Groups vs aidar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Groups
This app transforms your phone's contacts into a private social network. Organize people, share updates, and stay connected without sharing your data with large tech companies. It offers features for communication, event planning, and contact management.
- Organize contacts into custom groups
- Set reminders to reach out
- Send personalized group messages
- Create events and invite guests
- Share content from any app
- Data privacy focused
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You've just found the best, easiest app for staying in touch with people. Try it for yourself — it's free! Downloaded by millions in over 100 countries, Groups turns your phone's native contacts into a private social network. Organize your groups, share with friends and family, and stay connected — without feeding Big Tech your data. ORGANIZE YOUR CONTACTS: ◆ Group by how you know them — friends, family, work, hobbies ◆ See who you met recently and interaction history ◆ Smart search finds anyone instantly ◆ Clean up duplicates and merge contacts STAY IN TOUCH: ◆ Set reminders to reach out to people who matter ◆ Send personalized messages to your whole circle at once ◆ Message templates for birthdays, holidays, events ◆ Track who you haven't spoken to in a while SHARE TOGETHER: ◆ Exchange contact info instantly with QR codes ◆ Take Group Photos with fun AI effects ◆ Create events and invite people (they join via browser — no app needed) ◆ Share links, photos, and content from any app ◆ Custom icons for each group YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS: ◆ Unlike Facebook, Instagram, or LinkedIn, your contacts never leave your phone. ◆ Messages go directly through SMS, WhatsApp, Telegram, or Email — recipients don't need Groups to receive them. ◆ No algorithms deciding who sees your posts. No ads. No data mining. No selling your information. ◆ Just a better way to stay connected with the people you actually care about. Through channels you already use. WORKS WITH EVERYTHING: ◆ Gmail, Outlook, Apple Mail, SMS, WhatsApp, Telegram, and more. ◆ Fully compatible with iOS features like Do Not Disturb, Voice Messages, and Shortcuts. Now available on iPad. OWN YOUR COMMUNITY Every contact is real social capital. Whether you're organizing a book club, coordinating family events, or building a community around shared interests — Groups helps you bring people together on your terms. Free to download. Start growing your private social network today.
aidar
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aidar is a scouting platform for people who find artists for a living. You describe what you are looking for once — genre, region, career stage, follower range, release cadence, reference artists. aidar turns that brief into a scouting agent that looks for artists who match and ranks them by fit. Switch on that agent's radar and it also tells you when something new appears, without you going looking. Over a million tracks are released every week. Most artists never reach the person who would be most interested in them. Feeds, playlists and inbox submissions only show you what happens to arrive. An agent looks for what you actually asked for. How it works Write a brief in plain language. No forms, no filter menus. Your agent returns matches ranked by fit, with the signals you care about — streaming growth, TikTok and Instagram momentum, career stage, label affiliation, latest release. Save, skip or dismiss. Every action teaches that agent what you mean. Two people starting from the same brief will see different results within weeks. Turn on the radar for any agent and its matches come to you as they appear, rather than waiting for you to check. Run several agents at once — one for each direction you are scouting. The watchlist Everything worth coming back to lives here. Save an artist from a match, from a radar alert, or from a colleague, and aidar keeps watching them for you — streaming movement, new releases, changes in label status. When something meaningful shifts, you get an alert that tells you why it matters. Tag them in your own words. Approach now. Wait for the next release. No label, act fast. Your vocabulary, not ours. Built for Labels and label services Music publishing Artist management Live music — booking, promotion and festivals On mobile Radar alerts and watchlist movements arrive as push notifications, with enough detail to decide whether to act without opening the app. Built for the gaps in the day, not for sitting at a desk. Getting started aidar is a subscription product for music industry professionals. Create an account and build your first scouting agent in the app, or sign in to an existing one. Early access aidar is in early access. The product is in active development and changes regularly. Feedback from early users shapes what gets built.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: aidar at none against Groups's 10. aidar also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, update cadence 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. Groups sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. aidar asks for nothing beyond the download.
Groups ships an update every 8 days, aidar weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Groups | aidar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (5.1K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5.1K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 146 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Qbix, Inc. | Aidar GmbH |
Bugs and requests
Groups
Reported bugs
4 issues- Groups disappearing
- Contacts not syncing properly
- Inability to create new groups
- Freezing and crashing on certain actions
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to delete groups and contacts
- Improved group management and sorting
- Option to send mass texts without individual replies
- Better integration with native contacts app
aidar
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Groups
- Unlock All Features$0.991 Month
- Plus$1.991 Month
- Premium$2.991 Month
- Turn off Ads$1.99
- Turn off Ads$4.99
- + 500 icons$5.99
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- Unlock All Features$5.99
- + I just like your app$9.99
- Unlock All Features$9.99
- + I really love your app!$19.99
aidar
No in-app purchases









