Comparison

Loop vs Buckets, Inc.

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

Head to head
About

Loop

Connect with new people through your existing social circle and shared communities. Discover potential matches by seeing who your friends know and requesting introductions. Facilitates connections based on events, locations, and shared interests.

Highlights
  • Matchmaking through friends
  • Request introductions
  • Event-based groups
  • Location-based groups
  • Community matching
  • Professional matchmaker integration
Features
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Loop is the social network for meeting and matchmaking through friends, events, and communities. On Loop, everyone plays matchmaker for their single friends. Singles can also see who their friends know and ask for intros through the app, removing any social friction and making matchmaking easy. In addition to meeting through friends, people on Loop can meet and matchmake through groups centered around events, locations, professional matchmakers, and other communities. Loop groups for coffee shops, gyms, alumni networks, or parties can help maximize the odds that singles connect with someone who they could have met in real life. Loop is free to download and use. Sign up, indicate if you’re single or just there to set up friends, invite your friends, and start suggesting life changing matches!

About

Buckets, Inc.

This app helps professionals manage and grow their networks by simplifying contact information exchange and providing AI-powered tools for follow-ups. It allows users to control shared data, tag contacts for easy recall, and automate outreach to nurture connections.

Highlights
  • AI-powered contact exchange
  • Personalized CRM
  • Selective data sharing
  • Contact tagging
  • Automated outreach workflows
  • Connection insights
Features
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Buckets is the AI-Powered Contact Exchange + Personalized CRM for busy founders, builders & professionals that need to grow and maintain their social, personal and business networks. Buckets focuses on reducing the friction of exchanging multiple pieces of information with a new contact in person, allowing you to stay authentic in the conversation and garner a true connection. Control the data you share by picking and choosing just the social and contact information you feel comfortable sharing with a new friend. They can quickly "share back" the same or different info and you both can see when and where you've met, in case you forget their name after a long night of networking and meeting new people. Tag new friends with categorical and informative "Bucket tags" for later recall so you can quickly find the investor you need to follow up with, the classmate you wanted to share that podcast with or that potential new friend you wanted to grab drinks with. Automate reaching out with our Workflows feature which allows you to have AI summarize your notes on a connection and draft an email to them on a recurring cadence. Buckets ensures you don't just gather information, but you leverage it, to see your career, social or love opportunities to their fullest potential. • Auto-renewable subscription • 1 year ($59.99) duration • Your subscription will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and will automatically renew (at the duration selected) unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • Current subscription may not be cancelled during the active subscription period; however, you can manage your subscription and/or turn off auto-renewal by visiting your iTunes Account Settings after purchase • Privacy Policy: https://www.use-buckets.app/privacy-policy • Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ • Terms of Service: https://www.use-buckets.app/terms-of-conditions

Screenshots

Loop4 screens
Buckets, Inc.4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Buckets, Inc. at 100% against Loop's 38%. Buckets, Inc. also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). Loop's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and ratings volume (988 vs 8). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Loop sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per month and Buckets, Inc. sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Buckets, Inc. holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Loop has 988 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of Loop's written reviews are positive against 100% of Buckets, Inc.'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Loop ships an update every 6 weeks, Buckets, Inc. fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and July 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Loop versus Buckets, Inc.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLoopBuckets, Inc.
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (988 ratings)5.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews37.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings988 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.614.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB30 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperLOOOPMEIN INC.Grace Jansen

Customer experience

Loop

All ratings988 ratings
Positive89.9%
Neutral3.9%
Negative6.2%
Written reviews80 reviews
Positive37.5%
Neutral10.0%
Negative52.5%

Buckets, Inc.

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Loop

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes after recent updates
  • Registration screen issues on certain devices
  • Constant log-out problems
  • Unreliable location feature

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to communicate with matches
  • Improved search and filtering options
  • Notification system for match outcomes
  • Tools to help grow matchmaker groups
  • More detailed user profiles

Buckets, Inc.

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

13 purchases

Loop

Subscriptions4
  • Loop Premium (1 Month)$29.991 Month
  • Loop Premium (3 Months)$74.993 Months
  • Loop Premium (6 Months)$119.996 Months
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  • Loop Premium (1 Year)$179.991 Year
One-time9
  • Premium Intro Request$9.99
  • Premium Match Accept$9.99
  • 2 Premium Match Accepts$14.99
Show 6 more
  • 2 Premium Intro Requests$14.99
  • 3 Premium Intro Requests$19.99
  • 3 Premium Match Accepts$19.99
  • Premium Group Unlock$19.99
  • 2 Premium Group Unlocks$34.99
  • 3 Premium Group Unlocks$49.99
2 purchases

Buckets, Inc.

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$5.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription1 Month trial$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Loop free?
Loop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Buckets, Inc. free?
Buckets, Inc. is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Loop or Buckets, Inc.?
Buckets, Inc. is rated higher. Loop averages 4.6 out of 5 from 988 ratings, while Buckets, Inc. averages 5.0 from 8 ratings.
Do Loop or Buckets, Inc. have ads?
Neither Loop nor Buckets, Inc. shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Loop or Buckets, Inc.?
Loop ships an update every 6 weeks, and Buckets, Inc. fortnightly. Most recently, Loop was updated on September 21, 2026 and Buckets, Inc. on July 6, 2026.

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