4um vs Splat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
4um
This social media platform allows users to share backgrounds, photos, videos, and quotes. Engage with friends and communities through likes, comments, and shares. It aims to decentralize social media and empower users.
- Share backgrounds, photos, videos, and quotes
- Interact with friends
- Connect with communities
- Like, comment, and share posts
- Decentralized platform ownership
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4um is an all-in-one social media platform which is owned and operated by its employees and users. The app allows users to share their detailed backgrounds, post pictures, videos, quotes. Users can interact with their friends and connect with communities by liking, commenting on, and sharing social media posts. The platform seeks to decentralize social media and give all users an equal chance to be heard. Own your voice!
Splat
Engage in live team battles, voice and text warfare, and trending arguments. Earn virtual currency and unlock unique digital items to express yourself and climb the clout rankings. Create a digital persona and generate viral clips from your best roasts.
- Live 10v10 team battles
- Trending argument topics
- Extensive reaction meme library
- Clout ranking system
- Unlockable virtual swag
- Frenemy maker features
- Viral clip generator
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The group chat argument that never ends? It ends here. Splat turns your takes into live team Battles. Two sides, one arena, a scoreboard that moves with every message. When the timer hits zero, one team wins — for real, on the record. PICK A SIDE Every Battle starts with a split: Red or Blue. Claim your side while the room fills up, or start your own Battle and watch both benches load in. EVERY MESSAGE SCORES This isn't a comments section. Once a Battle goes live, your messages push your team's score in real time. Land the line everyone reacts to and watch the bar swing your way. WATCH THE TOWERS FALL Build a big enough lead and the other team's tower comes down — full-screen, in front of everyone. Defend yours. Take the win. NOT READY TO JUMP IN? SPECTATE. Pull up a seat in any live Battle. Watch both sides trade momentum, check every player's score, and hop in the moment you can't hold back anymore. WIN TOGETHER, STAY TOGETHER The team you carry today is the crew you keep tomorrow. Add your teammates — or a rival who earned your respect — and run it back in your Camp. CLIMB FOR REAL Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, Starlight, Challenger. Every Battle moves your rank, and your record is public. Make it worth looking at. Some apps want you to scroll. Splat wants you to show up. Pick a side. Back it up. Let's go.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Splat at 5.0 against 4um's 3.7. 4um's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Splat holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 7 respectively.
4um ships an update monthly, Splat every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.
| Parameter | 4um | Splat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.2 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 109 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | 4UM LLC | Splat AI INC |
Customer experience
4um
Splat
In-app purchases
4um
No in-app purchases
Splat
No in-app purchases









