AroundYou vs H2H Protocol
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
AroundYou
Connect with people in your immediate vicinity to discover local events, ask for help, or find new friends. Share thoughts, requests, and recommendations with your neighbors. Stay updated on what's happening around you in a dynamic, location-based social feed.
- Connect with people within 1 km
- Discover local events and places
- Ask for help and information
- Share posts and comments
- Private chat functionality
- Location-based recommendations
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Around You is the social network for the place youβre in. Instead of following people, you see whatβs happening around you, right now. Open the app and youβll find posts from people nearby, a map of whatβs being posted across the city, and the people who are in your area. The feed shows whatβs happening now, and older posts stay as the history of each place. What you can do: β’ Post what youβre seeing, ask a question, ask for help or for company, with text, photo or video. β’ Explore the city on the map and see posts from other neighborhoods. β’ Point your camera and see posts floating around you, in augmented reality. β’ Find people nearby, if you want to: the feature stays off until you turn it on and set your preferences. β’ Create or join communities for a concert, a game, a festival or your neighborhood, with a defined area and duration, and invite people nearby with a QR code or a link. β’ Chat with people who commented, posted or are in the same community. β’ Report something lost or an incident, and ask the people around you for help. Your exact location is never shown. People who see your posts only see an approximate distance, and you choose whether your location appears at all. Enjoy the places and the people around you.
H2H Protocol
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H2H makes the people near you reachable β for help, for hello, for everything in between. Safe by design: every conversation starts with a request you accept, everyone shows a name before making contact, and you can report or block anyone right from the chat. Reports are reviewed within 24 hours. H2H Protocol connects you with the real people in your immediate space β same room, same venue, same street β over Bluetooth proximity and, if you allow it, a rough city area, never precise tracking. No feeds, no followers, no algorithm. Just the humans actually around you, right now. MATCH (quietly) Privately connect with nearby people by what you need, have, or feel: β’ Trade β buy, sell, swap what's around you β’ Skills β find or offer a skill on the spot β’ Peers & together β meet people on your wavelength β’ Pulses β a one-of-a-kind emotional layer: share how you feel (curious, lonely, inspired, openβ¦) and quietly find others feeling the same. Human connection, not just transactions. ANNOUNCE (loudly) Need urgent help, or just have something to say? Broadcast a short text or voice announcement to everyone nearby β instantly heard by the room around you. SOS Hold the SOS button when you need help. People nearby see it, offline over Bluetooth or across your city, and can step into one shared room to coordinate. SOS is a community alert, not an emergency service β contact your local emergency number first. TALK Chat with the people you connect with β end-to-end encrypted. Built for privacy: β’ No account and no real name β just a display name you choose; your profile stays on your device β’ Bluetooth proximity first; only a rough ~5 km area if you allow location β’ End-to-end encrypted messaging β’ Text keeps working offline over a Bluetooth mesh H2H is for users 18+. Built with care for genuine, in-person human connection.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: AroundYou at every 4 days against H2H Protocol's fortnightly. H2H Protocol's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
AroundYou ships an update every 4 days, H2H Protocol fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | AroundYou | H2H Protocol |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | β |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days β better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | β |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod β better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.0 β better |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 103 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Victor Ordozgoite | Khader International |
In-app purchases
AroundYou
No in-app purchases
H2H Protocol
No in-app purchases









