JoinMe vs Current
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
JoinMe
This app gamifies outdoor activities like running and hiking, allowing users to discover local plans, connect with friends, earn rewards, and share verified photos. It encourages real-life meetups and celebrates achievements through badges and collages.
- Discover local activity plans
- Connect with friends for outdoor fun
- Earn experience points and level up
- Share verified photos of activities
- Collect badges and create collages
- Community feed for sharing achievements
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Craving adventure and new friends? JoinMe is the fun, gamified social fitness app that turns your runs, hikes, and walks into epic adventures! Find friends for every outdoor activity, earn rewards for participating, and build authentic connections through real meetups. Key Features Discover Activities & Friends: Find and join local Plans for running, hiking, walking, and more. Each Plan is clearly labeled with time, location, and skill level, so you can pick the perfect event and meet like-minded friends for real-life outdoor fun. Earn XP & Level Up: Turn every outing into a game. Earn experience points (XP) each time you join an activity, and level up as you stay active. Track your progress, challenge yourself to reach new milestones, and make social fitness even more rewarding. Verified Photo Sharing: Share real moments from every adventure to prove it happened. Snap photos during each activity – every upload is verified, so you know it’s the real deal. Build trust through real experiences and keep the community authentic. Collect Badges & Create Collages: Celebrate your achievements! Collect unique badges for every milestone you conquer – each tied to an actual event, from your first 5K run to a sunrise hike. Then get creative and create expressive collages by mixing badges with your own photos to celebrate your journey and show off your accomplishments. Community Feed: Share your collages on the community feed and get the cheers you deserve. JoinMe is your go-to app for finding friends for outdoor activities and creating authentic connections through real-life adventures. Don’t wait—life’s too short to stay on the sidelines. Download JoinMe for free today and turn everyday runs, hikes, and walks into epic social adventures. Your next adventure awaits – see you out there! We love to hear your experiences on the app good and bad! Please reach out to us at support@joinme.site with your thoughts and suggestions.
Current
Discover local events and plan outings with friends effortlessly. This app consolidates all happenings in your city, from concerts to pop-ups, and streamlines group planning with clear RSVPs and smart invitations for limited spots. Organize contacts into circles for quick invites and follow favorite venues for real-time updates.
- Discover local events and venues
- Plan events with friends
- Clear RSVP system
- Wave invitations for limited spots
- Organize contacts into Circles
- Follow venues and curators
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What's happening tonight? This weekend? Right now? Current is the only app you need to discover what's going on around you and get your friends together to do it. No more group chat chaos. No more Googling "things to do." Just open Current and go. DISCOVER EVERYTHING HAPPENING AROUND YOU Current brings together every event, venue, and experience in your city, all in one place. Browse concerts, happy hours, pop-ups, festivals, open mics, game nights, and more. Follow your favorite bars, restaurants, and event companies to get updates the moment they post something new. Explore curated guides from local tastemakers who know the best spots before everyone else does. Whether you're planning ahead or looking for something right now, Current has you covered. PLAN WITH FRIENDS WITHOUT THE MESS Group chats are where plans go to die. Forty-seven messages, no decision, and someone still doesn't know what time to show up. Current fixes this. Create an event, invite your people, and get clear RSVPs; going, maybe, or not going. Everyone sees the details. Everyone knows the plan. No ambiguity, no chaos. Organize your contacts into Circles: your college friends, your work crew, your weekend warriors. So the right people are always one tap away. WAVE INVITATIONS - SMART INVITES FOR LIMITED SPOTS Got 5 tickets to the game? A dinner reservation for 8? Wave invitations are built for exactly this. Set your capacity, arrange your invite list by priority, and let Current handle the rest. Invitations go out in waves, if someone in the first group doesn't respond in time, the next person in line gets the invite automatically. No awkward "sorry, someone else already took your spot" texts. No manual tracking. Just set it and forget it. FOLLOW THE PLACES AND PEOPLE YOU LOVE Subscribe to venues and businesses to see their events, specials, and announcements right in your feed. Follow local curators and influencers who spotlight the best things happening around town. Your feed is shaped by what you actually care about, not an algorithm guessing what you might click on. BUILT FOR YOUR CITY Current isn't a massive directory pulling data from everywhere with no real insight. It's built to feel like your city's go-to source, like having a friend who knows everyone and everything happening. Dense, curated, and local. The kind of app that makes you excited about where you live. KEY FEATURES - Browse and discover local events, venues, and experiences - Create personal events and invite friends with clear RSVPs - Wave invitations for limited-capacity plans - Organize contacts into Circles for faster planning - Follow venues, event companies, and local curators - Curated guides and recommendations from people who know your city - Real-time event details: times, locations, who's going FOR BUSINESSES AND VENUES Current also offers tools for local businesses to connect with people who actually want to hear from them. Post events, manage your profile, and build a subscriber base of high-intent customers: people who chose to follow you because they're ready to go out and do something.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Current at every 3 days against JoinMe's fortnightly. JoinMe's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 2). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. 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 JoinMe against 5.0 for Current. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
JoinMe ships an update fortnightly, Current every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on June 2, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | JoinMe | Current |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Scott Guidotti | Current-App |
Customer experience
JoinMe
Current
In-app purchases
JoinMe
No in-app purchases
Current
No in-app purchases









