Boppn vs Fred
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Boppn
This app facilitates team-building events and competitions like scavenger hunts and bar crawls. Participants earn points by completing activities through photo and video submissions, and geolocation, fostering connection with their city and each other.
- Team building events
- Scavenger hunts
- Bar crawls
- Picture and video submissions
- Geolocation challenges
- Point-based competitions
- Create custom events
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The Boppn App supports team building events and competitions such as scavenger hunts, bar crawls, and boppn around a neighborhood. Each event brings people closer to their city and to each other. Join a private event, try one of our public events, or even create your own event. Boppn presents opportunities for participants to complete activities and earn points through picture submission, video submission, and geolocation. Competition drives the engagement and fun. The individual/team with the most points is crowned winner. Boppn is great for Orientations, Birthday Parties, Community Building, Corporate Outings, Bucket Lists, School Activities, Camp Activities, Festivals.
Fred
This app centralizes media recommendations from friends and trusted sources, helping you track movies, TV shows, books, and podcasts. Organize your lists and discover new favorites through real people, not algorithms.
- Save movies, TV shows, books, podcasts, and videos
- Track what to watch, read, or listen to next
- Organize recommendations into custom lists
- Discover new favorites through friends' tastes
- Mark titles as finished
- Build watchlists and favorites
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Great recommendations get lost in texts, DMs, screenshots, and memory. Fred keeps them all in one place. Save movies, TV shows, books, podcasts, and videos you hear about - especially from people you trust - and always know where to watch, read, or listen. Track what you want to enjoy next, organize your lists, and discover new favorites through real people - not algorithms. With Fred, You Can: Save & Track • Save movies, TV shows, books, podcasts, and videos instantly • Keep track of what to watch, read, or listen to next • Mark titles as finished • Build watchlists, reading lists, and favorites Organize Everything • Keep recommendations from texts, conversations, and friends in one place • Stop juggling multiple apps for different media • Create lists for every mood or category • Always know what to start next Discover Through People • See what friends are watching, reading, and loving • Share recommendations with people you trust • Find your next favorite through real people, not algorithms Why People Love Fred Perfect for people who: • Constantly get recommendations • Forget what they were told to watch or read • Want one app for all media • Prefer trusted taste over endless feeds If that sounds like you, Fred was built for you. Try Fred Free Start with a 30-day free trial, then continue for $2.99/month. Fred is a subscription based app. A paid subscription is required to access the app after a 30 day free trial. The free trial converts into a recurring subscription after the 30 days unless canceled. Terms of Use: https://fredapp.com/terms-of-use EULA: https://fredapp.com/eula Privacy Policy: https://fredapp.com/privacy-policy-1
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Boppn at none against Fred's 2. Boppn also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Fred sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Boppn asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Boppn against 5.0 for Fred. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 11 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Boppn ships an update fortnightly, Fred every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Boppn | Fred |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (20 ratings) | 5.0 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Boppn LLC | Community Technologies - 3, LLC |
Customer experience
Boppn
Fred
In-app purchases
Boppn
No in-app purchases
Fred
- Fred Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$2.991 Month
- Fred Yearly1 Month trial$29.991 Year









