4RL vs Woven
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
4RL
Connect with people in your local area based on shared interests and intentions. Discover curated experiences to facilitate real-world meetups. You control your presence, whether going solo or with friends.
- Connect based on interests
- Filter by intentions
- Discover curated experiences
- Control your presence
- Meet people IRL
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Drop In when you're in a 4rl blue zone and see who’s down to connect. Filter by interests and intentions to find your kind of people. Discover curated experiences that help you move IRL faster. Go solo or with friends - you’re always in control of how you show up. For intentional people who’d rather pull up than scroll. Don’t be a stranger.
Woven
This app connects New Yorkers with Black and Brown-owned businesses across the city. It offers a curated network of vetted businesses with exclusive perks and fosters a community focused on mutual support. Founding members can access special lifetime pricing during the launch period.
- Curated network of Black & Brown-owned NYC businesses
- Exclusive perks and offers at partner businesses
- Community focused on mutual support
- Vetted businesses, not just listed
- Special founding member pricing
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Woven is a membership community built for those who believe in the power of the village, connecting New Yorkers to the Black and Brown-owned businesses that make NYC what it is. This isn't another directory. It's a curated network of vetted, not just listed restaurants, retail, wellness, and services across NYC with real perks at every partner. Every member is someone who's already decided to spend with intention, not just browse. What you get: - A growing, curated network of Black and Brown-owned NYC businesses - Real perks and offers at every partner - A community built around showing up for each other, not just discovering a place once Founding members lock in special pricing for life, available for a limited time as Woven launches across the city. Spend with intention. Grow with purpose.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Woven at every 2 days against 4RL's every 3 weeks. Woven also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). 4RL's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 1). 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 4RL against 5.0 for Woven. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 4RL has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
4RL ships an update every 3 weeks, Woven every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 4RL | Woven |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 69 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | 4RL LLC | Anansi Creative Studio |
Customer experience
4RL
Woven
In-app purchases
4RL
No in-app purchases
Woven
No in-app purchases
