Comparison

Murge World vs Friends

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

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About

Murge World

This app aims to foster genuine human connection by helping you discover people, experiences, and communities around you. It encourages users to be their authentic selves without the pressure of performance, prioritizing real-life interactions over screen time.

Highlights
  • Discover local people and communities
  • Find events and experiences
  • Authentic self-expression encouraged
  • Prioritizes real-life interaction
  • Direct messaging and video calls
  • Privacy controls for location sharing
Features
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NOT ANOTHER CORPORATE PITCH. A letter from Seth Seigler, creator of Murge World I’m a part of the first generation raised on social media. For 20 years, I’ve watched social media promise to connect us while delivering dishonesty, disconnection, and exploitation. It made me less social, less connected, and more isolated. We learned to perform. To chase attention. To scroll past people instead of actually meeting them. I don’t believe this is as good as social can be. So I built Murge World. My dream is simple: build a social world that gives something back to your life. Discover the people, experiences, and communities around you. Be yourself without performing for an audience. Use technology to create real human connection instead of replacing it. Murge World is brand new. It’s not perfect yet. But I know what I want it to become—and what I’ll fight to protect as we grow. THE MURGE WORLD PLEDGE Your real life comes first. We don’t want to own your attention. We want to give you reasons to put your phone down and go live. You should never have to perform. Be strange. Be quiet. Be loud. Be awkward. Be passionate. Most importantly, be yourself. You don’t need an audience to belong here. Your privacy deserves respect. Location helps you discover the world around you, but you control who can see yours. As Murge World grows, I want our privacy protections to grow with it, including encryption wherever we can responsibly provide it. You are a person, not a number. Murge World was built to create value for you—not simply extract your time from you. That’s my pledge. And my entire philosophy comes down to one sentence: Your online life should make your real life better. If it doesn’t, what’s the point? UNLOCK YOUR WORLD There’s an entire world around you that you haven’t met yet. Discover people who share your interests. Find events and experiences around you. Meet people outside your existing circle. Message. Call. Video chat. Start a conversation. Make a friend. Go do something. Murge World isn’t supposed to become another place where you spend your life staring at a screen. The best thing we can do is give you a reason to put it down. THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING. I’m going to keep listening, building, experimenting, and fighting to make Murge World worthy of the people who choose to call it home. We’re the underdogs. And if you’re here this early, you’re building this with us. You’re not just joining another social platform. You’re helping build what social becomes next. Welcome to Murge World. Come as you are. Welcome home. — Seth Seigler

About

Friends

This social app helps you find new, lasting friendships by connecting you with like-minded individuals. It features customized profiles, private chats, and a user-friendly interface to combat loneliness and expand your social circle.

Highlights
  • Customized profiles
  • Instant search for similar interests
  • Private chat feature
  • User-friendly interface
  • Access to large databases
Features
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Never Be Lonely Again Despite living in a world where people can connect to a global web of communities, cultures and experiences through social media platforms like Facebook and have hundreds of friends, the reality of loneliness can’t be ignored. According to a recent poll by the reputable polling organization Statista 60% of Canadians and 65% of Americans reported feeling lonely when asked the question “How often do people feel lonely?” This highlights the need for a platform where individuals can connect with like-minded people who have similar interests and are seeking true friendships. Introducing, Friends-Zone, a social app designed to facilitate such connections. Find New, Lasting Friends. The Friends-Zone is the creation of, Dwight, whose friend circle has shifted due to significant life events and the recent pandemic and the restrictions. Realizing the importance of human connections, he wondered how he could create some new and interesting friendships and thus the app was born. Find Like-minded Connections. The Friends-Zone employs and instant search feature that scans its database to identify individuals who share similar interests, making it easier for you to find potential friends. Once a match is made with a friend or a group of friends, you can connect with them privately through the chat feature. Whether you have recently relocated, are a widower or you simply wish to expand your circle of friends, Friends-Zone is an excellent platform to meet new people. It is specifically designed to help you find a friend. Built to Guide People In the words of, Friends-Zone, developer, Dwight, “I created Friends-Zone to guide people who may feel alone so that they know that there is a friend out there somewhere, always. Friends-Zone can be their connection point.” Download the Friends-Zone today on iPhone and together let’s make the world a friendlier place. App Features 1. Set up customized profiles 2. Access to large databases 3. Access to private chats 4. Simple and user-friendly Terms of Service: https://friendzoneapp.com/terms-of-service/

Screenshots

Murge World4 screens
Friends4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Friends at 5.0 against Murge World's 4.0. Friends also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Murge World's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and ratings volume (8 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Murge World sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and Friends sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Friends holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Murge World has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Murge World's written reviews are positive against 75% of Friends's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Murge World ships an update monthly, Friends fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Murge World versus Friends: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMurge WorldFriends
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (8 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings8 — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size165 MB107 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperSeth SeiglerDwight Lyons

Customer experience

Murge World

All ratings8 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Friends

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Murge World

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Six Months$44.996 Months
  • Yearly$79.991 Year
1 purchases

Friends

Subscriptions1
  • Friend Zone$0.991 Month

Questions

Is Murge World free?
Murge World is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Friends free?
Friends is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Murge World or Friends?
Friends is rated higher. Murge World averages 4.0 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Friends averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Murge World or Friends have ads?
Neither Murge World nor Friends shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Murge World or Friends?
Murge World ships an update monthly, and Friends fortnightly. Most recently, Murge World was updated on November 3, 2026 and Friends on November 3, 2026.

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