Comparison

sideeye vs Relay by TSS

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

Head to head
About

sideeye

This social networking app lets your friends build your profile by posting moments about you. Share real moments privately within your circles, with posts that gradually reveal over time. Capture and share instantly to create a collaborative story of your friendships.

Highlights
  • Friend-curated profiles
  • Private walls for circles
  • Posts reveal over time
  • Capture real moments fast
  • Chat, react, and share privately
Features
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Your friends build your profile. Not you. sideeye flips social — your profile is created by the people who know you best. You post on your friends’ profiles, they post on yours. No posing. No curating. Just real moments shared between real friends. Why you’ll love sideeye • Friend-curated profiles - Your wall is made of moments your friends post about you — and you add to theirs. • Private walls for your circles - Create invite-only spaces for friends, classes, teams, or clubs. • Posts reveal over time - Every post starts blurred and reveals piece by piece. Peek early before it’s gone. • Capture real moments fast - Shoot or upload and instantly post to a friend’s profile or group. • Chat, react, and share inside your circles - Keep everything in one place — private, real, and close-knit. How it works - Create your profile - Invite your people - Let your friends build the story of you - Post moments to their profiles too - Start sharing differently Download sideeye and let your circle tell your story.

About

Relay by TSS

Share photos privately with your closest friends, free from likes and algorithms. This app offers a film camera aesthetic, disappearing messages, and customizable profiles for an intimate social experience.

Highlights
  • Film camera aesthetic with vintage look
  • Private feed and Journal for friends
  • Disappearing 'Instants' photos
  • Emoji 'Boosts' instead of likes
  • Streaks and Best Friends list
  • Customizable profiles with song
  • Invite-only and capped user base
Features
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Relay is a film camera for your friends. The group chat kind, not the ones who follow you. No followers, no ranking. Your feed is your friends and your DMs are friends only, so no randoms. That's it. Nobody's grading you here. Post the blurry ones. Take a photo and it develops with a warm film look, like a disposable. Post it, or send it to one person as an Instant: one look and it's gone, and if they screenshot it, you'll know. Friends boost a snap with an emoji or comment on it. Keep streaks with the people you talk to every day, and put the ones who'd notice if you stopped posting on Best Friends. Stuff it does: - Film camera that develops your photos warm and a little vintage - A Journal for your snaps and a feed for your friends' - Instants that vanish after one look - Emoji boosts, comments, streaks, and a Best Friends list - Group chats with polls and games, and shared albums for up to seven people - Runs and rides from Apple Health, with your route on a map and a flyover video - A visibility setting on every post, down to exact names If your friends aren't on Relay yet, bring them. Export a snap as a black and white card with a clock stamp and drop it in your Instagram story, or let Relay find people you know from your contacts. Got an invite code from a friend? It goes in Friends. Posted, not performed.

Screenshots

sideeye4 screens
Relay by TSS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Relay by TSS at every 3 days against sideeye's every 2 weeks. Relay by TSS also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). sideeye's advantage is iOS requirement (17.1 vs 26.0). On price, rating, review sentiment 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

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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for sideeye against 5.0 for Relay by TSS. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

sideeye ships an update every 2 weeks, Relay by TSS every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
sideeye versus Relay by TSS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametersideeyeRelay by TSS
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB35 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperAltmart ISNicole Hamming

Customer experience

sideeye

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Relay by TSS

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

sideeye

No in-app purchases

None

Relay by TSS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is sideeye free?
sideeye is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Relay by TSS free?
Relay by TSS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, sideeye or Relay by TSS?
sideeye and Relay by TSS are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do sideeye or Relay by TSS have ads?
Neither sideeye nor Relay by TSS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, sideeye or Relay by TSS?
sideeye ships an update every 2 weeks, and Relay by TSS every 3 days. Most recently, sideeye was updated on October 6, 2026 and Relay by TSS on October 7, 2026.

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