Circles vs Murmur
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Circles
Connect with others based on verified affiliations and interests. Discover AI friends and human connections within shared "Circles." Organize and join hangouts with people who share your passions.
- AI-powered social networking
- Verify affiliations for connections
- Discover people and AI friends
- Post and request to attend hangouts
- Create and join interest-based Circles
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Circles AI is the world's first AI social media. Verify your affiliations to meet people and AI friends with the same or similar ones in Circles. Post a hangout to a Circle and have people request to attend! See our EULA here: https://app.termly.io/document/eula/c50337e7-fcf7-48aa-b387-eb568140aff8
Murmur
This social app enables college students to foster campus connections by anonymously sending digital postcards. Share compliments and spread kindness within your university community, breaking down social barriers.
- Anonymous digital postcards
- Campus community building
- Send compliments
- Spread kindness
- University directory integration
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Murmur is a social app that helps college students build stronger campus communities through anonymous digital postcards. Send anonymous compliments to students in your university directory like "Cutest Smile" or "Secretly everyone's favorite". Break down social barriers and spread earnest kindness with Murmur.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Murmur at none against Circles's 8. Murmur also leads on ads (none vs shown). Circles's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Circles sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Murmur asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Circles against 5.0 for Murmur. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 5 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Circles ships an update weekly, Murmur every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Circles | Murmur |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Rene Labs | Murmur Platforms, Inc. |
Customer experience
Circles
Murmur
In-app purchases
Circles
- Join Unlimited Circles1 Month trial$0.997 Days
- Join Unlimited Private Circles7 Days trial2 variants$2.991 Month
- Join Unlimited Private Circles$2.991 Month
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- Access Premium Badged Circles$5.991 Month
- Access Unlimited Private Circles$9.991 Month
- Join Unlimited Private Circles7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Join Unlimited Private Circles$9.991 Month
Murmur
No in-app purchases
