Ultraviolet Chat vs Herd
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ultraviolet Chat
Connect with creators, experts, and professionals who share your interests. This community chat platform offers a user-friendly interface for exclusive experiences and knowledge sharing.
- Community chat platform
- Connect with creators
- Exclusive experiences
- Knowledge sharing
- User-friendly interface
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Ultraviolet is a community chat platform designed to bring you closer to creators, experts, and professionals who share your interests and passions. Our user-friendly interface and messaging features make it simple to access exclusive experiences and knowledge in a fun way.
Herd
This app simplifies event planning by allowing hosts to set minimum attendance requirements and guests to respond privately. It ensures honest feedback and reveals the final guest list only when the event is confirmed.
- Create and edit private events
- Invite guests via text
- Private replies via app, App Clip, or web
- Set minimum turnout and required attendee rules
- Track response progress privately
- Reveal final guest list upon confirmation
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Planning gets easier when people can answer honestly. Herd lets hosts create an event, invite the group, and set the minimum turnout needed for the plan to happen. Guests reply privately and can add attendance conditions without putting anyone on the spot. Individual choices stay private until the event is confirmed; the group gets one clear result. With Herd you can: • Create and edit private events • Invite guests by text • Reply privately from the app, an App Clip, or the web • Set minimum turnout and required-attendee rules • See response progress without exposing private choices • Reveal the final guest list only when the event is confirmed Reply privately. Plan honestly.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Herd at 5.0 against Ultraviolet Chat's 4.1. Herd also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5). Ultraviolet Chat's advantage is ratings volume (725 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Ultraviolet Chat sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Herd asks for nothing beyond the download.
Herd holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ultraviolet Chat has 725 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Ultraviolet Chat ships an update every 3 weeks, Herd every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ultraviolet Chat | Herd |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (725 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 725 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 110 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ultraviolet Labs, Inc. | James Woodbury |
Customer experience
Ultraviolet Chat
Herd
Bugs and requests
Ultraviolet Chat
Reported bugs
5 issues- Login issues and account setup problems
- Unreliable video playback and content access
- Inconsistent notification and messaging functionality
- Crashes and freezes during app usage
- Syncing and data loss problems
Requested features
5 requests- Improved account management options
- Ability to save purchased content
- Explore feature to discover new creators
- Web-based version for desktop access
- Detailed creator analytics dashboard
Herd
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ultraviolet Chat
- $2.99 Gem Pack$2.99
- $4.99 Gem Pack$4.99
- $9.99 Gem Pack$9.99
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- $18.99 Gem Pack$18.99
- $44.99 Gem Pack$44.99
Herd
No in-app purchases
