Marlo vs FLOWMINGLE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Marlo
Connect with people before meeting up at local events or spontaneous gatherings. Break the ice, align interests, and build commitment through dedicated chatrooms. Discover events, grow your audience, or signal your own vibe to make plans happen.
- Event-specific chatrooms
- Vibe-checking before meeting
- Discover local events
- Signal spontaneous plans
- Build community for hosts
- Prioritizes real-life interaction
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Discover local cafés, events, and people nearby. Marlo helps you discover local places, make plans with people nearby, and join the communities around you. DISCOVER LOCAL SPOTS Find nearby cafés, restaurants, exclusive offers, and events worth checking out. FIND PEOPLE. PICK A PLACE. MEET UP. Looking for a coffee buddy, dinner group, work session, or someone to explore with? Connect with people nearby, then discover recommended local spots for your next meetup. JOIN LOCAL COMMUNITIES Join the community around your favorite café or neighborhood spot. Stay connected through live chat, exclusive offers, events, and the people you meet along the way. EXPLORE LOCAL EVENTS Discover pop-ups, live gatherings, and neighborhood events. See who’s going, get tickets, and chat with attendees before you arrive. FOR CAFÉS Turn nearby meetups into café visits. Create your café profile, share offers and events, build a loyal customer community, and become the recommended spot when nearby people are deciding where to meet. Create your free profile on Marlo. Questions? Contact us at hello@himarlo.com.
FLOWMINGLE
Discover and host local and online events with ease. Connect with friends, join groups, and stay updated on new events from hosts you follow. Features include event chat groups and a gifting option for organizers.
- Host and discover events
- Create and join groups
- Event-specific chat groups
- Follow hosts for updates
- Gifting feature for organizers
- Offline and online event visibility
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Everyone can host fun events for free on flowmingle! It's super easy to post events and share your events with friends. As an event organizer, you can enable the gifting feature to receive gift rewards! We have MINGLE (event) and FLOCK(group). Hosts can set different visibility for their MINGLE/FLOCK. You will see offline events within 150 miles of your location and all online events. Each event has a chat group for participants to keep in touch easily during and after an event. After you follow a host, you will receive notification of their newest events. Let's MINGLE! The website is https://flowmingle.live/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Marlo at none against FLOWMINGLE's 5. Marlo also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). FLOWMINGLE's advantage is rating (4.2 vs 4.0) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. FLOWMINGLE sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Marlo asks for nothing beyond the download.
FLOWMINGLE holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 5 respectively.
Marlo ships an update weekly, FLOWMINGLE every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Marlo | FLOWMINGLE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) | 4.2 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 143 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Project F | FLOWMINGLE, INC. |
Customer experience
Marlo
FLOWMINGLE
In-app purchases
Marlo
No in-app purchases
FLOWMINGLE
- 2 coins$1.00
- 6 coins$3.00
- 10 coins$5.00
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- 18 coins$9.00
- 38 coins$19.00
