Linework vs IVY
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Linework
This social app focuses on verified identities and genuine connections, offering a members' marketplace. Users can post content, join groups, and discover products and services from other verified members.
- Verified identity profiles
- Genuine peer connections
- Members' marketplace
- Social feed with posts, reels, and stories
- Group joining and relationship building
- Easy sign-in options
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LINEWORK — A VERIFIED COMMUNITY Linework is a social app for real people: a verified identity, genuine peer connections, and a members' marketplace — in one place. VERIFIED IDENTITY, REAL CONNECTIONS Every member completes a real profile: a name, a photo, a handle. No anonymous throwaway accounts. Authenticity starts at sign-up. SIGN IN IN SECONDS Sign in with Apple, continue with Google, or get a magic link by email — no passwords to forget. SPIRAL — YOUR SOCIAL FEED Post, comment, and share reels and stories. Follow people, join groups, and build real relationships. BLOOP — A MEMBERS' REWARD Discover products and services from other members. Browse listings and connect with sellers directly. Linework — verified community, real people.
IVY
Connect with verified students at your school for campus news, buying/selling, finding friends, and organizing events. Features include a campus feed, exchange marketplace, and group messaging, all within a private, student-only community.
- Verified student-only community
- Campus feed for updates and news
- Buy, sell, and trade items
- Find friends and study partners
- Centralized event calendar
- Organization pages
- Anonymous posting option
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IVY is your campus, in one place. Sign up with your .edu email and you're in a private community made up only of verified students at your school. With no bots, no strangers, no one from outside your campus. CAMPUS FEED See what's actually happening right now. Post updates, photos, questions, and polls. Find out about the party, the protest, the free food outside the library, and the class everyone says to avoid — from the people actually there. EXCHANGE Buy, sell, and trade with students on your campus. Textbooks, furniture, tickets, bikes, mini fridges. No shipping, no strangers, no meeting someone off-campus — just students a few buildings away. MEET Find your people. Match with students for friendships, study partners, gym buddies, or more! You choose what you're looking for, and you only ever see other verified students from your school. EVENTS One calendar for everything on campus. Concerts, games, club meetings, guest lectures, parties. RSVP, see who else is going, and get a reminder before it starts. ORGANIZATIONS Clubs, teams, Greek life, and student groups get their own space: announcements, events, polls, and member feeds. Stop losing information in five different group chats. HOUSING Find roommates, subletters, and off-campus places from students who actually go to your school. LOST & FOUND Someone found your ID, your AirPods, your water bottle. Post it, claim it, get it back. ANONYMOUS TAKES Say the thing. Post anonymously to your campus while staying verified as a real student — honest, and still accountable. MESSAGES Direct and group messages with anyone you've connected with on campus. BUILT FOR STUDENTS, NOT ADVERTISERS IVY is free for students. Every account is verified by .edu email. You control what you share, who can message you, and what you show on your profile. SAFETY AND MODERATION IVY is for verified college students 18 and over, in the United States. You can report any post, comment, listing, or message, and block any user, at any time. We use automated content screening alongside human review, and we act on reports quickly. Accounts that violate our guidelines are removed. Terms of Use: https://getivy.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://getivy.app/privacy Safety: https://getivy.app/safety Questions: team@getivy.app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: IVY at 5.0 against Linework's 2.4. IVY also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%). Linework's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and device support 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.
IVY holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Linework's written reviews are positive against 100% of IVY's.
Linework ships an update every 2 days, IVY every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Linework | IVY |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 126 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | LINEWORK USA INC | Ivy Management Group LLC |
Customer experience
Linework
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In-app purchases
Linework
No in-app purchases
IVY
No in-app purchases









