Ribbon vs Vidage
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ribbon
This app simplifies social planning by allowing users to see friends' events, search for activities and people, and merge personal calendars with social engagements. It helps manage invites, create new hangouts, and RSVP to events.
- Plan events with friends
- See friends' events
- Search events and people
- Merge calendars
- Manage event invites
- Create hangouts and trips
- RSVP to events
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Plan Together. Be Together. Ribbon makes it easier to plan with friends. Events: See your friends' plans and events you care about. Search: Search events, venues, friends, and people. Calendar: Merge your phone calendar with your social calendar. Notifications: Manage invites to events, hangouts, and trips. Favorites: Prioritize your favorite music artists, festivals, teams, etc. Create: Create trips and hangouts; and RSVP to events.
Vidage
Share high-quality HD video messages with friends and family. Relive important moments with videos viewable for up to 24 hours. Experience clear visuals for shared memories, from everyday events to significant milestones.
- HD videos up to 30 seconds
- Rewatch videos for 24 hours
- Pause and play functionality
- Clutter-free interface
- Share important memories
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Life’s about sharing the most important memories with the special people in your life. Why should video quality suffer? We believe that videos shouldn't be grainy and you should be to see the text on that cafe menu you are sharing or anything else in the best video quality available to share quickly. On Vidage, share HD videos with your friends and family in 30-second intervals. Watch videos up to 24 hours after initially viewing them. When your favourite people can’t experience the moment with you in person, let them view your video just like they are there beside you. Features: - HD videos in up to 30 seconds - Rewatch your videos for up to 24 hours after first viewing the video - Pause and play videos - Clutter-free. You only see what your friends send you We know some of your memories are meant to be seen more than once which is why you can rewatch videos. Sometimes we wish the people we cared about could be closer to experience things with us daily. Share your most important memories on a trip, your cute puppy learning how to shake a paw, baby's first steps, or ask a friend or family member what they need from the grocery store. No matter how big or little the moment, it should be shared in HD through Vidage. Invite your friends and connect today!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Ribbon at 65 against Vidage's 1. Vidage's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (10.3 vs 15.6). 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.
Vidage holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ribbon has 65 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Ribbon ships an update every 6 weeks, Vidage every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ribbon | Vidage |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (65 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 93.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 65 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 10.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ribbon Labs, Inc. | Slewsoft |
Customer experience
Ribbon
Vidage
Bugs and requests
Ribbon
Reported bugs
2 issues- Facebook login required
- Limited city selection
Requested features
4 requests- Option to sign up with email/username
- Wider selection of cities
- More friends to adopt the app
- New features and updates
Vidage
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ribbon
No in-app purchases
Vidage
No in-app purchases
