Spill vs Recs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spill
Connect with others through live audio, video, and chat. Discover trending topics, join or create communities, and engage in daily games. Share your ideas and art, or simply join the conversation.
- Discover trending topics
- Create and join communities
- Live audio, video, and chat
- Share ideas and art
- Play daily games
- Virtual conversation spaces
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See What’s Tea -Discover the hottest Spills and most popular topics Find Your People -Create your own Groups and discover communities from around the world Spill your way -Share your ideas, art, inspiration or join in the conversation Go Live With Friends -Create a virtual space for conversations with live audio, video & chat Play Daily Games -Climb the Leaderboard with ‘What’s The Word’. Learn how to play Spades, or start a table of your own
Recs
Discover trusted recommendations from your social circle, bypassing algorithms and strangers. Ask your network for suggestions on anything from restaurants to entertainment, or share your own favorites. Control privacy for your posts, ensuring suggestions come from people who know you.
- Post recommendations across categories
- Ask network for suggestions
- Follow friends' recommendations
- Save recommendations
- Control post privacy
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Recs is where you go for recommendations you can trust. No algorithms, no strangers - just real suggestions from people in your life. Ask your network for their favorites - the best restaurant in town, a show worth binging, a product that actually works. Or share your own go-to picks so friends can discover what you love. Features: - Post recommendations across categories like food, entertainment, products, and more - Ask your network for suggestions on anything - Follow friends and see what they recommend - Save recs for later - Control who sees your posts - share with everyone, your followers, or just your inner circle Stop scrolling through fake reviews. Start getting recs from people who actually know you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Recs at 100% against Spill's 65%. Recs also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Spill's advantage is ratings volume (1.6K vs 4). 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.
Recs holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spill has 1.6K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of Spill's written reviews are positive against 100% of Recs's.
Spill ships an update every 9 days, Recs weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spill | Recs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.6K ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 65.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.6K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 217 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Real Spill Corporation | Twin Trails Ventures LLC |
Customer experience
Spill
Recs
Bugs and requests
Spill
Reported bugs
3 issues- Difficulty changing email/phone number
- Groups feature causing crashes
- Misaligned UI elements on sign-up
Requested features
4 requests- Add ability to edit/delete posts
- Improve notification system
- Integrate music/audio sharing
- Expand group/community features
Recs
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Spill
No in-app purchases
Recs
No in-app purchases
