ThisIsDope vs Start.
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.
Start.
This social media app encourages active creation over passive consumption. Users are prompted to create something in the real world within a 15-minute timer, then share their creations and discover those of others. It aims to foster genuine creativity and engagement.
- Create before consuming
- 15-minute creation timer
- Real-world creation prompts
- Share creations
- Discover user creations
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Start is the social media app that flips the script. Instead of endless scrolling, you unlock your feed by creating something first. Every day, you’ll get a 5-minute timer. When you’re ready, hit start, put your phone down, and create something in the real world. Draw, write, build, play music—anything. When you’re done, share it and discover what others made. No passive scrolling. No mindless consumption. Just real creativity.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Start. at none against ThisIsDope's shown. Start. also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (11 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 5.0 for Start.. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Start. has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ThisIsDope ships an update every 3 months, Start. every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ThisIsDope | Start. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | ZikVid, Inc. | StartCreating LLC |
Customer experience
ThisIsDope
Start.
In-app purchases
ThisIsDope
No in-app purchases
Start.
No in-app purchases
