Circles vs dipity!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Circles
A private social network designed for close-knit groups like families or teams. It offers a secure space for interaction with features like posts, comments, and custom avatars, free from ads and data selling.
- Private group interaction
- Posts and threaded comments
- Custom avatar creator
- Member lists
- Email invitations
- Ad-free experience
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The mini, subscription-based, private social network for your group, family, team, squad and besties to interact in a personal, private, and secure manner without ads, targeting or data brokers bidding on your personal information. Our mini social network currently includes the following features; - Posts - Threaded comments - Custom avatar maker - Members List - Email invite system We're free while in Early Access and will introduce a lightweight subscription soon. In order to truly be a private, subscription based, social network, we promise to never ever sell ads, manipulate your feed or sell your personal data to a third party. To create a Circle all you need is for one member of your group to sponsor it, and that's it; no ads, no targeting, no silly business.
dipity!
Enhance your contacts with rich context, organize them into custom circles, and discover connections based on location and shared interests. Log your travels with GPS-verified stamps and build a personal life record.
- Add context to contacts
- Organize contacts into custom Orbits
- Location-based contact discovery
- GPS-verified travel logging
- Shareable personal travelogue
- Proximity alerts for connections
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Your phone's contacts app was designed in a different era. A name, a number, maybe an email. It has no idea that your friend is having coffee two blocks away. Dipity is serendipity, by design. It sits on top of the contacts you already have and gives you a quiet heads-up when you and a friend cross paths, without becoming a way to track anyone. A PRIVATE RADAR FOR YOUR PEOPLE Dipity's radar shows friends who are Here Now or Near. There are no live maps, no pins and no breadcrumbs, only a nudge that says "you two are close." DOUBLE-BLIND, BY DESIGN Neither of you sees the other unless you're both in range. Nobody can look you up, follow you or check where you've been. Dipity keeps zero location history. SAY HI WITHOUT THE PRESSURE When paths overlap, send a quick walkie-talkie note. It vanishes once it's read, and nothing is saved in the cloud. YOU STAY IN CONTROL Organize friends into Orbits. Choose who can know you're nearby, per person or per Orbit. Mute, hide or go incognito anytime. YOUR CONTACTS STAY YOURS Dipity is read-only and matches on-device. We never upload, spam or sell your contacts. No ads, ever. Live more. Scroll less.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Circles at none against dipity!'s 2. dipity!'s advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 weeks). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. dipity! sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Circles asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Circles against 5.0 for dipity!. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
Circles ships an update every 6 weeks, dipity! every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Circles | dipity! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Magnus Sveinbjornsson | SAS42 Productions, LLC |
Customer experience
Circles
dipity!
In-app purchases
Circles
No in-app purchases
dipity!
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