Comparison

Here to Grow vs Neo

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Here to Grow

This social networking app fosters individual growth through a positive community focused on spiritual teachings. Enjoy a secure environment with privacy features and dedicated moderation.

Highlights
  • Positive community environment
  • Spiritual teaching application
  • Secure social networking
  • Privacy features
  • Team of moderators
Features
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Community is the best context for individual transformation. This app provides a social networking environment that is positive and centered in application of spiritual teaching, all while having a good time secured by privacy and a team of moderators.

About

Neo

A modern and fast Matrix chat client designed for focused communication. It offers a clean UI for navigating rooms, spaces, and threads, with support for encrypted messages, rich media sharing, and voice/video calls.

Highlights
  • Modern and clean UI
  • Encrypted room support
  • Rich message sending
  • Threads and Spaces organization
  • Voice and video calls
  • RSS feed integration
  • Local message translation
Features
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Neo is a futuristic Matrix client built for speed, focus, and modern communication. Move quickly through Matrix rooms, spaces, threads with a modern and clean UI. Sign in with your Matrix account, join rooms, send rich messages, organize conversations with Threads and Matrix Spaces, and navigate everything from a fast sidebar. Neo supports encrypted rooms, image video sharing, reactions, threads, voice and video calls, rich notifications, RSS feeds, and local message translation with a single tap. Core Matrix Features • Sign in with username/password or SSO • Support for regular and encrypted Matrix rooms • Send text, images, videos, files, GIFs, stickers, and reactions • Use threads to keep long conversations on track • Organize rooms with native Matrix Spaces • Rich notifications with avatars and message previews • Voice and video calls Neo Extras • Fast sidebar navigation for rooms and spaces • Online GIF picker powered by Tenor • Message search • One-tap downloads for images, videos, and GIFs • RSS feed subscriptions and in-app reading • News view with RSS integration • Sticker picker, including Memoji stickers • Per-contact notification modes • Custom notification sounds • Custom default reaction emojis • Emoji folders • Local message translation • Foldable Markdown code blocks • Apple Intelligence message summaries on supported devices EULA / Terms of Service: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mszpro/Privacy-Policy/refs/heads/main/neo-matrix-tos.md Privacy Policy: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mszpro/Privacy-Policy/refs/heads/main/neo-privacy-policy.md

Screenshots

Here to Grow4 screens
Neo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Here to Grow at 100% against Neo's 50%. Here to Grow also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). Neo's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Neo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Here to Grow asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Here to Grow holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Neo has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Here to Grow's written reviews are positive against 50% of Neo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Here to Grow ships an update every 9 days, Neo every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Here to Grow versus Neo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHere to GrowNeo
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better3.5 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings18 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.4
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB263 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHere to GrowAsterKit

Customer experience

Here to Grow

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Neo

All ratings8 ratings
Positive62.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative37.5%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Here to Grow

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Neo

Subscriptions1
  • Nil Pro Monthly Subscription$0.991 Month
One-time1
  • Nil Pro Lifetime$8.99

Questions

Is Here to Grow free?
Here to Grow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Neo free?
Neo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Here to Grow or Neo?
Here to Grow is rated higher. Here to Grow averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Neo averages 3.5 from 8 ratings.
Do Here to Grow or Neo have ads?
Neither Here to Grow nor Neo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Here to Grow or Neo?
Here to Grow ships an update every 9 days, and Neo every 10 days. Most recently, Here to Grow was updated on November 3, 2026 and Neo on November 5, 2026.

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