Comparison

Socie vs Familynet

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Socie

Connect with your community through a private, centralized app. Share information, organize events, and foster collaboration among members of associations, businesses, and more. Manage your community's news, calendar, and discussions all in one place.

Highlights
  • Private community communication
  • Event scheduling and sign-ups
  • Centralized news and bulletin board
  • Photo sharing
  • Member list and profiles
  • Polls and crowdfunding
  • Group communication
Features
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With Socie, the people in your community can safely communicate with each other, learn from each other, share passions and inspire each other. This is possible for sports and student associations, church congregations, businesses, healthcare organizations, municipalities, networking organizations, music and theater companies and more. You easily create and manage your own free community. Want to know quickly what tonight's program is, or when another tournament is being played? Sign up for a training or meeting. See the pictures of the last drink? Be automatically notified when your training is cancelled? With Socie you have all relevant information in one app on your own phone! Socie brings your community closer to the members, and the members closer to each other! Socie is one central place for your news, calendar, bulletin board, documents, photos, member list, polls, crowdfunding, group communication and much more. A community is private and only accessible to members. All members can manage and shield their own data. Each member can control what other members or groups can see on their personal profile page. On socie.eu you can quickly manage your own community. The basis is completely free and you choose how to set up the App yourself. Too cool right!

About

Familynet

Features
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Familynet has been the communication app for care homes since 2005. Care workers easily share messages, photos and videos on a secure personal page. With the Helping Hand Request you ask for help with activities. This way, family is up to date on important and beautiful moments in the daily life of their loved one and it improves collaboration.

Screenshots

Socie4 screens
Familynet4 screens

Verdict

The call

Socie and Familynet are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Socie ships an update every 3 weeks, Familynet every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Socie versus Familynet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSocieFamilynet
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB42 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSocie B.V.Familienet b.v.

In-app purchases

None

Socie

No in-app purchases

None

Familynet

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Socie free?
Socie is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Familynet free?
Familynet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Socie or Familynet have ads?
Neither Socie nor Familynet shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Socie or Familynet?
Socie ships an update every 3 weeks, and Familynet every 2 weeks. Most recently, Socie was updated on November 1, 2026 and Familynet on November 4, 2026.

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