ExpatWave vs Perpetual Foreigners
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ExpatWave
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ExpatWave - Exclusive Community for Expats ExpatWave is a social platform specially designed for expats living abroad. With this app, users can create topics under specific categories, share their experiences, and interact with other expats. Features: • Easy Membership: Join our community quickly and securely. • Category-Based Topics: Create new topics under categories that suit your interests or explore existing ones. • Interaction and Sharing: Share your experiences, comment on other members’ posts. • Community Support: Connect with other expats to make your life in a new country easier. Make living in a new country more social and enjoyable with ExpatWave! Download now and join the ExpatWave family!
Perpetual Foreigners
Connect with others who share experiences of living in multiple cultures or countries. This platform is designed for individuals who feel a sense of belonging everywhere and nowhere simultaneously.
- Connect with like-minded individuals
- Share cross-cultural experiences
- Find community for layered identities
- Understand belonging everywhere and nowhere
- Build connections based on shared backgrounds
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Perpetual Foreigners helps people shaped by more than one place find others who understand the feeling. Whether you moved between countries, switched languages at home and school, or grew up across cultures, PF is built for people who know what it means to belong everywhere and nowhere at once. You don't have to explain yourself here, everyone already understands.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Perpetual Foreigners at none against ExpatWave's shown. ExpatWave's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
ExpatWave ships an update weekly, Perpetual Foreigners every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ExpatWave | Perpetual Foreigners |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kadircan Trker | Perpetual Foreigners, Inc. |
In-app purchases
ExpatWave
No in-app purchases
Perpetual Foreigners
No in-app purchases
