Abode vs Becoming
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Abode
Connect with friends through interactive widgets and shared activities. Organize tasks, play games, and doodle together on a customizable shared board. AI summarizes chats, making it easy to catch up without the pressure of constant messaging.
- Interactive widgets with friends
- Live location sharing
- Virtual pets
- Doodle on home screens
- Shared photo albums
- Arcade style games
- AI-powered chat summaries
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Abode is a new way to hang out and interact with your friends, because group chats are so last decade. MAGNETS - Interactive Widgets with Friends - Live Location w/ shared pins - Virtual Pets - Doodle directly to your friends home screen - Shared albums - Arcade style games - To-dos - Polls - Notes - and so much more CUSTOMISE - Abode is built around your board. Customise your board with interactive magnets that bring games, social features, and organizational tools right to your fingertips. - Personalise the space. Each board can be totally customised and it's reflected for everyone. Choose your magnets, theme to best suit your crew! - New magnets are created all the time for you to try out with your friends. CHAT - Stay in touch with friends with none of the pressure of a group chat. Because chatting is just one way to interact you're not forced to chat, if you want to just play a game you can! - Effortlessly catch up. Using AI we summarise your chat messages at the end of each day, so everyday starts a-fresh. Allowing you to easily peek back in time through your memories. - Broadcast audio live from your board. It's like having an infinite ranged walkie talkie in your pocket with a direct line to your BFFs. GROW - Every friend group is different, everyone evolves. For the first time ever so does your app. You don't need to make a new group when discussing a specific topic or planning an event, the magnets act as a topical top layer above the chat. Keeping chat clean and making it easy to catch up on the latest at any point. Ready to Transform Your Social Life? Download Abode now and discover a fresh, playful way to connect with friends, plan adventures, play games, and share moments.
Becoming
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"When did you last sing to yourself? To someone else?" "When do you feel rich?" 1,044 questions like those, in 55 decks. For two of you, a few, or just you. Whether you're on a first date, sorting out a fight, three hours into a friend's kitchen, working out what a breakup left behind, or awake at 3am with nobody to ask, there is a deck for the night you are actually having. NIGHTS THAT REMEMBER EACH OTHER Most question games end when the cards go back in the box. This one comes back. • A question you set aside returns the next time, marked: from last time • Every night becomes a story you can reread, and a transcript you can keep • It notices when a year has passed since a night with the same person • One night shows you where you stand. The record shows you which way you're going WHAT'S IN IT • 55 decks, 1,044 questions: the first date, moving in, after a fight, long distance, breakups, coming out, your sexuality, money, family, jealousy, kink, burning out, 3am • Lenses, Queer, Open and Spice, that rewrite a night from the inside rather than dealing in a separate pile • A night with yourself, written for one voice, not a couple's deck with the pronouns swapped • Turn listening on and the words said out loud are written down, so tonight becomes something you can reread together YOUR WORDS STAY ON YOUR PHONE Voices are never kept: once the words are down, the sound is gone. Nothing said in a night is sent anywhere. The transcribing happens on the device itself, and an encrypted archive you hold is the only way a night ever leaves. WHAT IT COSTS Some decks are free for good, and every free door gives you its first ten questions before it asks for a key. Keys open a whole pack, forever, for one payment. Plus opens all 55, every lens, and every night you have ever had. On free the last week of nights stays open; older nights are sealed rather than deleted, and Plus reopens them. Becoming Plus is an auto-renewing subscription, monthly or yearly, and renews at the price shown until you cancel in your Apple account settings. Lifetime is a single payment. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://becoming.cards/privacy Becoming is built for human connection. Answer as you are, not as you should be.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Abode at none against Becoming's 2. Abode also leads on iOS requirement (16 vs 26.0). 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
Both are free to download. Becoming sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Abode asks for nothing beyond the download.
Abode ships an update every 2 days, Becoming every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Abode | Becoming |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 141 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Look Engineering, Inc | Lovish Saini |
In-app purchases
Abode
No in-app purchases
Becoming
- Becoming Plus Monthly$6.991 Month
- Becoming Plus Yearly$39.991 Year







