Comparison

Playhouse AR vs No Bars Given

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

No Bars Given

Features
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The towers go down at every festival. Your crew doesn't have to. No Bars Given connects phones directly to each other over Bluetooth - no cell service, no Wi-Fi, no accounts, no servers. Chat with people nearby, watch your crew move on a live map, and raise your phone to see their totems floating in AR over the crowd. WORKS WITH ZERO BARS Every phone running the app relays for every other one, so your messages hop across the crowd even when nobody has signal. SEE YOUR CREW, NOT STRANGERS Location is shared only with the crew you invite, encrypted end to end. Nobody else can read it - including us. There is no server to read it. BUILD YOUR TOTEM Pick a topper, a pole, and a flair. It travels as two bytes over the mesh and rises above the crowd in AR so your friends can find you. PARTY UP IN A SECOND Scan a friend's code or knock your phones together. No usernames to exchange, no requests to accept later. NO ACCOUNT, EVER Open the app and you're in. Nothing to sign up for, nothing to log into, nothing about you stored on anyone's server. Bluetooth mesh needs at least two devices nearby to shine - grab a friend and go.

Screenshots

Playhouse AR4 screens
No Bars Given3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Playhouse AR at 13.0 against No Bars Given's 16.0. 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.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Playhouse AR versus No Bars Given: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlayhouse ARNo Bars Given
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (71 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings71 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size178 MB35 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperMAI Reality INCJames Hurlbut

In-app purchases

None

Playhouse AR

No in-app purchases

None

No Bars Given

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Playhouse AR free?
Playhouse AR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is No Bars Given free?
No Bars Given is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Playhouse AR or No Bars Given have ads?
Neither Playhouse AR nor No Bars Given shows ads.

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