Footprinting vs Pal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Footprinting
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MEET WITH FRIENDS FIND NEW PLACES DRAG & DROP Drop a friend over a place to create a new meeting. Or, drop a place over a group of friends. Drag & drop lets you create meetings in seconds. WIDGETS See your next meeting on your phone's Home Screen with the small or medium widget. See your next 2 meetings with the large widget. APPLE WATCH See your next meeting on the face of your Apple Watch. Several styles to choose from on the different watch faces. Open the watch app to see a list all your meetings. MEETINGS Your meetings will be listed in chronological order from soonest meeting to furthest meeting. Each meeting will show you who said yes, who said no, and who hasn't responded yet. The total counts of yes, no, and don't know appear under the image of the place. GROUPS Organize your friends and family into groups. Then, drag and drop groups to quickly create meetings instead of dragging one friend at a time. PLACES Use the map to add your favorite places. Or, find new places to visit with friends and family. Add your own places to the map by taking a picture and entering the name of the place. You can choose if it's visible on your friends maps, or if it's visible on everyones maps. TURN-BY-TURN DIRECTIONS Get to your meeting place with the provided turn-by-turn directions. When available, the directions will show places that are near your turn so you can spot them from far away. NOTIFICATIONS Get reminders so you don't miss your meetings. Do a long press on the notification to see more details. Get notifications for new friends and new meetings.
Pal
Connect with like-minded individuals and build meaningful relationships. This platform encourages offline activities, event organization, and community engagement to foster genuine conversations.
- Find people with similar interests
- Connect with people in the same location
- Plan and attend offline activities
- Organize and join events
- Join groups and communities
- Foster genuine conversations
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Today the world has moved to a digital way of connecting, networking and meeting people. It is now a lot more difficult to meet like-minded people and build strong connections. Pal-Zone is here to offer everyone a chance to find people with similar interests or in the same location. It encourages people to plan more activities offline, to organise and attend events, to join groups and talk to people around the world, to join communities and keep up with their neighbourhood. This app brings back conversations in the age of short messages, images and videos. I hope you find your mates through this app.
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Verdict
Footprinting and Pal are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters โ price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them โ neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท 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 every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Footprinting | Pal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | โ | 100.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | โ | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch โ better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 14.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 139 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Aaron Lieu | Pal-zone Private Limited |
In-app purchases
Footprinting
No in-app purchases
Pal
No in-app purchases









