Wherostr vs zostr
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wherostr
Connect with others on a decentralized social network built on the Nostr protocol. Share your thoughts, photos, and updates with enhanced privacy and security, free from censorship and central authority.
- Post and share content
- Connect with people
- Enjoy privacy and security
- Decentralized networking
- Censorship-free communication
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Welcome to Wherostr! Discover a new way to connect with Wherostr, a cutting-edge decentralized geo-social app built on the Nostr protocol. With Wherostr, you can: - Post and Share Content: Share your thoughts, photos, and updates with your network. - Connect with People: Find and connect with friends, family, and like-minded individuals. - Enjoy Privacy and Security: Engage in social networking without the need for a central authority. Your data is yours alone, with freedom from censorship and enhanced security. Join the future of social networking with Wherostr – where your connections and content are truly yours.
zostr
This app offers a public social feed integrated with secure Zcash payments. Your identity is tied to your .zcash name, and direct messages are end-to-end encrypted. Payments are shielded and handled by your own wallet, with no ads or trackers.
- Public social feed
- End-to-end encrypted direct messages
- Shielded ZEC payments
- .zcash name identity
- Nostr network integration
- Key management on device
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zostr is a public social app for the Zcash community, built on the open Nostr network. Your identity isn't an email or a phone number. It's your own .zcash name. PUBLIC SOCIAL, SHIELDED MONEY Posts, profiles, and who you follow work like any public feed. The one thing that's genuinely private is money: send shielded ZEC to any name, protected exactly as it is in any Zcash wallet. We won't pretend the whole app is private just because it's built on Zcash. The honest breakdown: • Posts, profile, and follows — public • Direct messages — end-to-end encrypted (NIP-17) • Payments — shielded YOUR NAME IS YOUR IDENTITY You're alice.zcash, not an account on a server. Your .zcash name is verified across the Nostr network (NIP-05), so other Nostr apps recognize you too. zostr is a window onto an open network, not a walled garden. SHIELDED PAYMENTS, NOT ZAPS Send shielded ZEC to any name straight from a post or profile. zostr resolves the name to a Zcash address and hands a standard payment request to your own wallet. It never holds, routes, or sees your funds. No custodian, no middleman. KEYS STAY ON YOUR DEVICE Your signing key is generated on your device and encrypted with your passphrase. The secret never leaves your iPhone, and your .zcash name is your recovery root. Unlock with your passphrase or Face ID. NOTHING TO LEAK No ads. No trackers. No analytics. No email or phone number required to be someone on zostr. BUILT ON OPEN PROTOCOLS Identity is ZcashNames. Transport is Nostr. Messages use NIP-17. Payments use ZIP-321 to your own wallet. If zostr disappeared tomorrow, your identity, posts, and follows would still live on the network and work in other Nostr apps. That's the point. zostr is independent: no ads, no token, no investors. Just an effort to make .zcash names a real identity, and to make sending shielded ZEC to a person as easy as mentioning them. Public social. Shielded money.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Wherostr at 3 against zostr's 1. Wherostr also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.4). 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.
| Parameter | Wherostr | zostr |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | MAPBOSS COMPANY LIMITED | Principle Zero Labs LLC |
Customer experience
Wherostr
zostr
In-app purchases
Wherostr
No in-app purchases
zostr
No in-app purchases









