Crush vs Tether | algorithm
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Crush
Connect with users from your generation in a safe and inclusive environment. Create and share GIFs of friends, engage in trending discussions, and discover new connections based on shared facial features. This app focuses on platonic friendships and positive social interactions.
- Connect with your generation
- Create and share friend GIFs
- Engage in trending discussions
- Connect via shared facial features
- Focus on platonic friendships
- Safe and inclusive environment
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Relive the nostalgia of high school connections in a digital environment filled with good vibes and real moments. Crush offers a safe, inclusive, and fun environment where you'll exclusively connect with users from your own generation. Unleash your creativity by creating GIFs of your friends and sharing them on their profiles, fostering inventiveness within your social circles. Engage in vibrant discussions spanning from today's most pressing topics to the trends that will shape tomorrow. Discover an extraordinary feature that allows you to connect with people who share similar facial features, expanding your social network in a completely fun and innovative way. This is not a dating app, but quite the opposite. The mission of this project is to eliminate the sexualization and toxicity present not only in these kinds of applications but also in social media in general, in a cool and entertaining way, focusing on real friendships and platonic connections. Without discriminatory algorithms or abusive costs. Experience the perfect combo of social media with a touch of Crush.
Tether | algorithm
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Tether is a set of social tools that help people build better real-world relationships, acting as a sort of digital connective tissue. With Tether, you can coordinate social events, message individual friends or friend groups, and stay-up-to date with each others' lives through a non-addictive social feed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Tether | algorithm at none against Crush's shown. Crush's advantage is iOS requirement (13.4 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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.
Crush ships an update every 11 days, Tether | algorithm every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Crush | Tether | algorithm |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 96.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Crush Social Network, Ltd. | Jason Hindley |
In-app purchases
Crush
No in-app purchases
Tether | algorithm
No in-app purchases









