MemeMates vs Heatwave Social
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
Read full descriptionHide full description
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.
Heatwave Social
This social media app features blurred posts that gradually reveal as users interact. Build anticipation for your content and connect with others through shared discovery and private chats.
- Blurred posts revealed by user interaction
- Anticipation-driven content sharing
- Instant unlocking with tokens
- Private chat upon unlocking
- Screenshot protection
- Trending content discovery
Read full descriptionHide full description
Some moments are worth the wait. On Heatwave, every post starts blurred, and it takes everyone bringing the heat to unlock it. No mindless scrolling through everything at once. The reveal is something you earn together, and the wait is what makes it hit. A photo dump becomes an event. A drop becomes a countdown. An announcement becomes something people actually show up for. A new kind of social media. Built on anticipation, made for connection. Set the bar. You decide how many flames it takes to reveal your post. Spark it. When the flames add up, the blur burns away for everyone who brought the heat. Skip the line. Spend tokens to unlock any post instantly. Start a conversation. Instant unlocking also opens a private chat with whoever posted. Stay protected. Screenshots are blocked, so what you share stays yours. See what's hot. Trending shows what's catching fire right now. And when a post finally burns open, you find out exactly who showed up for it. The best stuff is behind the blur. Download Heatwave.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MemeMates at none against Heatwave Social's 3. Heatwave Social's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Heatwave Social sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. MemeMates asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for MemeMates against 5.0 for Heatwave Social. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | MemeMates | Heatwave Social |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 5 weeks |
| 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 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 150 MB | 115 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Flick App | Heatwave Social Inc. |
Customer experience
MemeMates
Heatwave Social
In-app purchases
MemeMates
No in-app purchases
Heatwave Social
- 3 Flame Tokens$3.99
- 10 Flame Tokens$9.99
- 25 Flame Tokens$19.99
