factiii vs Spread
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
factiii
A social platform focused on useful content with human-led moderation and AI assistance. It offers private posts, topic-based collaboration, and spatial exploration of content. Securely organize and summarize information with AI tools.
- Human-led moderation
- AI assist for summaries
- Private posts and local analytics
- Topic-based collaboration spaces
- Spatial content exploration
- Encrypted Vault with cross-device sync
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Factiii is a social platform for people who want their feed to be useful, not noisy. Built for researchers, journalists, educators, and communities who value human-led moderation, AI assist when invited, and total control over what gets shared. • Private posts and optional local analytics keep your research safely on your device. • Topic-based spaces, partners, and testimonials make it easy to collaborate with experts. • Tron-powered AI bots add optional automated summaries — without paywalling the core tools. • Map every post to where it actually happened, and explore your network spatially. • Encrypted Vault with passphrase-protected sync between your devices. • Card AI and Board AI help you organize, summarize, and explore what matters. Capture moments with photo or video, share them on your terms, and keep the conversation in spaces you trust.
Spread
Access exclusive content from top publications by proving you're human. Follow influential individuals to discover their curated reading, listening, and watching lists. Share access to content with friends and followers.
- Human verification for content access
- Follow journalists and thinkers
- Discover curated reading lists
- Share access with others
- Spread content from any app
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Spread: The Human Internet Prove you’re human to unlock access across top publications with Spread. Discover what journalists, creators, and other smart people are reading, listening to, and watching. HOW IT WORKS: - Verify you’re human to unlock access across top publications. - Discover and access things journalists, creators, and other smart people are reading, listening to, and watching. - Drop links in Spread from any app or browser to unlock access. - Share Spread links in group chats and on social media to pass unlocked access to your friends and followers. Join our mission to enable human access to the world's information.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Spread at none against factiii's 5. Spread also leads on ratings volume (55 vs 3). 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. factiii sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Spread asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for factiii against 4.9 for Spread. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spread has 55 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of factiii's written reviews are positive against 94% of Spread's.
factiii ships an update every 3 weeks, Spread fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | factiii | Spread |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.9 (55 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 94.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 55 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | facti limited liability company | Spread Social, Inc. |
Customer experience
factiii
Spread
In-app purchases
factiii
- Silver Package$2.99
- Help Factiii with a Donation!$9.99
- Gold Package 1,000 coins$12.99
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- Platinum Package$58.90
- Diamond Package 25,000 coins$339.00
Spread
No in-app purchases
