Comparison

Loop vs Jurnal

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! Our app uses Apple's standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Jurnal

This app offers a platform for authentic self-expression, moving away from algorithmic content creation. Share thoughts, stories, photos, and audio, and organize them into custom collections based on your interests. Discover content and connect with others through shared passions rather than popularity metrics.

Highlights
  • Write thoughts, stories, and ideas
  • Share photos and audio recordings
  • Organize content into custom collections
  • Discover people through shared interests
  • Public like counts are hidden
  • Designed for thoughtful expression
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Not another social media app. I know that's probably what you're thinking. Honestly, I don't blame you. Jurnal started with a simple question: Why doesn't social media feel social anymore? Somewhere along the way, sharing became performing. Posts became content. Conversations became engagement metrics. Instead of expressing ourselves, many of us started creating for algorithms. I didn't build Jurnal to fix the internet. I built it to create one place where you can step outside of it. A place where your ideas matter more than your reach. A place where you can simply create. And a place where you decide who gets to see it. Share when you want. Keep it private when you don't. Not everything you create needs an audience. With Jurnal, you can keep your posts just for yourself—a private space for thoughts, journals, ideas, photos, and audio—or choose to share them with your followers when you're ready. Express yourself your way. Write Share thoughts, stories, journals, ideas, or anything on your mind. Share photos Capture moments without worrying about trends or perfect aesthetics. Record audio Sometimes your voice says it better than words. Record and post in seconds. No camera required. Organize what matters. Your interests are more than a single feed. Create collections around your hobbies, travels, fitness, recipes, photography, books, projects, or anything else. Build ideas over time instead of letting them disappear into an endless timeline. Discover intentionally. Explore people through shared interests, not popularity. Find conversations that matter to you, discover new perspectives, and connect over ideas instead of viral moments. Built differently. • Choose whether a post is private or shared with followers • Public like counts stay hidden • Writing, photos, and audio all in one place • Organize posts into custom collections • Follow topics and people you care about • Designed for thoughtful expression instead of endless scrolling Jurnal isn't trying to be the next big social platform. It's trying to be a better one.

Screenshots

Loop4 screens
Jurnal4 screens

Verdict

The call

Loop and Jurnal both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Jurnal's written reviews are positive against 37% of Loop's. Jurnal also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 13). Loop's advantage is ratings volume (1K vs 2). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Jurnal asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Loop against 4.5 for Jurnal. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Loop has 1K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 37% of Loop's written reviews are positive against 100% of Jurnal's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Loop ships an update every 6 weeks, Jurnal monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Loop versus Jurnal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLoopJurnal
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1K ratings) — better4.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews36.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB44 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperLOOOPMEIN INC.Eli Daniels

Customer experience

Loop

All ratings1,039 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral3.8%
Negative6.2%
Written reviews84 reviews
Positive36.9%
Neutral9.5%
Negative53.6%

Jurnal

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 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

Jurnal

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
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  • 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
None

Jurnal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Loop free?
Loop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Jurnal free?
Jurnal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Loop or Jurnal?
Loop is rated higher. Loop averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1K ratings, while Jurnal averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Loop or Jurnal have ads?
Neither Loop nor Jurnal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Loop or Jurnal?
Loop ships an update every 6 weeks, and Jurnal monthly. Most recently, Loop was updated on October 18, 2026 and Jurnal on October 4, 2026.

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