4Plurk vs guide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
4Plurk
This social networking client provides a streamlined way to interact with a popular microblogging platform. It offers features like photo sharing, customizable emoticons, and easy browsing of friend updates and web content. The app focuses on performance and user-friendly navigation for a smooth experience.
- OAuth login
- Photo sharing
- Customizable emoticons
- In-app browser
- Chat room (Alpha)
- Word count for posts
- Clean cache function
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4Plurk is an easy and free plurk client designed by 4Point Design. We provide the following functions and continuing improvement. v1.3.9: use https API connect, add Safari Dialog v1.3.4: FIX iOS 9.0.1 v1.3.3: FIX error screen v1.3.1: iOS8 FIX v1.2.8: performance tuning v1.2.7: Fix crash at iOS6 v1.2.6: 1. iPhone5 layout fix 2. Fix bug of double click link or image 3. Add clean cache function v1.2.4: 0. Add Chat Room (Alpha) 1. Add word counts at post window 2. Add COPY URL in web window 3. Fix picture upload issues 4. Fix double click at same plurk 5. Other optimization v1.2: 1. auto scroll to last seen response 2. add plurk top 3. layout change 4. can open url with safari 5. open 'All Plurks' by default 6. click 'avatar' to view his plurks 7. fix mute_all, read_all 8. 4plurk is a little bit faster than before. v1.1.5: 1. Add qualifier. 2. Add simple English version. Thanks for choosing 4Plurk. 3. Add in app browser functions. v1.1.2: 1. Read all and mute all 2. Unread message filter 3. Performance tuning 4. Loading fix v1.0: 1. OAuth login. NOT keeping your id/password. 2. Easy filter and follow your friends message. 3. Share photos from your camera and gallery. 4. Your customize Emotion Icons. 5. Easy browse photos and web from your friends. 6. Like, RePlurk, Mute, PrivatePlurk buttons. 7. Refresh and auto load more plurks.
guide
A social platform designed for individuals to share their interests and thoughts without the negativity of traditional social media. It aims to foster a positive environment where people can express themselves authentically.
- Share interests and ideas
- Human-centric social space
- Free from trolling
- Ad-free experience
- Positive community
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There’s so much that’s good about the internet. But it’s harder and harder to simply show up as a human with interests and ideas. At guide:human, we’re creating a space where individuals share the things they’re into and the thoughts they’re having, free from the trolling and clickbait behavior of traditional social media. We believe that humans are good—we’re building a space where we can act that way.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: guide at 4.0 against 4Plurk's 2.0. guide also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
guide holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively.
4Plurk ships an update monthly, guide every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 4Plurk | guide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (1 ratings) | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 570 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | 4point Inc | Guide Human Inc. |
Customer experience
4Plurk
guide
In-app purchases
4Plurk
No in-app purchases
guide
No in-app purchases









