you and will even distinguish and suggest other events to you to try and expand your horizons in new ways. Spotlyte makes hosting events easy. You can quickly share all relevant event information with just your friends or your entire college community, and Spotlyte will even help you judge event attendance in advance!
Bomfy
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Our focus is to provide members access to exciting people around the world. We are a private community where people come to connect for dating, networking, and to be part of the city's hottest events.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Bomfy at 12.0 against Spotlyte's 15.0. On price, update cadence, ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Spotlyte ships an update every 3 days, Bomfy every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spotlyte | Bomfy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (20 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Spotlyte LLC | Akshay Kumar Bairwa |
In-app purchases
Spotlyte
No in-app purchases
Bomfy
No in-app purchases









