Comparison

Community Gearbox vs Throwback by Loop

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

Head to head
About

Community Gearbox

This social networking app facilitates resource sharing, co-ownership, and mobilization among trusted individuals and organizations. It aims to disrupt individual consumption by enabling users to manage and distribute items within their known circles.

Highlights
  • Resource sharing
  • Co-ownership of items
  • Inventory management
  • Mobilize resources
  • Trusted network sharing
Features
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Committed to disrupting individual consumption - Community gearbox is a social, inventory management app that lets users and organizations share, co-own, and mobilize resources amongst people they know and trust.

About

Throwback by Loop

This app offers a weekly dose of nostalgia, prompting users to share childhood and teenage photos every Thursday. Outside of Thursdays, users can connect with friends and send anonymous 'Boosts'.

Highlights
  • Weekly photo prompts
  • Share childhood memories
  • Send anonymous 'Boosts'
  • Connect with friends
  • Nostalgia-focused feed
Features
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Throwback is your new weekly dose of nostalgia. Are you tired of the same old Instagram feed filled with influencers and their #sponsored posts? Well, Throwback is here to take you back to a simpler time when the only thing you had to worry about was what to wear to your friend's Sweet 16. But here's the catch: Throwback is only open for business on Thursdays. Not kidding. If you're looking for more daily doom scrolling, look elsewhere. Don't worry, the rest of the week you can still add friends, and even send your friends uplifting 'Boosts' (anonymous push notifications to brighten their day!). Each Thursday, we give you a new prompt to take you down memory lane and post pictures of your childhood, those awkward teenage years, or that one time you wore overalls unironically. With Throwback, you'll finally have an excuse to dig through your old photo albums and relive the good old days. So, mark your calendars and get ready to throw it back with us every Thursday. (But don't blame us if your mom starts calling you more often because you're posting pictures of her haircuts from the 90s.) ---------- App made by humans who are always looking for feedback (follow us on Twitter @loopsocialinc), description made by AI which doesn't much care, don't @ us if it's cheesy.

Screenshots

Community Gearbox4 screens
Throwback by Loop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Throwback by Loop at weekly against Community Gearbox's every 3 weeks. Throwback by Loop also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Community Gearbox's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Community Gearbox against 4.9 for Throwback by Loop. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 7 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Community Gearbox ships an update every 3 weeks, Throwback by Loop weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Community Gearbox versus Throwback by Loop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCommunity GearboxThrowback by Loop
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (8 ratings) — better4.9 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings8 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB99 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperDante GarciaLoop Social Inc.

Customer experience

Community Gearbox

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Throwback by Loop

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Community Gearbox

No in-app purchases

None

Throwback by Loop

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Community Gearbox free?
Community Gearbox is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Throwback by Loop free?
Throwback by Loop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Community Gearbox or Throwback by Loop?
Community Gearbox is rated higher. Community Gearbox averages 5.0 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Throwback by Loop averages 4.9 from 7 ratings.
Do Community Gearbox or Throwback by Loop have ads?
Neither Community Gearbox nor Throwback by Loop shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Community Gearbox or Throwback by Loop?
Community Gearbox ships an update every 3 weeks, and Throwback by Loop weekly. Most recently, Community Gearbox was updated on October 7, 2026 and Throwback by Loop on September 25, 2026.

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