Comparison

Torre Messenger vs The Checkin

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

Head to head
About

Torre Messenger

Stay updated on your job search activities with instant notifications. Receive alerts for job openings, application status, messages, and personalized recommendations.

Highlights
  • Job and application updates
  • Job and candidate alerts
  • Incoming message notifications
  • Signal and recommendation alerts
  • Push notifications
Features
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Find jobs • Search thousands of open opportunities right from your phone. • Refine results with AI. Describe what you want and Torre tunes the search for you. • See compensation in your local currency, matched against your skills. Stay in touch • Receive messages and replies from recruiters and Torre members. • Get push notifications the moment something needs your attention. Stay informed • Updates about your jobs and applications. • Job and candidate alerts. • Incoming signals, recommendations, and more. Torre Companion works alongside torre.ai. Sign in with the same account and pick up wherever you left off.

About

The Checkin

Features
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Social media used to be fun. Now it's exhausting. Too much noise. Too much pressure. Too many posts are competing for your attention. Even sharing something simple has started to feel like overkill. Checkin is different. It's social the way it used to feel — fast, honest, low-pressure. Instead of posts, you share Checkins: quick, lightweight updates about what you're actually doing right now. The song in your headphones. The game you just finished. The movie you're halfway through. The walk you just wrapped up. No captions to agonize over. No filters. No performance. Just real life, as it happens. WHAT YOU CAN CHECK IN - Music — share what you're listening to - Watching — movies, shows, sports, whatever's on the screen - Playing — the games you're into right now - Workouts — auto-imported from Apple Fitness and Strava - Places — restaurants, cafés, cities, anywhere worth remembering - Trips — where you're headed and when - Activities — anything else you want to mark ONLY THE PEOPLE YOU CHOOSE Checkins aren't public by default. You decide who sees what — close friends, family, a small circle, or just yourself. No followers. No strangers. No algorithm pushing your life to people you've never met. A FEED THAT MAKES SENSE Your feed is chronological. Real-time. Real life. What your friends are actually doing, in the order it's happening. No ads. No suggested content. No rabbit holes. YOUR DAY, REPLAYED At the end of each day, Checkin gives you a Replay: a clean timeline of everything you checked in to. Your morning workout, the album you played on the commute, dinner with a friend, the match you watched at night. It's a low-effort journal that builds itself. BADGES WORTH EARNING Earn badges for real things you do — not for scrolling. Foodie for trying new restaurants. Cinephile for watching films. Multi-Sport for mixing up your workouts. Your profile reflects how you actually spend your time. BUILT FOR REAL LIFE - Clean, dark interface that stays out of your way - Works with the apps you already use — Spotify, Apple Music, Apple Fitness, Strava - React to friends' Checkins with stickers, comments, or a quick emoji - Start private and open up when you're ready WHY PEOPLE ARE SWITCHING Traditional social apps turned sharing into work. Every post is a performance. Every scroll is a commitment. Checkin strips it all back to what people actually miss: the feeling of casually knowing what your friends are up to, without the noise. No likes to chase. No trends to keep up with. No strangers in your feed. Just you, your people, and your day. Download Checkin and share your life the easy way. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Torre Messenger4 screens
The Checkin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Torre Messenger at none against The Checkin's 1. Torre Messenger also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. The Checkin sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Torre Messenger asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Torre Messenger versus The Checkin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTorre MessengerThe Checkin
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB82 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperTorre Labs, Inc.Brian loz

In-app purchases

None

Torre Messenger

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

The Checkin

Subscriptions1
  • Checkin Premium$2.991 Month

Questions

Is Torre Messenger free?
Torre Messenger is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Checkin free?
The Checkin is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Torre Messenger or The Checkin have ads?
Neither Torre Messenger nor The Checkin shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Torre Messenger or The Checkin?
Torre Messenger ships an update monthly, and The Checkin monthly. Most recently, Torre Messenger was updated on November 7, 2026 and The Checkin on October 31, 2026.

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