Comparison

Playhouse AR vs SummerIn

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

Head to head
About

Playhouse AR

Discover curated real-life social events and hangouts tailored to your preferences. This app helps you reconnect with friends and find new social opportunities nearby, refreshing suggestions frequently.

Highlights
  • Personalized social map
  • Curated IRL social experiences
  • Frequent suggestion updates
  • Find hangouts anytime, anywhere
  • Reconnect with friends
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Playhouse is your personalized college social map, curating perfectly matched IRL social experiences every 5 minutes or 5 steps. Make social networks social again and find your perfect hangout, anytime, anywhere!

About

SummerIn

Features
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SummerIn is the social home for your summer cohort. Find people in your city, see who is around, join chats, and turn “we should hang” into actual plans. Build a profile that gives people a reason to say hi: photo, bio, prompts, and a short intro video. Browse the directory, discover people with similar energy, and start conversations without making it weird. Inside SummerIn you can: - Find other interns in your city or cohort - Join group chats for plans, interests, and spontaneous ideas - Discover small events, hangouts, and mixers - Open lightweight intern tools made for your community - Share photos, comments, and updates from the summer - Block or report content that does not belong Summer is short. SummerIn helps the good parts happen sooner: better people, easier plans, and more reasons to show up.

Screenshots

Playhouse AR4 screens
SummerIn4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: SummerIn at every 3 days against Playhouse AR's every 8 days. Playhouse AR's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Playhouse AR ships an update every 8 days, SummerIn every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on July 8, 2026 and August 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Playhouse AR versus SummerIn: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlayhouse ARSummerIn
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (77 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings77 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size178 MB72 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperMAI Reality INCA1Base Inc

In-app purchases

None

Playhouse AR

No in-app purchases

None

SummerIn

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Playhouse AR free?
Playhouse AR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SummerIn free?
SummerIn is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Playhouse AR or SummerIn have ads?
Neither Playhouse AR nor SummerIn shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Playhouse AR or SummerIn?
Playhouse AR ships an update every 8 days, and SummerIn every 3 days. Most recently, Playhouse AR was updated on July 8, 2026 and SummerIn on August 23, 2026.

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