Nos Social vs Flotilla Chat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nos Social
Connect with others in safe, supportive online communities focused on shared interests and social change. This app fosters authentic connections and sustainable relationships through a decentralized protocol, giving you ownership of your account and feed.
- Create and discover communities
- Discuss shared interests
- Drive social change
- Make new friends
- Decentralized protocol (Nostr)
- Own your account, feed, and connections
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Nos is a social app designed to help you create, and discover, safe and supportive communities where you can discuss shared interests, drive social change, and make new friends. Informed by research, Nos has been developed on Nostr, a decentralized, user-led protocol, and driven by our mission to enable authentic communities built on care, connection and sustainable relationships. You own your account, your feed, and your connections, leading to more fulfilling, positive interactions online. Interact with your followers on any app on Nostr, and in the Fediverse. Download Nos today.
Flotilla Chat
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Engage with your community online, without giving up control. - Protect your community from censorship and surveillance by self-hosting. - Switch between forum-style threads, chat, and encrypted direct messages. - Communities are fully configurable, down to what software your server is running. - Engage with the wider nostr network by cross-posting between public and community spaces. - Compatible third-party apps allow users to control their own experience.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Flotilla Chat at 15.0 against Nos Social's 17.0. On price, update cadence, 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.
Nos Social ships an update monthly, Flotilla Chat every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nos Social | Flotilla Chat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Verse Communications Inc | Coracle Social LLC |
In-app purchases
Nos Social
No in-app purchases
Flotilla Chat
No in-app purchases
