Neo vs Storm Circle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Neo
A modern and fast Matrix chat client designed for focused communication. It offers a clean UI for navigating rooms, spaces, and threads, with support for encrypted messages, rich media sharing, and voice/video calls.
- Modern and clean UI
- Encrypted room support
- Rich message sending
- Threads and Spaces organization
- Voice and video calls
- RSS feed integration
- Local message translation
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Neo is a futuristic Matrix client built for speed, focus, and modern communication. Move quickly through Matrix rooms, spaces, threads with a modern and clean UI. Sign in with your Matrix account, join rooms, send rich messages, organize conversations with Threads and Matrix Spaces, and navigate everything from a fast sidebar. Neo supports encrypted rooms, image video sharing, reactions, threads, voice and video calls, rich notifications, RSS feeds, and local message translation with a single tap. Core Matrix Features • Sign in with username/password or SSO • Support for regular and encrypted Matrix rooms • Send text, images, videos, files, GIFs, stickers, and reactions • Use threads to keep long conversations on track • Organize rooms with native Matrix Spaces • Rich notifications with avatars and message previews • Voice and video calls Neo Extras • Fast sidebar navigation for rooms and spaces • Online GIF picker powered by Tenor • Message search • One-tap downloads for images, videos, and GIFs • RSS feed subscriptions and in-app reading • News view with RSS integration • Sticker picker, including Memoji stickers • Per-contact notification modes • Custom notification sounds • Custom default reaction emojis • Emoji folders • Local message translation • Foldable Markdown code blocks • Apple Intelligence message summaries on supported devices EULA / Terms of Service: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mszpro/Privacy-Policy/refs/heads/main/neo-matrix-tos.md Privacy Policy: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mszpro/Privacy-Policy/refs/heads/main/neo-privacy-policy.md
Storm Circle
Connect with fellow weather enthusiasts and storm chasers. Share weather reports, create short weather videos, and join groups focused on specific weather events. View live weather updates and participate in challenges.
- Connect with weather geeks
- View live storm chasers
- Submit/view weather reports
- Create short weather videos ('Flashes')
- Join weather event groups ('Storm Circles')
- Complete challenges
- View live weather
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Storm Circle: The weather social network ________ A social media app made for weather geeks: - Connect with fellow weather geeks and chasers - View live storm chasers - Submit/view weather reports - Create 'Flashes', short weather videos to share - Join 'Storm Circles', weather event groups - Complete challenges, view live weather, and so much more! It's a social media app made for weather people like you. Join the storm today!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Storm Circle at 5.0 against Neo's 3.5. Storm Circle also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 10 days). Neo's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 1) and iOS requirement (18.4 vs 26.0). On price, 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. Neo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Storm Circle asks for nothing beyond the download.
Storm Circle holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Neo has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Neo ships an update every 10 days, Storm Circle every 3 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.
| Parameter | Neo | Storm Circle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.4 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 263 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AsterKit | Nathan Anthony |
Customer experience
Neo
Storm Circle
In-app purchases
Neo
- Nil Pro Monthly Subscription$0.991 Month
- Nil Pro Lifetime$8.99
Storm Circle
No in-app purchases









