Comparison

New Digital Commune vs Lost Arts

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

Head to head
About

New Digital Commune

A social network designed for artists to connect, grow professionally, and increase their visibility. Showcase your work, expand your network, and discover career opportunities in a space built by creatives for creatives.

Highlights
  • Artist portfolio showcase
  • Professional network building
  • Career opportunity exploration
  • Reduced expression limitations
  • Social networking for creatives
Features
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New Digital Commune is a platform for artists to connect – with emphasis on professional growth, visibility, and reducing limitations of expression. Present your portfolio, build your network, explore opportunities, and advance your career in a new social network built by creatives, for creatives.

About

Lost Arts

Features
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Lost Arts is an invite-only community for ambitious creatives — designers, artists, musicians, writers, and anyone who takes their creative practice seriously. We believe creative work is better when it's shared, challenged, and witnessed by others who understand it. Lost Arts gives you the space to do that. Make Time Sessions Weekly virtual co-working sessions where members work alongside each other in real time. Show up, make progress, stay accountable — together. Project Updates Share your work-in-progress with a community that gives real feedback. Not likes. Not comments for the sake of it. Honest, generous responses from people who understand what you're building. Salon Sessions Thematic discussions that expand how you think about your creative practice. Topics range across disciplines — art, design, music, craft, technology, and everything in between. A curated community Every member earned their place — by invitation or application. This isn't a platform for broadcasting. It's a space for conversation, connection, and improving your craft. Lost Arts began in 2015 as a physical workshop space in Chicago. What we learned in those rooms — about community, feedback, and the value of shared space — shapes everything we're building now. We're building a network that connects us through our creative work. Join us.

Screenshots

New Digital Commune4 screens
Lost Arts4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Lost Arts at none against New Digital Commune's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
New Digital Commune versus Lost Arts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNew Digital CommuneLost Arts
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.6 (115 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews22.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings115 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.4 — better18.4
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB5 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperNew Digital Commune IncorporatedLost Arts LLC

Bugs and requests

New Digital Commune

Reported bugs

14 issues
  • App crashes immediately upon opening or after account creation
  • Buttons unresponsive and not clickable throughout the interface
  • App freezes on 'You haven't connected with other creatives' screen
  • Content fails to display or shows blank spaces
  • Video posts display as white/blank
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  • Phantom notifications for non-existent interactions
  • Extreme lag and slow loading times
  • UI elements cut off on certain screen sizes
  • App crashes when attempting to post or upload content
  • Feed rarely displays other users' content
  • Profile uploads don't display when clicked
  • Sign-up process crashes before completion
  • App freezes when scrolling or swiping
  • Music pauses every time app is opened

Requested features

10 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Explore/discovery page to connect with random creators
  • Search functionality for finding people
  • Ability to see who liked posts
  • Better content feed algorithm
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  • Profile link aggregation (like Linktree)
  • Photo metadata display (camera settings, gear used)
  • Suggested content based on user interests at launch
  • Improved job section with legitimate opportunities
  • Better content moderation and quality control

Lost Arts

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

New Digital Commune

No in-app purchases

None

Lost Arts

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is New Digital Commune free?
New Digital Commune is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lost Arts free?
Lost Arts is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do New Digital Commune or Lost Arts have ads?
New Digital Commune shows ads; Lost Arts does not.

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