Spread vs Sez Us
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
Read full descriptionHide full description
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.
Sez Us
This social media platform focuses on fostering genuine connections and positive interactions. Users build reputation through respectful engagement and valuable content, influencing their reach and visibility within communities. It actively combats trolls and bots, promoting authentic conversations and transparent feedback mechanisms.
- Build and spend reputation
- Earn reach through positive contributions
- Cross-post content to X
- Combat trolls and bots
- Transparent reputation scoring
- Genuine user feedback system
Read full descriptionHide full description
Sez Us is a better social media experience -- connect with people, post content, hear from leading voices, and explore communities. As your positive reputation grows, so does your reach and influence. Other users give your posts on Sez Us ratings so that the direct consequences of your expression are considered. Conversation: * Real conversation is encouraged with genuine feedback from other users. * Trolls aren’t amplified. * Bots are forbidden and removed. Cross Post to Other Platforms: * Your Sez Us posts can be directly cross posted to X. Trust: * The Sez Us system dynamically adjusts based on ongoing user behavior, ensuring that trust is continuously earned and maintained. Reputation: * Reputation is both earned and spent on Sez Us. If you have a good reputation within the community, your voice gains reach. If you develop a bad reputation, no one will hear it. * Users build a reputation from contributions, interactions, providing valuable content & engaging respectfully. This amplifies their reach. * Sez Us encourages authentic and civil feedback to enhance the user’s Reputation Score. Transparency: * Sez Us is clear how the Reputation Score is calculated and displayed. * Users can see and understand how their actions affect their trustworthiness. Democracy: * Democracy is sustained by users’ feedback, which suppresses lies and fake content. Terms of Service: * https://sez.us/term-of-service Privacy Policy: * https://sez.us/privacy
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Spread at 94% against Sez Us's 50%. Spread also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.9) and ratings volume (56 vs 7). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Spread holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spread has 56 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of Spread's written reviews are positive against 50% of Sez Us's.
Spread ships an update fortnightly, Sez Us every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spread | Sez Us |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (56 ratings) — better | 3.9 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 94.1% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 56 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Spread Social, Inc. | Orate Corp. |
Customer experience
Spread
Sez Us
In-app purchases
Spread
No in-app purchases
Sez Us
No in-app purchases
