Firefly vs Gao Global
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
Gao Global
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Gao brings social discovery, real-world context, work, and AI-assisted tools into one connected app. Explore World, a map-first social space for discovering what’s happening around you and sharing Signals tied to places and moments. Follow updates across Gao through Feed, connect with people, build friendships, and organize the people you care about with Circles. Home brings together the activity that matters to you. Ask Gao helps you search, discover, and work across the app. Work gives you tools for tasks, planning, and organization, while Studio is a space for Gao-powered creation and agents. Me brings your identity and personal activity together, including your connections, Circles, saved items, bookings, calendar, gift cards, and account controls. Built-in reporting and blocking tools give you control over unwanted interactions. Gao is designed as one connected experience across Home, World, Work, Studio, and Me.
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Verdict
Firefly and Gao Global are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Firefly | Gao Global |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (26 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 292 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | SUJITEKU LIMITED LIABILITY CO. | com.toii.social |
In-app purchases
Firefly
No in-app purchases
Gao Global
No in-app purchases








