Comparison

Lumira vs thingz

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Lumira

Connect with friends and family through a casual, ad-free photo sharing experience. Organize your profile by interests and control your data with flexible sharing options. Enjoy a chronological feed without algorithmic manipulation.

Highlights
  • Interest-based profiles
  • Total data ownership
  • Chronological feed
  • Flexible sharing options
  • Simple interactions (captions, likes, comments, tags)
Features
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A casual, ad-free photo sharing app to connect with close friends and family. Features: - Interest-Based Profiles: Organize your profile by specific interests that represent who you are - Total Data Ownership: You’re in charge. We don’t sell your data, and we don't store anything you decide to delete. - Chronological Feed: See what’s happening right now with an ad-free feed organized by time, not algorithms. - Flexible Sharing: Choose to share with your entire friends list or narrow it down to a select group of close friends. - Simple Interactions: Use captions, likes, comments and tags to stay in touch and connect with your loved ones. Simple & Fun. Download to start sharing your story.

About

thingz

Organize and rediscover your saved content from various apps and websites. Easily share recommendations with friends and discover what they're saving. Never forget a great find again.

Highlights
  • Centralized saving from multiple sources
  • Automatic organization of saved content
  • Content resurfacing at opportune times
  • Easy sharing of recommendations
  • Discover friends' saved content
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Welcome to thingz. Most of what you save gets lost. That restaurant you wanted to try. That product you meant to buy. That idea you swore you'd remember. Buried in screenshots, saved posts, and browser tabs. Rediscover what you save with thingz. Find it when it matters and recommend what works with the people you trust. How it works: — Save from anywhere: Capture places, products, videos, links, and ideas from the apps you already use — Stay organized automatically: Saves are sorted into searchable collections, no filing required — Create from real experiences: Turn a place, product, or moment you've actually tried into a recommendation worth sharing — Add context: Save notes, photos, and details so you remember why something mattered when you come back to it — Find it when you need it: Your Loop resurfaces what you saved at the right time — Recommend what works: Share places, products, and experiences you've tried and loved Save it. Try it. Recommend it. Built on real experiences, ready when you need them.

Screenshots

Lumira4 screens
thingz4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Lumira at 100% against thingz's 58%. Lumira also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). thingz's advantage is ratings volume (797 vs 3). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lumira holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: thingz has 797 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Lumira's written reviews are positive against 58% of thingz's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Lumira versus thingz: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLumirathingz
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.8 (797 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better57.9% of reviews
Number of ratings3797 — better
Update frequency—Every 8 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB283 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperHarita DuggiralaLikepost

Customer experience

Lumira

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

thingz

All ratings768 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral2.0%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive57.9%
Neutral15.8%
Negative26.3%

In-app purchases

None

Lumira

No in-app purchases

None

thingz

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lumira free?
Lumira is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is thingz free?
thingz is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lumira or thingz?
Lumira is rated higher. Lumira averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while thingz averages 4.8 from 797 ratings.
Do Lumira or thingz have ads?
Neither Lumira nor thingz shows ads.

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