Firefly vs Towns
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Firefly
This app aggregates social networks and Web3 platforms, allowing users to explore on-chain activity, collect NFTs, and manage community proposals. It enables cross-posting and following various addresses to enhance social media reach.
- Explore on-chain activity
- Collect free NFTs
- Track community proposals and voting
- Cross-post to multiple networks
- Follow various addresses
- Sync follows across networks
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Firefly is a social app for exploring what’s happening onchain. Developed by Mask Network, Firefly seamlessly combines centralized social networks like X (Twitter) with Web3 social networks and NFT platforms such as Lens, Farcaster, Mirror, Gitcoin, Snapshot, and the Ethereum ecosystem. DIVE INTO WEB3 · Stay informed with product launches and alpha through Firefly’s powerful social feeds. · Collect free NFTs and stay updated on trending drops in the NFT feed. · Keep track of your community proposals and voting through Snapshot. SOCIAL LIKE A PRO · Cross-post to reach your followers and expand your audience across all networks. · Follow @username handles, .eth addresses, 0x addresses, and more. · Improve your feed by logging in to X to see what the profiles you follow are posting and minting in Web3. Optionally, you can sync your follows across networks. Have feedback? Email us at feedback@firefly.land or send us a message on any network. @thefireflyapp on X (Twitter) @fireflyapp on Farcaster @fireflyapp on Lens
Towns
This app merges group chat functionality with a self-custody cryptocurrency wallet. Users can discuss financial markets, share investment ideas, and securely manage their digital assets directly within the application.
- Group chat for friends
- Self-custodied wallet
- Secure USDC purchase
- Send and receive assets
- Manage assets on your terms
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Towns combines group chat with a self-custody wallet — so you can gather your community, talk markets, share ideas, and hold your assets directly. - Group chat built for communities - Self-custodied wallet — you control your keys - Send, receive, and manage assets on your terms - Your wallet. Your keys. Your conversations.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Towns at 4.8 against Firefly's 4.2. Towns also leads on ratings volume (93 vs 25). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Towns holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25 and 93 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 80% and 80% positive.
Firefly ships an update weekly, Towns every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and July 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Firefly | Towns |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (25 ratings) | 4.8 (93 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 25 | 93 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17 — better | 17.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 297 MB | 119 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 17+ |
| Developer | SUJITEKU LIMITED LIABILITY CO. | Here Not There, Inc. |
Customer experience
Firefly
Towns
In-app purchases
Firefly
No in-app purchases
Towns
No in-app purchases
