다음 카페 vs 위드팬
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
다음 카페
Connect with communities and share your stories. Create posts, comment, and engage with popular content. Features include real-time updates, a robust editor, and direct messaging.
- Huddle-free Space Table for posts and comments
- Real-time popular posts display
- Brand new editor and commenting features
- Official Fancafe for star support
- Keyword and favorite post notifications
- Bookmark posts with tags
- Direct messaging with Cafe friends
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Daum Cafe has served as a place to share your stories since 1999. Now you can enjoy Daum Cafe's special features more conveniently through the app! ◈ Real-Time Popular Posts - Top 100 hot posts are displayed in real time! Time will fly while you read them. - You can also see weekly and monthly popular posts for the past six months. ※ Popular posts are collected based on posts on cafes which are open for search. ◈ Brand new editor & commenting - Now you can modify what you write on your PC! - you can easily attach various items such as photos, videos, emoticons and polls. - A special feature only available on Daum Cafe App! You can write comments while looking at a post and its comments. ◈ Daum Official Fancafe - Cheer for your star as much as you love. - You can use Star schedule and Participate/Level-up boards only on Official Fancafe! ◈ Notification features - Set Favorite Boards and Friends to receive notifications for new posts. - Set "keyword notification" to receive notifications for posts including the pre-registered keywords. - Set Favorite Posts to receive notifications when a new comment is added. ◈ Bookmark and other features - Bookmark posts that you like. You can group them using tags and access them from PC too. - Get in touch with your Cafe friends using DM features. - Other useful features are also available such as Cafe Theme, Password Setting and 3D Touch. ▷ About App Access Permission 1) Required Permission - None 2) Optional Permission - Album: To upload photos to a post and for the app home & member information. - Camera: To take photos - Microphone: To record videos - Calendar: To save the schedule in my calendar - Notifications: Used for notifications of posts, announcements, etc. - Face ID: Used to unlock the app ※ You may still use the service even if you do not grant optional permissions.
위드팬
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새로운 글로벌 팬덤 플랫폼, 위드팬! 최애와의 즐거운 채팅부터! 공식 팬클럽만의 혜택도 누리고, 커뮤니티에서 소통하고, 독점 콘텐츠도 즐기자!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: 위드팬 at 5.0 against 다음 카페's 2.8. 위드팬 also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 다음 카페's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 28) and review sentiment (31% vs 15%). On price, update cadence, ads 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. 위드팬 sells 27 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. 다음 카페 asks for nothing beyond the download.
위드팬 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 다음 카페 has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 31% of 다음 카페's written reviews are positive against 15% of 위드팬's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
다음 카페 ships an update weekly, 위드팬 every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 다음 카페 | 위드팬 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 30.6% of reviews — better | 15.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 11 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 127 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daum Corp. | SUNG HI CHO |
Customer experience
다음 카페
위드팬
Bugs and requests
다음 카페
Reported bugs
15 issues- App crashes when attaching photos to posts
- Login page loops and authentication failures
- SMS codes not being delivered
- App freezes during account creation
- Merged Daum/Kakao accounts causing access loss
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- Infinite scroll showing duplicate posts
- App crashes on input fields (especially ID entry)
- Unexpected app resets during use
- Photos in old posts showing as broken links
- Chatroom taking excessive time to load
- Language setting not persisting after restart
- Comments not posting despite valid input
- App not opening after Kakao account merge
- Video playback not functioning
- Gesture navigation (swipe back) inconsistent
Requested features
13 requests- Full English language support throughout app
- Better translation for Korean content
- Bookmark/save feature improvements
- View count for personal letters/posts
- Cafe content filtering options
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- Like/recommendation button on mobile
- Video playback support
- App access lock/password protection
- Search by post category/tag functionality
- Better support for international phone numbers
- Landscape mode support for iPad
- Comment translation to English
- Improved user identification process for non-Korean users
위드팬
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
다음 카페
No in-app purchases
위드팬
- UAU 디지털 멤버십$2.491 Month
- idntt 디지털 멤버십$2.991 Month
- 더 보이즈 채팅 서비스 1인, 1개월$2.991 Month
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- 더보이즈 디지털 멤버십$2.991 Month
- MW:MEU 채팅 서비스 1인권, 1개월$4.491 Month
- DRIPPIN 채팅 서비스 1인권, 1개월$4.491 Month
- SKINZ 채팅 서비스 1인권, 1개월$4.491 Month
- UAU 채팅 서비스 1인권, 1개월$4.491 Month
- idntt 채팅 서비스 1인, 1개월$4.491 Month
- 더 보이즈 채팅 서비스 2인, 1개월$5.991 Month
- DRIPPIN 채팅 서비스 2인권, 1개월$8.491 Month
- UAU 채팅 서비스 2인권, 1개월$8.491 Month
- idntt 채팅 서비스 2인, 1개월$8.491 Month
- 더 보이즈 채팅 서비스 3인, 1개월$9.991 Month
- SKINZ 채팅 서비스 3인권, 1개월$12.491 Month
- UAU 채팅 서비스 3인권, 1개월$12.491 Month
- idntt 채팅 서비스 3인, 1개월$12.491 Month
- MW:MEU 채팅 서비스 4인권, 1개월$16.991 Month
- idntt 채팅 서비스 4인, 1개월2 variants$16.991 Month
- MW:MEU 채팅 서비스 5인권, 1개월$21.991 Month
- idntt 채팅 서비스 5인, 1개월$21.991 Month
- idntt 채팅 서비스 6인, 1개월$25.991 Month
- idntt 채팅 서비스 7인, 1개월$30.491 Month
- idntt 채팅 서비스 11인권, 1개월$46.991 Month
- idntt 채팅 서비스 12인권, 1개월$49.991 Month
- idntt 채팅 서비스 13인권, 1개월$54.991 Month
- idntt 채팅 서비스 15인권, 1개월$64.991 Month
