ThisIsDope vs WateringHole
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ThisIsDope
This app allows users to chat with friends, family, or fans while sharing various content like products, media, and events. It automatically organizes shared items into boards for easy tracking.
- Chat with friends, family, or fans
- Share products, media, and links
- Create and share to-do lists
- Organize events
- Automatic board organization of shared content
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ThisIsDope is where you can chat with friends, family, or fans — sharing all the dope stuff: products, media, links, to-do lists, events, and more. ThisIsDope automatically turns everything you share into an organized board, making it easy for you to keep track of it all.
WateringHole
This app facilitates casual, real-world networking for young professionals returning to the office. It helps users plan meetups, coordinate hangouts, and discover who is nearby to foster connections.
- Casual real-world networking
- Plan coffee meetups
- Coordinate post-work hangouts
- Discover nearby connections
- Quick event creation
- Customizable professional profiles
- Digital business card sharing
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Welcome to WateringHole, your go-to space for casual, real-world networking. Designed for young professionals who are returning to the office and ready to reconnect, WateringHole makes it easier than ever to create moments that matter. Whether you're planning a coffee meetup, coordinating a post-work hangout, or just curious who’s nearby, WateringHole helps you interact with your network effortlessly. With features like quick event creation, customizable profiles that reflect both your personality and profession, and seamless digital business card sharing, WateringHole brings a fresh, modern approach to building relationships. It’s professional, but never stiff. Casual, but always intentional. Rebuild your social rhythm, reenter the world with confidence, and rediscover the joy of spontaneous connection—only with WateringHole.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: WateringHole at none against ThisIsDope's shown. WateringHole also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (15 vs 1). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for ThisIsDope against 4.9 for WateringHole. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WateringHole has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ThisIsDope ships an update every 3 months, WateringHole fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ThisIsDope | WateringHole |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.9 (15 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 14 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 110 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | ZikVid, Inc. | MB Partners, LLC |
Customer experience
ThisIsDope
WateringHole
In-app purchases
ThisIsDope
No in-app purchases
WateringHole
No in-app purchases
