Bantr vs Wishew
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bantr
Connect with fellow TV enthusiasts to discuss your favorite shows. Engage in episode-specific conversations, join group chats, or create your own discussion prompts. Keep track of shows you're watching and avoid spoilers with personalized settings.
- Discuss favorite TV shows
- Episode-specific conversations
- Join or create group chats
- Spoiler-free viewing options
- Track watched shows
- Connect with other fans
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Let’s talk TV! Bantr is a social network for television fans. Comment, rant, commiserate, bond, and bantr about the shows you love with other fans who love them, too. Swipe through episode-specific discussion topics and join small group conversation or create some prompts of your own and get bantring. Your Favorite Shows - Keep track of all the shows you’ve watched and chat about the ones you love and the ones you love to hate. New shows and episodes are added all the time. Spoiler Free - Select where you are in a series, and never worry about encountering annoying spoilers. Have Meaningful Discussion - Find and engage with other fans in anonymous discussions groups Make New Friends - Make a diverse range of new connections and build up a buddy list of your favorite people to talk to.
Wishew
This social network focuses on personal growth and aspirations. Users set goals and share their progress, challenges, and needs, building a journey of becoming. The community offers support and rewards helpful actions with reputation points.
- Set and track personal goals
- Share progress and challenges
- Build a 'Journey' of your development
- Request and offer support
- Earn reputation points for helping others
- Community-driven motivation
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WISHEW is the social network for who you’re becoming. Most social platforms are built around what gets attention. WISHEW is built around where you’re going. Start with a Goal — something you want to achieve, build, change, or become. Put it out there, honestly, and share your Moves along the way: the small moments of Progress, the Milestones that matter, and the Obstacles that can feel like anything but progress. Your Moves build a Journey. Not a feed of finished moments, but a living, unfiltered record of who you’re becoming — one Move at a time. A Journey the community can follow, support, and help you move forward through. Need something along the way? Add to your Move what you’re looking for — advice, skills, motivation, contacts, or anything that could help you get unstuck and take the next step. And when you can help someone else, step in. Share what you know, offer support, open a door. Every bit of help that moves someone forward earns you Reputation Points — a credibility system built on what you actually do for other people, not on how many followers you have. Download WISHEW and make your next Move.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Bantr at 4.8 against Wishew's 4.1. Bantr also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.7). Wishew's advantage is ratings volume (144 vs 33). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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. Wishew sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Bantr asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bantr holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 33 and 144 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Bantr's written reviews are positive against 81% of Wishew's.
Bantr ships an update every 3 weeks, Wishew monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bantr | Wishew |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (33 ratings) — better | 4.1 (144 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better | 80.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 33 | 144 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.7 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 486 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Bantr Collective Incorporated | WISHEW LTD |
Customer experience
Bantr
Wishew
Bugs and requests
Bantr
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Wishew
Reported bugs
3 issues- Endless loop of onboarding video
- App getting stuck on initial screen
- Crashes and freezes on launch
Requested features
4 requests- Improved stability and bug fixes
- Ability to verify user identities
- Option to attach proof of need for donations
- Public discussion groups and forums
In-app purchases
Bantr
No in-app purchases
Wishew
- Basic Pack$4.99
- Plus Pack$9.99
- Pro Pack$24.99
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- Mega Pack$49.99
- Ultra Pack$149.99
- Wishest Pack$349.99









