Comparison

Rueblur vs The Checkin

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Rueblur

This interactive social media platform allows users to rate and react to content in new ways. Users can customize their experience by crafting personalized feeds and lists based on various topics. Share videos, polls, and other content with followers, and discover trending accounts and posts.

Highlights
  • Rate and react system
  • Customizable feeds and content lists
  • Create and share videos, polls, and captures
  • Discover popular accounts and content
  • Business account options
Features
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Rueblur is one of the most interactive social media platforms in the world. Rueblur gives users a new way to interact with content utilizing the rate and react system. Rueblur provides users control of their experience by embracing the mantra “Where liberation meets inspiration” meaning users have creative control of their Rueblur experience. Users can tailor their interest the way they want by crafting feeds and content specific list with various topics. Rueblur feeds can be created and modified at any time. Rueblur aims to make social media fun again! Rate, react, share, and interact with users and content everywhere. Create exclusive Rueblur content and accounts to distribute fun videos, polls, captures, and content to your followers. Use Rueblur rank to see the most popular accounts and content in the world, and last but not least create Rueblur business accounts to connect and promote business and professional endeavors! Access to the Licensed Application End User License Agreement (EULA) terms and conditions for Rueblur. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

The Checkin

Features
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Social media used to be fun. Now it's exhausting. Too much noise. Too much pressure. Too many posts are competing for your attention. Even sharing something simple has started to feel like overkill. Checkin is different. It's social the way it used to feel — fast, honest, low-pressure. Instead of posts, you share Checkins: quick, lightweight updates about what you're actually doing right now. The song in your headphones. The game you just finished. The movie you're halfway through. The walk you just wrapped up. No captions to agonize over. No filters. No performance. Just real life, as it happens. WHAT YOU CAN CHECK IN - Music — share what you're listening to - Watching — movies, shows, sports, whatever's on the screen - Playing — the games you're into right now - Workouts — auto-imported from Apple Fitness and Strava - Places — restaurants, cafés, cities, anywhere worth remembering - Trips — where you're headed and when - Activities — anything else you want to mark ONLY THE PEOPLE YOU CHOOSE Checkins aren't public by default. You decide who sees what — close friends, family, a small circle, or just yourself. No followers. No strangers. No algorithm pushing your life to people you've never met. A FEED THAT MAKES SENSE Your feed is chronological. Real-time. Real life. What your friends are actually doing, in the order it's happening. No ads. No suggested content. No rabbit holes. YOUR DAY, REPLAYED At the end of each day, Checkin gives you a Replay: a clean timeline of everything you checked in to. Your morning workout, the album you played on the commute, dinner with a friend, the match you watched at night. It's a low-effort journal that builds itself. BADGES WORTH EARNING Earn badges for real things you do — not for scrolling. Foodie for trying new restaurants. Cinephile for watching films. Multi-Sport for mixing up your workouts. Your profile reflects how you actually spend your time. BUILT FOR REAL LIFE - Clean, dark interface that stays out of your way - Works with the apps you already use — Spotify, Apple Music, Apple Fitness, Strava - React to friends' Checkins with stickers, comments, or a quick emoji - Start private and open up when you're ready WHY PEOPLE ARE SWITCHING Traditional social apps turned sharing into work. Every post is a performance. Every scroll is a commitment. Checkin strips it all back to what people actually miss: the feeling of casually knowing what your friends are up to, without the noise. No likes to chase. No trends to keep up with. No strangers in your feed. Just you, your people, and your day. Download Checkin and share your life the easy way. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Rueblur4 screens
The Checkin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: The Checkin at none against Rueblur's shown. The Checkin also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Rueblur's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly) and iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.6). On price and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Rueblur sells 16 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and The Checkin sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rueblur ships an update every 2 weeks, The Checkin monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Rueblur versus The Checkin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRueblurThe Checkin
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (52 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews82.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings52 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.6 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size197 MB82 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperRueblurBrian loz

In-app purchases

16 purchases

Rueblur

Subscriptions7
  • All Access3 variants$1.991 Month
  • Purchase for a month9 variants$1.991 Month
  • Purchase for a month7 variants$4.991 Month
Show 4 more
  • All Access$9.991 Month
  • Purchase for a month3 variants$9.991 Month
  • Purchase for a month$19.991 Month
  • Purchase for a month3 variants$24.991 Month
One-time9
  • Gift$0.99
  • Gift Plus$1.99
  • Gift Pizza Night$14.99
Show 6 more
  • Gift Diamond Cheer$49.99
  • Donation$79.99
  • Gift Royal Crown$149.99
  • Gift Star Guardian$249.99
  • Gift Hero Shield$299.99
  • Gift Empire Builder$374.99
1 purchases

The Checkin

Subscriptions1
  • Checkin Premium$2.991 Month

Questions

Is Rueblur free?
Rueblur is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is The Checkin free?
The Checkin is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Rueblur or The Checkin have ads?
Rueblur shows ads; The Checkin does not.
Which is updated more often, Rueblur or The Checkin?
Rueblur ships an update every 2 weeks, and The Checkin monthly. Most recently, Rueblur was updated on October 27, 2026 and The Checkin on October 28, 2026.

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