ufirst vs Affluences
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ufirst
Book appointments and secure your place in line remotely at various public and private facilities. Find services, manage reservations, and access facilities without waiting. The app supports a wide range of locations including banks, pharmacies, and hospitals.
- Remote appointment booking
- Virtual queuing
- Facility search
- Reservation management
- Wide range of supported facilities
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ufirst is the free app that allows you to book appointments and secure your place in line remotely. With ufirst, you can find the facility you're looking for, book your service, and manage your reservations. On ufirst, you can find public or private facilities such as banks, pharmacies, hospitals, clinics, municipal offices, universities, supermarkets, and retail chains: select your city, choose the facility, and decide how to access the service. -- For information or questions, contact customer service at support@ufirst.com, and we'll respond in a flash. Would you like there to be more ufirst points in your city? Send us a suggestion to the email address sales@ufirst.com, indicating the name of the facility you'd like to be able to use the app with.
Affluences
This app provides real-time attendance information for public places like libraries, museums, and pools. It helps users avoid queues and crowded areas by predicting occupancy and wait times, allowing for better planning of visits.
- Real-time attendance information
- Attendance prediction algorithm
- Anticipate queues
- Avoid crowded places
- Transparent 24/7 information
- Partner with public institutions
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Have you ever wondered how busy is the library, the museum, the pool or even the city hall? Affluences gives you an answer in real time! Stop indefinitely searching for a place to study and better prepare your visits thanks to our attendance prediction algorithm: anticipate queues and packed places. We provide a 24/7 transparent information so that you can keep organized and stick to your plans. ---- Affluences is currently available for partner libraries, museums, swimming pools, cafeterias and public administrations. If your favourite place is not available yet, just let us know! We are always trying to work with new partners so feel free to mention the app whenever you can. ---- How do we predict attendance and waiting time? The Affluences technology computes several inputs (sensors, visiting history, users...) to generate an accurate measure of live occupation and waiting time. If you’d like to learn more, feel free to contact us. ---- Affluences is free and without ads.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Affluences at 58% against ufirst's 10%. Affluences also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.1) and ads (none vs shown). ufirst's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Affluences holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Affluences has 221 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 10% of ufirst's written reviews are positive against 58% of Affluences's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ufirst | Affluences |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (14 ratings) | 4.7 (221 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 9.5% of reviews | 57.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 221 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | U-First srl | Affluences |
Customer experience
ufirst
Affluences
In-app purchases
ufirst
No in-app purchases
Affluences
No in-app purchases
