dovento vs WAY
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
dovento
Discover and create local micro-events to meet new people. Easily find activities nearby, browse by tags, and connect with others through group chats. Host your own events and manage them effortlessly.
- Discover local micro-events
- Search events by tags/categories
- View event details and attendees
- Request to join events with messages
- Create and manage your own events
- Group chat for coordination
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dovento is the app you open when you want to find small events near you and meet new people. No hassle, no hidden fees — just good time spent together. How it works Find events near you The app shows what is happening around you, on the map or in the list. Search by category or tag, or just scroll until something catches your interest. See everything before you say yes Tap an event for the description, date, time, place, and who else is going. Ask to join Write a short note about why you would like to come along. Once the host says yes, you get access to the event's group chat, where you sort out the details together. Host something yourself Got an idea? Create your event in seconds. Set a number of places, or leave it unlimited if everyone is welcome. You are notified when someone wants to join. Stay in touch Every event has its own group chat, and you can message the people you have met directly. Follow the places and organisers you like, and see their events and offers first. Part of GOFUS dovento is made by GOFUS, a non-profit organisation working against loneliness and social isolation among young people. The app is free to use, and it is made available to associations and foundations working towards the same thing. In Danish, English and German The app follows the language on your phone, and you can always change it yourself inside the app. Join dovento and become part of the community.
WAY
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Lost your friends in a crowd again? WAY puts your whole crew on one map so you can find each other in seconds — at festivals, concerts, gigs, parks, ski slopes, anywhere. No phone numbers. No social accounts. No ads. Just swap QR codes and you're connected. — WHY WAY — • Built for festivals, designed for everywhere • Friends only see you when YOU let them • Allow background location and your crew's pings can be answered while your phone stays in your pocket • Zero tracking, zero analytics, zero data brokers — FEATURES — • Share your location with the crew you choose — one toggle per friend — and see how fresh each of their pins is • Tap any friend to "Find" them — they get a private ping, answered automatically or with a tap, their choice • Auto-approve — crew pings are answered automatically by default; switch it off for anyone you'd rather approve by hand • Pin notes — leave a 20-character status above your pin ("main stage", "by the bar") • Festival Mode — for a set stretch of hours, every crew ping is answered automatically, even from friends you normally approve by hand, then it switches itself off. Save your own presets ("Night Out", "Quick Meetup") • Ghost Mode — kill all sharing instantly with one tap • QR codes & invite links — add friends in seconds, and any phone camera can scan your code • Emoji pins for you and every friend, with 10 glow colors to pick from • Friend trails — see where your crew's shared pins have been over the last 24 hours, stored only on your device • In English, French and German — WAY follows your device's language — SAFETY FIRST — • Strangers with your code can ping you, but get nothing unless you say yes — add, ignore or block them • Block list and a share code you can rotate instantly • Every shared location auto-expires after 10 minutes, 30 minutes or 1 hour, depending on your battery preset (Standard, Battery Saver or All-Day Mode), and expired pins drop off the map on their own • One tap in the Privacy tab revokes every location you've shared — WAY+ (optional) — A one-time purchase: £4.99 in the UK, US$4.99 in the US, and the price for your country is shown before you buy. Not a subscription — nothing renews and there's nothing to cancel. • Unlimited crew — the free version covers a crew of up to 5 friends • All-day Festival Mode — sessions up to 24 hours instead of 4 • Restore it on any device signed in to the same Apple Account Finding friends, pings, pin notes, trails, emoji pins, Ghost Mode, the block list and every privacy control are free. There's also an optional tip jar — it unlocks nothing, it just says thanks. — PRIVACY — WAY runs on Apple's iCloud (CloudKit), so you'll need to be signed in to iCloud. Your crew list and settings live on your device and in your own iCloud; the only things shared are your display name, share code and short-lived locations, stored on Apple's servers, not ours. No analytics, no third-party SDKs, no ads. Your share code is random, and the only thing attached to it is the display name you pick — no phone number, email or Apple ID. Privacy Policy: https://muddermis.vercel.app/apps/way/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://muddermis.vercel.app/apps/way/terms.html Built with love for festival-goers, by people who got lost at one too many.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: dovento at none against WAY's 2. dovento also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.6). 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. WAY sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. dovento asks for nothing beyond the download.
dovento ships an update every 9 days, WAY every 6 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | dovento | WAY |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Grønborg | HALFDAN OVERGAARD LØV AS |
In-app purchases
dovento
No in-app purchases
WAY
- Way Tip$0.99
- WAY +$4.99









