Lounge vs SendMeTheDrop
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lounge
Easily create and manage groups and events for seamless community engagement. Share details, communicate with members, organize RSVPs, and collaborate on media. Features include sub-groups, shared albums, collaborative playlists, and polls.
- Group and event creation
- Subgroups for teams
- Post and comment communication
- Shared photo/video albums
- Collaborative Spotify playlists
- Polls and payments
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Your groups and events, no distractions. Lounge allows you to easily create groups and events, add the key details and invite others with a simple link. Communicate with your members, create events, manage RSVPs, create shared albums and more. Our functionality includes: - Groups and events in seconds - 'Sublounges' for different teams or subgroups - Simple communication through posts and comments - Shared photo and video albums - Collaborative Spotify playlists - Polls - Payments - A lot more coming soon
SendMeTheDrop
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A platform for drops. A drop is something happening now: a pop-up, a sample sale, a warehouse night, a record stall, a run. SendMeTheDrop puts them on a map of your city so you can see who's dropped nearby and go. FOR THE COMMUNITY - See what's dropped near you, in the organiser's own colours. - Turn on near me and get a ping the moment something drops within 1km. Two a day at most, never at night. - Know how you get in before you go: walk-in, RSVP, guestlist or tickets. - Get the exact location the moment it's revealed. - Take a ticket in two taps, keep it in Apple Wallet, and show the QR at the door. - Follow the people you rate and hear it first. FOR PEOPLE WHO DROP - Put a drop on the map in about two minutes. - Keep the address sealed until you're ready to reveal it. - Everyone nearby with near me on hears first, for free. - Sell tickets with no fee taken from you. - Boost a drop into promoted spots nearby, or ask brands to sponsor it. - Scan people in at the door from your phone. It works with no signal. - The morning after, find out who came, who came back, and what you keep. FOR BRANDS - Back what's happening. Find drops looking for a sponsor and make an offer. SendMeTheDrop.
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Verdict
Lounge and SendMeTheDrop are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lounge | SendMeTheDrop |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (388 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 92.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 388 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 131 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Lounge Technology | Joe Silver |
Bugs and requests
Lounge
Reported bugs
2 issues- Cannot delete account
- Difficulty changing profile picture
Requested features
4 requests- Unified lounge chat for events
- Nested events within lounges
- One society lounge with team chats
- Ability to leave initial event/lounge
SendMeTheDrop
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Lounge
No in-app purchases
SendMeTheDrop
No in-app purchases
