Scored Communities vs Placepals
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Scored Communities
Connect with others around shared interests by joining or creating vibrant communities. This platform encourages open and honest discussion while separating political discourse from entertainment topics.
- Join interest-based communities
- Create your own communities
- Encourages free and honest speech
- Separates politics from entertainment
- Connect with like-minded individuals
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Join communities relating to your interests, or make your own. At our core are two seemingly clashing ideas: - allowing people to speak freely and honestly - disentangling politics from entertainment We think we can make both work.
Placepals
Create personalized maps of significant locations. Add photos and custom icons to pins, and collaborate with friends or partners to document shared journeys and memories.
- Create custom maps
- Add pins with photos
- Customize pin icons
- Collaborate with partners
- Map with friends
- Document journeys and memories
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Create maps of the places that matter to you. Drop pins for first dates, anniversary dinners, that bakery you stumbled into on vacation—anywhere that means something to you. Add photos, customize each pin with icons, and invite your partner to map your journey together. Map with friends too. For trips, group memories, wherever life takes you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Placepals at 5.0 against Scored Communities's 4.3. Placepals also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Scored Communities's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Placepals holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scored Communities has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Scored Communities ships an update every 2 weeks, Placepals every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Scored Communities | Placepals |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Communities LLC | Nicholas Paul Bigelow |
Customer experience
Scored Communities
Placepals
In-app purchases
Scored Communities
No in-app purchases
Placepals
No in-app purchases
