Comparison

Full Blend vs Authentic Social Media

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Full Blend

Connect with beauty professionals and enthusiasts. Share product recommendations, discover new trends, and build a supportive community. This platform fosters creativity and collaboration within the beauty industry.

Highlights
  • Product sharing and recommendations
  • Community building for beauty professionals
  • Discover new beauty trends
  • Interconnected professional network
  • Inspiration for the beauty industry
Features
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Our mission is to inspire the beauty industry to express and share their favorite products, cultivating a powerful and interconnected community

About

Authentic Social Media

This app offers a social experience focused on connecting with actual friends and family, free from ads, algorithms, and influencers. It allows users to share moments and participate in a daily spontaneous photo challenge called a 'Glimpse'.

Highlights
  • Connect with friends and family
  • Share photos anytime
  • Daily spontaneous photo challenge (Glimpse)
  • No feed or algorithm
  • No ads or influencers
  • No follower counts or likes
Features
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Social media wasn't built for your actual friends. It was built to keep you scrolling. Think about it. When did you last open Instagram to see what your best friend is actually doing right now? Instead, you got ads, influencers, and an algorithm deciding what matters. Three hours later, you're watching strangers argue about something you don't care about. Authentic is different. Just your people. Just their faces. Open the app and you see the people who matter to you—what they're doing today, where they are, how they're feeling. No feed. No algorithm. No ads. No influencers. Nothing to scroll. — HOW IT WORKS Share moments with your people whenever you want. A photo from your morning coffee. Your view from the office. Dinner with your family. Your people see it. That's it. But there's also something called a Glimpse. Once a day, at a random time, you get a notification. You have 2 minutes to share a photo—whatever you're doing right now. No planning. No staging. No picking the perfect angle. Just your life, in that moment. You don't pick the perfect moment. The moment picks you. That's what makes it real. Your people are doing the same thing. So you see their unplanned moments too. Tuesday at 2:47pm. Saturday morning still in bed. The boring parts. The real parts. — WHY I BUILT THIS I'm Atin. I got tired of the doom scroll. I wanted a place to see my friends' faces without the noise. Without spending an hour I didn't mean to spend. Without feeling worse after than before. So I built something smaller. Something focused. Something that takes a few minutes a day, not a few hours. No hundred million dollars in funding. No growth hacking. No "engagement optimization." Just a place that respects your time and your relationships. — WHAT YOU GET • Your people's faces, front and center • Share photos anytime, or capture a daily Glimpse • No algorithm deciding what you see • No ads, ever • No follower counts or likes • No strangers, no influencers, no "suggested for you" — The social app for people who are tired of social media. Instagram is for influencers. Authentic is for humans.

Screenshots

Full Blend4 screens
Authentic Social Media3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Full Blend at 5.0 against Authentic Social Media's 1.0. Full Blend also leads on iOS requirement (13.4 vs 16.0). Authentic Social Media's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Full Blend holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Full Blend ships an update every 2 months, Authentic Social Media every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Full Blend versus Authentic Social Media: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFull BlendAuthentic Social Media
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.4 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB57 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperApsy IncAuthentic Technologies Inc.

In-app purchases

None

Full Blend

No in-app purchases

None

Authentic Social Media

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Full Blend free?
Full Blend is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Authentic Social Media free?
Authentic Social Media is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Full Blend or Authentic Social Media?
Full Blend is rated higher. Full Blend averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Authentic Social Media averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Full Blend or Authentic Social Media have ads?
Neither Full Blend nor Authentic Social Media shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Full Blend or Authentic Social Media?
Full Blend ships an update every 2 months, and Authentic Social Media every 2 days. Most recently, Full Blend was updated on November 3, 2026 and Authentic Social Media on October 28, 2026.

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