Met Opera vs BuzzFeed Island
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Met Opera
Access rush ticket lotteries and purchase regular tickets for Metropolitan Opera performances. Discover productions, browse the calendar, and secure exclusive discounts. Digital tickets are delivered directly within the app.
- Enter rush ticket lotteries
- Purchase regularly priced tickets
- Access exclusive discounts
- Buy same-day or advance tickets
- Digital ticket delivery
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The official Metropolitan Opera app is the only way to access rush ticket lotteries for every Met performance. You can also purchase regularly priced tickets for any production at the Metropolitan Opera House in Lincoln Center, and gain access to exclusive discounts on select performances throughout the year. Don’t know which opera to see? Use the app to learn about every production this season, and peruse the performance calendar to see what’s on stage on a day that works for you. Features: • Enter rush ticket lotteries for your chance to purchase $25 tickets • Purchase regularly priced tickets instantly • Access exclusive discounts on select performances • Purchase same-day tickets, or book in advance • Digital tickets are delivered directly in the app, so you never have to worry about misplacing an email or a paper ticket.
BuzzFeed Island
Create and share hilarious, personalized images with friends. Use AI generators, unique filters, and daily challenges to spark conversations and friendly competition within your group.
- AI image generation
- Customizable filters
- Daily challenges
- Group chat sharing
- Content remixing
- Conversation starters
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From BuzzFeed — the app that gives your group chat something to talk about. BF Island is where you create wild, hilarious, and weirdly personal images designed to blow up your group chat. Make images based on your vibe, aesthetic, or your latest inside joke — powered by the same chaotic energy BuzzFeed has been bringing to the internet for over a decade. Create AI Images In Seconds Transform yourself and your friends with filters that lean into your vibe. Rat mode? Check. Surprise mullet? Obviously. Filters that make you go "why does this exist" and then immediately use it five more times. Daily Conversation Starters & Prompts Create custom content that your friends can react to and escalate into full-blown bits. Every creation is a conversation starter that your friends can riff on in the app. Every share is an invitation to chaos. Group Chats Designed For Sharing BuzzFeed Island is where your group's humor lives. A shared space for visual jokes, creative riffs, custom stickers, and moments that only make sense to your people. Make It a Sticker Turn any creation into a custom iMessage sticker in seconds. Your best bits, now living rent-free in every conversation. Download BuzzFeed Island. Start creating with friends.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: BuzzFeed Island at free against Met Opera's free with in-app purchases. BuzzFeed Island also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 57%). Met Opera's advantage is ratings volume (4.2K vs 25) and rating (4.9 vs 4.7). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Met Opera holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Met Opera has 4.2K ratings behind it against 25, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 57% of Met Opera's written reviews are positive against 80% of BuzzFeed Island's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Met Opera ships an update fortnightly, BuzzFeed Island every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Met Opera | BuzzFeed Island |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (4.2K ratings) — better | 4.7 (25 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4.2K — better | 25 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc. | BuzzFeed |
Customer experience
Met Opera
BuzzFeed Island
Bugs and requests
Met Opera
Reported bugs
3 issues- Seats available online not shown in the app
- Online ticket purchase not working
- App does not recognize member status
Requested features
2 requests- Alphabetical list of what's on for the season
- Allow login with ID number like website
BuzzFeed Island
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Met Opera
No in-app purchases
BuzzFeed Island
No in-app purchases
Questions
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