kommu vs Cercles
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
kommu
This app facilitates home sharing for travelers, focusing on trust and community. It offers various stay options like home swaps and house-sitting, with identity verification and built-in protection for all bookings. Users can save significantly on travel costs compared to traditional accommodations.
- Identity-verified users
- Home sharing network
- Home swaps
- House/pet sitting
- No transaction fees
- Traveler protection
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Travel more. Spend less. Home sharing built on trust, not transactions. You already share places through group chats, social posts, and word of mouth. kommu is where all of that comes together — one place tolist, find stays, and build your network. Everyone is identity-verified. Your rules are set before anyone books. Every stay comes with $100,000 in protection. No transaction fees. Share your link wherever you already post — anyone who books through kommu is verified and follows your terms. Every connection you make and group you join opens up more stays to book and more people to share your place with. The average kommu guest saves over $1,200 per trip compared to hotels and short-term rentals. One trip more than pays for the year. THREE WAYS TO STAY 1. Stay at someone's place — hosts set a rate to help cover their costs. 2. Swap homes with another person. Your place for theirs. 3. House/pet sit while someone's away. One subscription. No transaction fees on any stay. You don't need to host to join. Free to try for 14 days. Browse homes, build your profile, and connect with people. Your subscription starts when you propose your first stay or at the end of your trial. Questions? kommunity@gokommu.com. We read every message. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Cercles
This app offers a private, curated community for members to access exclusive homes, events, and relationships. It focuses on a trustworthy and high-design home-sharing experience for approved members.
- Members-only home sharing
- Access to exclusive homes
- Private events
- Community connections
- Application and approval process
- Trustworthy rental experience
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Cercles is a globally curated, private community of inspiring humans. Membership with Cercles is about more than connection - it’s access to impeccable homes, events, and relationships only accessible to and within the Cercles community. The core focus of our first version is members-only home-sharing. Only approved members can see, book, host, and share their homes in Cercles. This way, we ensure a trustworthy and highly designed rental experience for all in our Cercles community. Members need to purchase an annual auto-renewing membership so they can access our community, home sharing, and private events. Prospective members may download the app and submit an application. Once submitted, applications are placed in queue and reviewed continually. Once approved, members need to purchase an annual auto-renewing membership so they can access the full app functionality: our community, home sharing, and private events. Cercles welcomes members who will live our community values – Be generous, Be Kind, Connect, and Respect. Once accepted, members can browse and connect with other members, share their home, or book other members homes while traveling. Terms of Use: https://my-cercles.com/Terms-of-Use.pdf
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: kommu at freemium against Cercles's subscription. kommu also leads on ratings volume (124 vs 6). Cercles's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. kommu sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $37.00 per month and Cercles sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $199.00 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Cercles holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: kommu has 124 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 95% of kommu's written reviews are positive against 100% of Cercles's.
kommu ships an update every 3 weeks, Cercles every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | kommu | Cercles |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (124 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 95.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 124 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 197 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Swapper Corporation | Ahmad Mansour |
Customer experience
kommu
Cercles
Bugs and requests
kommu
Reported bugs
3 issues- App doesn't work at phone number entry
- SMS confirmation not received
- Contact import functionality missing
Requested features
1 request- Ability to import contacts
Cercles
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
kommu
- kommu Monthly$37.001 Month
- kommu Quarterly$87.003 Months
- kommu Yearly$299.001 Year
Cercles
- Cercles Yearly Subscription1 Year trial$199.001 Year







