Goated vs talks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Goated
Create groups and seasons to compete with friends using custom challenges and predictions. Earn points by completing tasks and proving your success with media uploads. Rise through leaderboards to become the ultimate "GOAT" of your group.
- Create groups and seasons
- Custom challenges with media proof
- Unique prediction system
- Leaderboard competition
- Flexible rule customization
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With Goated, you can create groups, compete for points, and prove who the real GOAT is. In Goated, you decide the rules of the game! Create Groups and Seasons Form a group of friends or a team, give it a unique name, and start your first season. Custom Challenges Create unique challenges and put your friends to the test. To earn points, you must complete them and prove it by uploading a photo or video. Unique Predictions Do you think your friend will fail the driving test? Do you think the teacher will be late again? In Goated, you can make predictions about any situation. Prove You're the GOAT Rise up the leaderboard and turn your challenges and predictions into points to become the GOAT of the season. Ideal for Any Group Goated is perfect for groups of friends, soccer teams, classes, or anyone who wants to take the fun to the next level. Ready for the challenge? Download Goated now and prove that you are the real GOAT. The competition starts here!thol
talks
Engage in community-driven discussions focused on ideas and thoughtful conversation. Share posts, join threads, and follow updates in a curated feed that prioritizes content over clutter.
- Community-first design
- Focused conversation
- Share posts
- Join threads
- Follow updates
- Idea-centric feed
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talks is a community‑first discussion app built for real conversation. Share posts, join threads, and follow updates in a feed designed to keep the focus on ideas. not noise.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: talks at none against Goated's shown. talks also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Goated's advantage is ratings volume (29 vs 6). On price, rating, update cadence 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 — 4.7 for Goated against 4.8 for talks. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 29 and 6 respectively.
Goated ships an update every 4 days, talks weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Goated | talks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (29 ratings) | 4.8 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 29 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Goated Development | Samer Roz |
Customer experience
Goated
talks
In-app purchases
Goated
No in-app purchases
talks
No in-app purchases
