Comparison

Sociate 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

Sociate

Connect with the Global MBA Community to share insights, discover opportunities, and find jobs. Engage in forums, network with alumni in your target industry, and post job openings to a niche audience.

Highlights
  • MBA Community Forums
  • Alumni Networking
  • Job Board
  • Event Promotion
  • Targeted Audience Visibility
Features
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With Sociate App, you can tap into the collective knowledge, insights and opportunities of the Global MBA Community in the following ways: Forums: A perfect place to promote your upcoming MBA Conference, your new startup product or ask fellow MBAs for input on a new survey Members: The easiest way to find MBA Alums working in your target industry, screen candidates for a new role or simply bookmark alums and peers for future messaging Jobs: The best place to promote that new role in your team with the niche US MBA Community; With Forums and Jobs, MBA alumni and students have the flexibility to make their postings, events or jobs visible to 'All Schools' or Specific MBA Programs.

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

Sociate4 screens
Buckets, Inc.4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sociate at none against Buckets, Inc.'s 2. Buckets, Inc.'s advantage is ratings volume (8 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. Buckets, Inc. sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Sociate asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Sociate against 5.0 for Buckets, Inc.. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 8 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sociate ships an update every 2 weeks, Buckets, Inc. fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Sociate versus Buckets, Inc.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSociateBuckets, Inc.
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings28 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.114.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB30 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperSociate IncGrace Jansen

Customer experience

Sociate

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

Buckets, Inc.

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

In-app purchases

None

Sociate

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Buckets, Inc.

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

Questions

Is Sociate free?
Sociate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Buckets, Inc. free?
Buckets, Inc. is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sociate or Buckets, Inc.?
Sociate and Buckets, Inc. are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 8 ratings respectively.
Do Sociate or Buckets, Inc. have ads?
Neither Sociate nor Buckets, Inc. shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sociate or Buckets, Inc.?
Sociate ships an update every 2 weeks, and Buckets, Inc. fortnightly. Most recently, Sociate was updated on September 24, 2026 and Buckets, Inc. on October 2, 2026.

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