Indie World vs Curated.
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Indie World
Discover talented independent creators from platforms like YouTube, TikTok, and Substack that you might otherwise miss. Curate your favorite creators into personal fanzines and share them with friends.
- Discover independent creators
- Curate creator fanzines
- Share with friends (coming soon)
- Human-curated database
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Indie World is building the biggest database of the most talented uber-talented creators, chosen by humans. - We help you discover independent creators from platforms like YouTube, TikTok and Substack you would never find on your own. - Build your own fanzines of your favorite creators. - Share and discuss them with friends (coming soon).
Curated.
A minimalist app for saving and organizing media you want to revisit. Keep track of films, articles, books, and music without distractions. Build a personal collection that reflects your interests.
- Save films, articles, books, and music
- Personalized collection building
- Distraction-free interface
- Organize saved content
- Simple and intuitive design
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Curated is a simple place to keep the things that catch your eye. A film you want to see someday. An article you’d like to return to. A record, a book, an essay—something worth remembering. There’s no feed, no ranking, and nothing competing for your attention. Just a personal collection that grows slowly, shaped by your own Curation. View Terms of Service here - https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Curated. at 5.0 against Indie World's 3.0. Curated. also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly) and ratings volume (6 vs 2). Indie World's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Curated. holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 6 respectively.
Indie World ships an update fortnightly, Curated. every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Indie World | Curated. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kabir Chibber | Waldo Ventures LLC |
Customer experience
Indie World
Curated.
In-app purchases
Indie World
No in-app purchases
Curated.
No in-app purchases
