NBRLY vs UMERGE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NBRLY
Connect with people nearby in real-time for spontaneous hangouts. Discover individuals with shared interests who are available to meet within the hour. Focuses on platonic friendships and immediate, casual meetups at public places.
- Real-time meetups
- Mutual hobby filters
- Instant visibility of active users
- Platonic community focus
- Activity creation for meetups
- Safe public meeting suggestions
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Meet people. Make friends. Do something right now. NBRLY is a social app for meeting new people nearby and making real-life friends—not dating, not endless messaging, and not planning something three weeks from now. See who's around, find something to do, and connect with people who are actually free to hang out. **MEET PEOPLE NEARBY** Find people in your neighborhood who are active and available to meet. Whether you're looking for someone to grab coffee with, get a drink, join a run, explore the city, or just hang out, NBRLY makes it easier to turn "we should hang out sometime" into actually hanging out. **MAKE FRIENDS IRL** NBRLY is built around real-world connection. Start a conversation, figure out the details, and meet somewhere public. **FIND YOUR PEOPLE** Discover locals through shared interests and activities—from run clubs and live music to tech, food, fitness, natural wine, sports, and whatever you're into. **NO DATING PRESSURE** NBRLY is friendship-first. It's for meeting new people, building your local social circle, and finding people to do things with. **HOW IT WORKS** • See people and activities nearby • Find something you want to do • Connect with people who are available now • Meet up somewhere public • Make a new friend Whether you're new to NYC, tired of doing everything alone, or just feel like meeting someone new tonight, NBRLY helps you get out there. Your next friend could be right around the corner.
UMERGE
This platform empowers verified citizens to participate in civic engagement. Users can vote on policies, support candidates, join virtual protests, sign petitions, and fundraise for causes.
- Vote on active policies
- Support candidates
- Join live virtual protests
- Sign petitions
- Fundraise for causes
- Real-time policy sentiment
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UMERGE — a civic engagement platform where users can vote on active policies, support candidates, join live virtual protests, sign petitions, and fundraise for verified political or social causes. Mission: Democratize civic participation by allowing verified citizens to engage in real-time policy sentiment, organized activism, and compliant political fundraising in one unified platform.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: UMERGE at none against NBRLY's shown. UMERGE also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). NBRLY's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (12 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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.
UMERGE holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NBRLY has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
NBRLY ships an update every 6 days, UMERGE every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NBRLY | UMERGE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (12 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 147 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | nbrly | Leinz Pierre-Louis |
Customer experience
NBRLY
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In-app purchases
NBRLY
No in-app purchases
UMERGE
No in-app purchases









