Braid It! vs Skylight Social
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Braid It!
This app enables businesses to gather user-generated content for marketing by allowing customers and stakeholders to respond to prompts with videos, images, and text. Users can submit multiple takes to perfect their contributions. It functions as a companion to a web-based account.
- Generate impactful content
- Enlist customers and stakeholders
- Respond to prompts with video, images, text
- Multiple takes for perfection
- Companion web app integration
- Shareable QR codes and links
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Content for your audience, from your audience. Braid It! helps companies to generate impactful content for social media and marketing campaigns by enlisting their customers, employees, and other stakeholders to respond to prompts. Simply share a QR code or link to your BraidIt prompt and your customers will be able to respond with videos, images, and text content in response. They'll be able to do as many takes as they need to make sure they are happy with their response. This app acts as a companion app to your web account.
Skylight Social
Easily share short-form videos to showcase creativity and discover new trends. Connect with creators and maintain ownership of your content, style, and story.
- Short-form video sharing
- Discover new trends
- Connect with creators
- Video ownership
- Showcase creativity
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Skylight makes sharing short-form videos easy and empowering! Showcase your creativity, discover new trends, and connect with your favorite creators. With Skylight, you own your videos, your style, and your story.
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Verdict
Braid It! and Skylight Social both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Braid It!'s written reviews are positive against 35% of Skylight Social's. Braid It! also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.1). Skylight Social's advantage is ratings volume (1.2K vs 11). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Braid It! against 4.7 for Skylight Social. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Skylight Social has 1.2K ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Braid It!'s written reviews are positive against 35% of Skylight Social's.
Braid It! ships an update every 5 days, Skylight Social fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on July 5, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Braid It! | Skylight Social |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (11 ratings) — better | 4.7 (1.2K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 34.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 1.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 98 MB | 143 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Braid It, Inc. | Skylight Social, PBC |
Customer experience
Braid It!
Skylight Social
Bugs and requests
Braid It!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Skylight Social
Reported bugs
2 issues- Errors when trying to access settings or upload videos
- Inconsistent video playback and loading issues
Requested features
3 requests- Improved content discovery and personalization
- Addition of reposting and timestamp features
- Expanded creator tools and monetization options
In-app purchases
Braid It!
No in-app purchases
Skylight Social
No in-app purchases
