Spread vs Lasso
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
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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.
Lasso
Effortlessly plan in-person meetups with instant invites. See who's available and get quick RSVPs to turn spontaneous ideas into real-world plans. Make social gatherings simple and spontaneous.
- Instant meet-up invites
- One-tap RSVPs
- See nearby friends
- Nudge friends to hang out
- Frictionless social planning
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We’ve all been there, the endless back-and-forth. The group chat that goes nowhere. Plans that sound great in theory but never make it to reality. Good intentions meet decision paralysis. Send instant meet up invites that are quicker to create and share than a group text. Whether you’re planning something for tonight or the weekend, Lasso makes it effortless to see who’s around and down to meet up. - Send quick invites to friends for in-person meets - Friends RSVP with a single tap - See nearby friends and nudge them to hang out - Make your social life frictionless and easy While other platforms optimize for time spent in app, we're focused on what happens after. Turn your group chat ideas into real-world moments.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Lasso at every 5 days against Spread's fortnightly. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Spread against 4.9 for Lasso. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 55 and 28 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 94% and 95% positive.
Spread ships an update fortnightly, Lasso every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spread | Lasso |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (55 ratings) | 4.9 (28 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 94.1% of reviews | 95.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 55 — better | 28 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Spread Social, Inc. | Fraser King |
Customer experience
Spread
Lasso
In-app purchases
Spread
No in-app purchases
Lasso
No in-app purchases
