Buzz vs Otherwise
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Buzz
Discover curated events in fashion, music, and art. Find album listening parties, brand activations, and exhibition openings. Search your city's hottest events and secure invites.
- Event discovery
- Fashion events
- Music events
- Art exhibitions
- City event map
- Secure invites
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Discover the best events across fashion, music & art with Buzz Social. Whether an album listening party, brand activation or an exhibition’s opening night, we centralise the events that you might otherwise miss. Our map allows you to search your city for the hottest events every night, and secure your invite. Curated by creatives, for creatives.
Otherwise
This app delivers a daily dose of wit and wisdom through curated quotes. It offers a brief mental exercise with thought-provoking and humorous content, designed to be savored in just thirty seconds.
- Daily curated quotes
- Wit and wisdom
- Micro-brain workout
- No ads or tracking
- No accounts needed
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Wit that respects your intelligence. Wisdom with a wink. Most apps want all your attention. Otherwise wants about thirty seconds of it. One quote a day, curated by two old friends, philosophers in love with the absurdity of life. A micro-workout for your brain: epigrams, paraprosdokians, reframes, send-ups. A surprising admixture of deep wisdom and silly thoughts. No feed. No accounts. No ads. No tracking. One quote, one nudge, one twist to savour every day.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Otherwise at 5.0 against Buzz's 3.7. Otherwise also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Buzz's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Otherwise holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Buzz ships an update every 4 days, Otherwise every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Buzz | Otherwise |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | James Frost | Christopher Rimmer |
Customer experience
Buzz
Otherwise
In-app purchases
Buzz
No in-app purchases
Otherwise
No in-app purchases
