Comparison

Minglee vs RealCousins

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

Head to head
About

Minglee

Connect with people globally through video calls, text messaging, and photo sharing. Capture and share your moments with friends using emoticons and multimedia. Stay in touch and express yourself with a variety of communication tools.

Highlights
  • Global connections
  • Unlimited video calls
  • Text messaging
  • Photo sharing
  • Moment capture and sharing
  • Emoticons and multimedia expression
Features
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EXPLORE Connect and meet new people all over the globe with Minglee!. Having many friends makes your life colourful!. Unlimited video calls, text messaging and more!.  You will get the chance to share your favourite pictures. MOMENTS We provide you the ability to capture the moments you want to share. Moments and moods help you stay in touch. Moments/moods can be expressed via emoticons, videos, images etc. FEATURES * Message your friends. Receive notifications the moment they respond * Express your emotions with fun and cheerful Emoticons, Voice mails, images and videos * Explore how people around you are feeling * Video call your friends and have unlimited fun. *Share Photos Download Minglee and connect new people around the world

About

RealCousins

Features
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RealCousins — Your Family Tree Is Your Network Family doesn't happen on Facebook. Group chats fade. Photos disappear into phones. RealCousins gives every family one private place to gather — your tree at the center, your relatives all around it. BUILD YOUR FAMILY TREE • Add parents, grandparents, siblings, spouses, children, in-laws • Smart layout handles multi-spouse families, polygamy, adopted children, and step-relationships beautifully • Auto-connect in-laws to your spouse's family — see your whole extended family at a glance • Cross-family unified view — one graph showing every tree you belong to • Tree health checker flags suspect dates, missing names, and duplicates with one-tap fixes SHARE WHAT MATTERS • Family feed — photos, stories, and updates visible to relatives only • Family Gallery — one shared album per tree, everyone contributes • Common Rooms — share to your House, Compound, Block, Street, or wider; each level only sees what's meant for them • Family Events — track birthdays, weddings, funerals, reunions FAMILY REQUESTS • Prayer requests — ask family for prayer • Fundraise — pool contributions for family needs (secure Paystack payments) • Help requests — get hands-on family help when you need it • Announcements — share important family news STAY IN TOUCH • Direct messages with any relative • Group conversations per tree • Real-time notifications when family activity happens 20 FAMILY LEVELS House → Compound → Block → Street → Quarter → Town → and beyond. Each level unlocks new reach as your family grows. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT • Your tree is yours alone — only people you invite can see your family • Face ID / Touch ID biometric unlock gates the whole app • Sensitive content can be blurred and viewer-discretion-protected • You control re-sharing, expiry, and who can see what CONNECT FAMILIES • Link your tree to your spouse's family tree • Approve cross-family connections so blood and marriage relatives share a view • Welcome distant cousins through join-request flows FOR NIGERIAN / AFRICAN FAMILIES • Maiden name + family origin tracking • Full polygamy support with proper child grouping under each mother • Oriki / Eulogy / Panegyric fields preserve cultural heritage • Ethnic affiliation and ancestral home fields EXTRA FEATURES • Watch Party — virtual gatherings for live family events • Family Quiz — test how well your relatives know each other • DNA kit integration • Auto-spawn linked trees for new in-laws on member-add WHO IT'S FOR • Newlyweds documenting two sides of the family • Grandparents preserving heritage for the next generation • Diaspora families staying connected across continents • Parents teaching kids who's who in the family • Cousins planning reunions and contributing to big moments • Anyone wanting to know where they come from PRIVACY & SECURITY RealCousins is built for families, by Nigerian engineers. We never sell personal data, never use family content for advertising, and never share anything with non-relatives without explicit approval. Your family is yours. Download RealCousins and start building today.

Screenshots

Minglee4 screens
RealCousins4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: RealCousins at every 5 days against Minglee's every 11 months. Minglee's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, 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

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

Minglee ships an update every 11 months, RealCousins every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Minglee versus RealCousins: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMingleeRealCousins
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size138 MB38 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperSuccess ChizaramKokofp Healthcare Technologies Ltd

In-app purchases

None

Minglee

No in-app purchases

None

RealCousins

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Minglee free?
Minglee is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RealCousins free?
RealCousins is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Minglee or RealCousins have ads?
Neither Minglee nor RealCousins shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Minglee or RealCousins?
Minglee ships an update every 11 months, and RealCousins every 5 days. Most recently, Minglee was updated on October 10, 2026 and RealCousins on October 5, 2026.

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