Comparison

Friends vs Better Saturdays

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

Head to head
About

Friends

This social app helps you find new, lasting friendships by connecting you with like-minded individuals. It features customized profiles, private chats, and a user-friendly interface to combat loneliness and expand your social circle.

Highlights
  • Customized profiles
  • Instant search for similar interests
  • Private chat feature
  • User-friendly interface
  • Access to large databases
Features
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Never Be Lonely Again Despite living in a world where people can connect to a global web of communities, cultures and experiences through social media platforms like Facebook and have hundreds of friends, the reality of loneliness can’t be ignored. According to a recent poll by the reputable polling organization Statista 60% of Canadians and 65% of Americans reported feeling lonely when asked the question “How often do people feel lonely?” This highlights the need for a platform where individuals can connect with like-minded people who have similar interests and are seeking true friendships. Introducing, Friends-Zone, a social app designed to facilitate such connections. Find New, Lasting Friends. The Friends-Zone is the creation of, Dwight, whose friend circle has shifted due to significant life events and the recent pandemic and the restrictions. Realizing the importance of human connections, he wondered how he could create some new and interesting friendships and thus the app was born. Find Like-minded Connections. The Friends-Zone employs and instant search feature that scans its database to identify individuals who share similar interests, making it easier for you to find potential friends. Once a match is made with a friend or a group of friends, you can connect with them privately through the chat feature. Whether you have recently relocated, are a widower or you simply wish to expand your circle of friends, Friends-Zone is an excellent platform to meet new people. It is specifically designed to help you find a friend. Built to Guide People In the words of, Friends-Zone, developer, Dwight, “I created Friends-Zone to guide people who may feel alone so that they know that there is a friend out there somewhere, always. Friends-Zone can be their connection point.” Download the Friends-Zone today on iPhone and together let’s make the world a friendlier place. App Features 1. Set up customized profiles 2. Access to large databases 3. Access to private chats 4. Simple and user-friendly Terms of Service: https://friendzoneapp.com/terms-of-service/

About

Better Saturdays

This app lets you see your friends' upcoming Saturday plans. Create your own Saturday activities and invite friends to join. It focuses on what's happening next, not past events.

Highlights
  • Create Saturday plans
  • Add location and start time
  • Option to add 'Join Me' button
  • See friends' upcoming activities
  • Shared social calendar
  • Focus on future events
Features
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Saturday: Know What Your Friends Are Doing Instagram is for the past. BeReal is for the present. Saturday is for the future. Most people have no idea what their closest friends are doing on the most fun day of the week — Saturday. That means missed hangouts, last-minute scrambling, and way too many weekends that just get… winged. Saturday fixes that. It’s a shared social calendar just for your friends' Saturday plans. Here’s how it works: You create a quick plan for your Saturday — anything from “brunch at Nina’s” to “hike then brewery” Add a location and start time Choose whether or not to add a “Join Me” button — this lets friends know you’re open to them coming along Your friends do the same On Friday, you open Saturday and boom — you see what everyone’s up to for tomorrow No public feeds. No followers. Just your real friends and real plans. It’s social media for what’s about to happen — not what already did. Saturday is totally free. There are no ads, no likes, no comments. Just a clean little loop of “What are you doing Saturday?” And maybe, “Mind if I join?”

Screenshots

Friends4 screens
Better Saturdays4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Better Saturdays at none against Friends's 1. Better Saturdays also leads on ratings volume (5 vs 1). Friends's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Friends sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Better Saturdays asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Friends against 5.0 for Better Saturdays. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Better Saturdays has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Friends ships an update fortnightly, Better Saturdays every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Friends versus Better Saturdays: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFriendsBetter Saturdays
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings15 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size107 MB32 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperDwight LyonsNeighborhood Studios

Customer experience

Friends

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Better Saturdays

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Friends

Subscriptions1
  • Friend Zone$0.991 Month
None

Better Saturdays

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Friends free?
Friends is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Better Saturdays free?
Better Saturdays is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Friends or Better Saturdays?
Friends and Better Saturdays are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do Friends or Better Saturdays have ads?
Neither Friends nor Better Saturdays shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Friends or Better Saturdays?
Friends ships an update fortnightly, and Better Saturdays every 9 days. Most recently, Friends was updated on October 21, 2026 and Better Saturdays on October 15, 2026.

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