The Tribe Now vs Applaz
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Tribe Now
This social networking app allows users to share photos, videos, and text updates in real-time. Customize your profile to reflect your personality and connect with others.
- Share instant photos and videos
- Post Koma Text updates
- Customize user profiles
- Real-time moment sharing
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The Tribe Now Previous ("Thempo"), Meet The Tribe Now, Share instant Momen: Photos & Videos, Share what you think Koma Text. Take control every profile realy reflects ther user customize your profile.
Applaz
A social media platform for writers to publish their stories and connect with others. Users can create and share notebooks, follow friends and influencers, and discover content based on their interests. The app facilitates daily updates and private messaging.
- Publish notebooks with writing and photos
- Create private notebooks
- Live messaging in private chats
- Follow content creators
- Search community for interests
- Daily updates and entries
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Share today's stories. Applaz is a social media app for writers that enables notebooks to be published. Update your notebooks daily by creating new entries. Read what others are up to, connect with friends, and follow influencer's journeys. Applaz is the place for when inspiration strikes. DISCOVER • Applaz opens right to the newsfeed — find out what your friends are writing about • Create your notebooks with writing and photos and publish on your profile! • Keep some notebooks to yourself, and have private notebooks only you can see CONNECT • Keep up with friends and content you love with live messaging in private chats • Follow content creators you love and share in their journey SHARE • Document your journey multiple times per day in different notebooks • Search the Applaz community for notebooks about your interests • Be the first to see what your friends are up to
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Applaz at 5.0 against The Tribe Now's 4.5. Applaz also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 4 months). The Tribe Now's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Applaz holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
The Tribe Now ships an update every 4 months, Applaz every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Tribe Now | Applaz |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Spiro john Keka Ekanga | Whirlpost |
Customer experience
The Tribe Now
Applaz
In-app purchases
The Tribe Now
No in-app purchases
Applaz
No in-app purchases
