Comparison

Profile vs Knock

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

Head to head
About

Profile

Engage in unique and personalized conversations powered by AI. Customize interactions for educational, business, or emotional purposes. Experience a novel way to chat and connect.

Highlights
  • AI-generated responses
  • Customizable conversations
  • Educational use cases
  • Business communication
  • Emotional support chat
  • Unique engagement
Features
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Profile uses artificial intelligence to generate appropriate responses to your conversations, making chatting on Profile a truly unique and engaging experience. You can customize your conversations to meet your educational, business or emotional needs. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Knock

This app simplifies coordinating game sessions with friends. It sends a single notification to your group, allowing them to respond instantly without opening the app. The lobby fills as people confirm, and you set the minimum number of responses needed to start.

Highlights
  • One-tap game invites
  • Respond from notifications
  • Customizable game thresholds
  • Expiring invites
  • Targeted nudges
  • Mute squads
  • No account required
Features
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Getting four people into the same game takes fifty messages. Knock takes one tap. Tap Knock. Everyone in your squad gets a notification and answers right there — I'm in, in 30, or can't. Nobody has to open the app. Nobody has to read a thread. The lobby fills while you watch. You decide how many yeses make it a game — three of five is a game, and Knock knows that. The moment enough people are in, everyone sees it. WITHOUT OPENING THE APP Answer from the notification, the Lock Screen, the Home Screen widget, or the Dynamic Island. One tap, in place. NOTHING GOES STALE Knocks expire. A knock nobody answered quietly ends instead of sitting there for a day. Need a game later? Knock again. NOBODY GETS NAGGED A nudge reaches only the people who haven't answered — never the ones who already did. Mute any squad without leaving it. Set quiet hours and knocks arrive silently, waiting for you. SAYING NO IS FINE "Can't" is grey, not red. Declining a game isn't a failure, and Knock never treats it like one. No read receipts, no guilt, no streaks. NO CHAT, NO ACCOUNT Knock isn't a messaging app — the only text anyone types is their own name and an optional note of a few words. And there's no account: no email, no password, no sign-up. Open the app, pick a name, start knocking. No ads, no tracking, no analytics. Delete everything from Settings whenever you like.

Screenshots

Profile3 screens
Knock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Knock at none against Profile's 2. Knock also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 days). Profile's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume 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. Profile sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Knock asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Knock holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Profile ships an update every 4 days, Knock every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Profile versus Knock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProfileKnock
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB8 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperRenasnce Studios LtdKakhaber Sinauridze

Customer experience

Profile

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Knock

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

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Profile

Subscriptions2
  • Profile Subscription - Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Profile Subscription - Yearly$99.991 Year
None

Knock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Profile free?
Profile is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Knock free?
Knock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Profile or Knock?
Knock is rated higher. Profile averages 4.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Knock averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Profile or Knock have ads?
Neither Profile nor Knock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Profile or Knock?
Profile ships an update every 4 days, and Knock every 2 days. Most recently, Profile was updated on October 30, 2026 and Knock on October 31, 2026.

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