Check In vs Flock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Check In
This app facilitates spontaneous video chats with your ten closest contacts throughout the day. It aims to simplify staying connected with the people who matter most by initiating brief, random video calls.
- Random video calls
- Connect with 10 closest contacts
- 60-second chat duration
- Daily spontaneous connections
- Easy to use interface
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Keeping up with your family and friends is tough. Check In makes it easy. Add your 10 closest contacts-- those you just can't get enough of... We'll randomly connect you for a 60 second video chat throughout the day.
Flock
Discover local communities and connect with people who share your interests for real-life meetups. Plan spontaneous gatherings, build your own groups, and foster stronger local connections.
- Discover local communities
- Find people with shared interests
- Plan impromptu meetups
- Start and manage your own community
- Collect payments for events
- Check-in attendees
- Strengthen relationships
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Your new favourite IRL communities and social meetups app. We make it easy to discover local communities and find your people. Flock supports community for the sake of community. We believe in helping people gather serendipitously, building stronger local communities, and helping you strengthen relationships. Find your people Whether you want to meet other people that impulsively signed up for a 5K or want to play an 8-hour board game, your future friends are here. Plan impromptu meetups Looking for people to go birdwatching with? Want to check out a new cafe in town? Propose a meetup and make plans that actually make it out of the group chat. Build your community Start your own community and plan events, collect payments, check-in attendees effortlessly. We help you gather your community members and get discovered by new ones. Meet again, and again We help you stay connected to the communities and people you’ve met so you can deepen connections and see them again.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Flock at weekly against Check In's monthly. Check In's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 82%) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Check In ships an update monthly, Flock weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Check In | Flock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 81.8% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Lipsi Software Development INC. | Bryan Nguyen |
Customer experience
Check In
Flock
In-app purchases
Check In
No in-app purchases
Flock
No in-app purchases
