Chance vs ShowBuddies
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chance
Connect with friends through fun chats. This app prioritizes user safety with automated and human moderation to identify policy violations. It offers a private space for school-based social interactions.
- Fun chats
- Automated moderation
- Human moderation
- School-focused community
- User safety features
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fun chats --- To ensure the safety of our users, Chance leverages Hive Moderation's automated moderation solution as well as human moderators to identify content that violates the Terms of Service. Privacy Policy: https://chanceapp.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://chanceapp.com/terms Support: https://chanceapp.com/support
ShowBuddies
This app transforms your streaming experience by making it a social activity. Track your watchlist, share ratings and reactions with friends, and discover new shows through personalized recommendations and trending content from your network.
- Social watchlist tracking
- Share ratings and reactions
- Personalized show recommendations
- Follow trending shows
- Discover content from friends
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Your social hub for streaming. ShowBuddies keeps your watchlist for all your streaming, then makes it social. See your buddies’ ratings, share ratings and reactions, and let ShowBuddies recommend your next favorite show - or follow your Buddies Trending Shows. Terms of Use: https://showbuddy.net/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Chance at 88% against ShowBuddies's 50%. Chance also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2). ShowBuddies's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks) and rating (4.2 vs 4.0). On price, ratings volume and ads 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. ShowBuddies sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Chance asks for nothing beyond the download.
ShowBuddies holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 5 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 88% of Chance's written reviews are positive against 50% of ShowBuddies's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Chance ships an update every 2 weeks, ShowBuddies every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chance | ShowBuddies |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (12 ratings) | 4.2 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 106 MB | 91 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Chance | Shannon McWilliams |
Customer experience
Chance
ShowBuddies
In-app purchases
Chance
No in-app purchases
ShowBuddies
- ShowBuddies$2.991 Month
- ShowBuddies Annual Sub$24.991 Year
