MemeMates vs Variant
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MemeMates
A social platform for sharing and designing memes. Connect with others through creative content and music. Enjoy a fun, community-driven experience.
- Share memes
- Design moodboards
- Connect with users
- Music integration
- Creative community
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Mememates is a vibrant social meme community where creativity meets entertainment. Share memes, design moodboards, and connect with fellow users through the universal language of music, just pure creative fun.
Variant
This platform allows users to create and share interactive experiences, turning memes and ideas into playable games and stories. It empowers creators with no-coding tools to build and monetize their content, fostering a community around fandoms and inside jokes.
- Create interactive mini-games
- Build playable memes
- Turn memes into games
- Share interactive stories
- Monetize your content
- No coding required
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Turn your funniest thoughts into games people can actually play. TURN YOUR JOKES INTO GAMES That tweet stuck in your head? The inside joke your group chat won't stop repeating? The chaotic "what if" that deserves more than a standard text? On Variant, turn memes, jokes, hot takes, and random thoughts into mini-games and interactive stories people can actually play. Pure, unfiltered humor brought to life. A FEED YOU ACTUALLY PLAY Forget static images and endless video feeds. Scroll a home feed where every post is something you can tap, play, and interact with. Play quick arcade-style memes, ridiculous challenges, chaotic scenarios, and choice-driven stories made by other people. MAKE SOMETHING YOUR FRIENDS CAN LAUGH AT Start with an idea, meme, story, or inside joke and turn it into a playable post. Create it. Post it. Send it to the group chat. See what everyone makes next. MEMES WERE ALWAYS MEANT TO BE PLAYED Download Variant today and make your first playable post Terms of Use : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MemeMates at none against Variant's 6. MemeMates also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Variant's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (13 vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Variant sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. MemeMates asks for nothing beyond the download.
MemeMates holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Variant has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
MemeMates ships an update every 5 weeks, Variant weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MemeMates | Variant |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.7 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 15 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 150 MB | 144 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Flick App | Variant Labs, Inc. |
Customer experience
MemeMates
Variant
In-app purchases
MemeMates
No in-app purchases
Variant
- 25 coins$0.99
- 120 coins$4.99
- 250 coins$9.99
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- 550 coins$19.99
- 1500 coins$49.99
- 3200 coins$99.99
