Cordate vs Friendly SMS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cordate
This social networking app helps users create and discover in-person plans with friends and new people. Users can post their own activities or browse those shared by others, then confirm attendees to lock in events on their calendar.
- Create and post plans
- Browse plans from others
- Connect with friends
- Discover new people
- Confirm attendees
- Calendar integration
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Where plans and people come together. With Cordate, you can create a plan yourself or browse what others have posted. Lock in the group and BAM – the plan’s on the calendar! Our platform provides you with a comprehensive set of social coordination tools to connect with your friends, new people, and friends of friends. It’s like social media, but for in-person plans instead of photo and video content. 1. Post a Cordate for a place and time that you’re excited about - we’ll do this for you once a week according to your preferences 2. Browse Cordates posted by others or wait for others to like the ones you’ve posted. 3. You confirm the person(s) who you’d most like to join you, and there you go, it's locked in on the calendar!
Friendly SMS
This app helps you stay in touch with important contacts by setting personalized reminders. It allows you to send pre-written text messages with a single tap, ensuring you never miss a special occasion or a chance to connect.
- Recurring contact reminders
- Birthday reminders
- Pre-filled SMS messages
- Customizable messages
- Manual one-off reminders
- Local notifications
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Friendly helps you stay connected with the people who matter most — without letting life get in the way. Simply import your contacts, set a reminder frequency, and Friendly will nudge you when it's time to reach out. When the reminder fires, just tap to open a pre-filled text message and send it in seconds. Features: - Recurring reminders — daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly - Birthday reminders so you never miss a special day - Pre-filled SMS messages so sending is effortless - Customize your message for each contact - One-off manual reminders whenever you need them - Local notifications — no account or login required Your data stays on your device. No account, no sign-in, no tracking.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Cordate at 9 against Friendly SMS's 1. Cordate also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Cordate against 5.0 for Friendly SMS. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cordate has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Cordate | Friendly SMS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jonathan Carrasco-Noriega | Gabriel Beer |
Customer experience
Cordate
Friendly SMS
In-app purchases
Cordate
No in-app purchases
Friendly SMS
No in-app purchases
