The Common Ground vs Poo Social
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Common Ground
Engage in daily discussions on thought-provoking questions. Vote on topics, share your perspective in live forums, and gain unbiased context with an AI chatbot. Understand yourself and the world better through nuanced conversations.
- Daily agree/disagree questions
- Live discussion spaces
- AI chatbot for unbiased context
- Voting insights
- Notifications for trending posts
- Localized topics
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Find where you truly stand—one bold question at a time. The Common Ground is your daily space to explore the most divisive and thought-provoking questions of our time. Each day, you receive a unique agree/disagree question. After voting, you unlock a live discussion space where you can read perspectives from both sides, share your own, and now even tap an AI chatbot for clear, unbiased context. We’ve rebuilt the app from the ground up for faster performance, cleaner design, and smarter conversations. With AI-generated summaries, voting insights, localized topics, and a new notifications page to see which of your posts are popping off, The Common Ground helps you go beyond surface-level opinions. Currently available for UC Riverside and UC Berkeley students. Whether you agree, disagree, or find the nuance in between, every discussion is a chance to better understand yourself—and the world around you. What’s New - Targeted launch for UC Riverside & UC Berkeley - AI chatbot for up-to-date, unbiased info on each topic - Notifications page showing which posts are trending Sample Topics: - Should AI development be regulated? - Is tipping culture unfair to workers? - Should voting be mandatory? - Is cancel culture a real threat to free speech? The Common Ground is where real conversations happen. Download now and discover where you stand.
Poo Social
This app offers a unique daily comedy club experience with a single 280-character post allowed per user each day. Posts are live events with a 24-hour reaction window, after which they disappear, encouraging quality over quantity.
- One post per day limit
- 280 character limit per post
- 24-hour post reaction window
- Discover trending posts
- View user's top posts
- Focus on quality content
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Yes, it's called Poo Social. No, it's not what you think. It's a daily comedy club where everyone gets one post per day — 280 characters to say something funny. That's it. Every post is a moment. When you post, a 24-hour countdown begins — react before time runs out. Once the timer hits zero, the moment is gone. Your feed actually ends. You're done in 30 seconds and you go live your life. You're welcome. WHAT MAKES POO SOCIAL DIFFERENT One post per day — No filler. No spam. Every post on the platform exists because someone thought it was their best thought of the day. 24-hour reactions — Posts are live events. React before time runs out, then the moment is gone. The Stage — Discover the funniest posts trending today from across the platform. Greatest Hits — Every profile showcases their top posts of all time. See what someone's about before you follow. Quality over quantity — Less noise. More laughing. The constraints are the point. Poo Social is not another social media app. It's a performance platform — a daily open mic where everyone gets one shot at the spotlight. Say something funny. Or don't. But you only get one. Show us your stuff.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Poo Social at every 9 days against The Common Ground's every 2 months. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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 The Common Ground against 5.0 for Poo Social. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 10 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
The Common Ground ships an update every 2 months, Poo Social every 9 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.
| Parameter | The Common Ground | Poo Social |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Aakash Gnanakumar | Foundation for Advanced Research Technologies, LLC |
Customer experience
The Common Ground
Poo Social
In-app purchases
The Common Ground
No in-app purchases
Poo Social
No in-app purchases









