Spiel! vs SOM Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spiel!
This app allows users to rate and review anything, from food to media, with friends. Discover new recommendations from your network and save them for later. It aims to foster deeper connections by sharing and discussing shared interests.
- Rate and review anything
- Discover friend recommendations
- Save recommendations to lists
- Build user profiles
- Invite friends
- Create reviews (Spiels)
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Introducing Spiel – Share recommendations, expand interests, & deepen relationships. Spiel is the first interactive review app for friends to rate and review anything—from NY's best slice of pizza to nostalgic tv shows to an awkward interaction so terrible it sent you to therapy. Discover recommendations through friends while staying updated on their lives. Save friends' recs to lists to make sure you never lose a great rec again. FEATURES: - Build your profile - Invite your friends - Find things to review & create Spiels - Store your recs in lists Our mission at Spiel is to connect friends substantively. Grab your friends and get on Spiel to join the fun!
SOM Connect
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The SOM Connect app provides direct mobile access to SOM Connect—a place for Yale SOM alumni to meaningfully connect with the entire alumni community and Yale School of Management. In the app you will find: - The Yale SOM Alumni Directory - Information about upcoming events, including reunions, major events, and regional alumni chapter events - A live feed with photos, videos, announcements, and updates from fellow alumni - Focused spaces for interacting including chapter, class, and shared interest groups - A direct messaging module - Additional features designed to aid Yale SOM Alumni in staying connected
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Spiel! at every 9 days against SOM Connect's every 5 weeks. Spiel! also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). On price, 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.
Spiel! ships an update every 9 days, SOM Connect every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spiel! | SOM Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (120 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 120 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 99 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Spiel LLC | 2021 Yale University |
In-app purchases
Spiel!
No in-app purchases
SOM Connect
No in-app purchases
