Comparison

Piko vs Flock

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

Head to head
About

Piko

Connect with other pet owners, create detailed pet profiles, and discover local pet-friendly events. Earn tokens for rewards and use community alerts to help find lost pets.

Highlights
  • Pet profiles with smart photo recognition
  • Caption assistance for posts
  • Local pet events and meetups
  • Piko Pet Token rewards and games
  • Redeem tokens for business coupons
  • Instant lost pet alerts
  • Ad-free community
Features
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Piko is an all-in-one pet social and safety app for modern pet parents. Create rich pet profiles in seconds, write great captions for your pet’s photos, and discover local pet events and playdates. Earn Piko Pet Tokens by posting, referring friends, and playing in-app games—then redeem them for exclusive coupons and rewards from partnered local pet businesses. Stay protected with Piko’s community-driven lost pet alerts, instantly notifying nearby users when every second counts. Features Smart photo recognition for species and breed Built-in caption assistance Local pet events & meetups Piko Pet Token rewards & games Token redemption for business coupons Instant lost pet alerts Ad-free, pet-focused community Download Piko and step into your pet’s world—where every bit of love and effort is never wasted.

About

Flock

Discover local communities and connect with people who share your interests for real-life meetups. Plan spontaneous gatherings, build your own groups, and foster stronger local connections.

Highlights
  • Discover local communities
  • Find people with shared interests
  • Plan impromptu meetups
  • Start and manage your own community
  • Collect payments for events
  • Check-in attendees
  • Strengthen relationships
Features
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Your new favourite IRL communities and social meetups app. We make it easy to discover local communities and find your people. Flock supports community for the sake of community. We believe in helping people gather serendipitously, building stronger local communities, and helping you strengthen relationships. Find your people Whether you want to meet other people that impulsively signed up for a 5K or want to play an 8-hour board game, your future friends are here. Plan impromptu meetups Looking for people to go birdwatching with? Want to check out a new cafe in town? Propose a meetup and make plans that actually make it out of the group chat. Build your community Start your own community and plan events, collect payments, check-in attendees effortlessly. We help you gather your community members and get discovered by new ones. Meet again, and again We help you stay connected to the communities and people you’ve met so you can deepen connections and see them again.

Screenshots

Piko4 screens
Flock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Piko at 100% against Flock's 82%. Flock's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, update cadence, 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Piko ships an update fortnightly, Flock weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Piko versus Flock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPikoFlock
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better81.8% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size110 MB57 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperPetoLab Ltd.Bryan Nguyen

Customer experience

Piko

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Flock

Written reviews11 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral18.2%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Piko

No in-app purchases

None

Flock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Piko free?
Piko is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Flock free?
Flock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Piko or Flock have ads?
Neither Piko nor Flock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Piko or Flock?
Piko ships an update fortnightly, and Flock weekly. Most recently, Piko was updated on October 12, 2026 and Flock on October 7, 2026.

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