Comparison

Lost Arts vs Doubles Social

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

Head to head
About

Lost Arts

Features
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Lost Arts is an invite-only community for ambitious creatives — designers, artists, musicians, writers, and anyone who takes their creative practice seriously. We believe creative work is better when it's shared, challenged, and witnessed by others who understand it. Lost Arts gives you the space to do that. Make Time Sessions Weekly virtual co-working sessions where members work alongside each other in real time. Show up, make progress, stay accountable — together. Project Updates Share your work-in-progress with a community that gives real feedback. Not likes. Not comments for the sake of it. Honest, generous responses from people who understand what you're building. Salon Sessions Thematic discussions that expand how you think about your creative practice. Topics range across disciplines — art, design, music, craft, technology, and everything in between. A curated community Every member earned their place — by invitation or application. This isn't a platform for broadcasting. It's a space for conversation, connection, and improving your craft. Lost Arts began in 2015 as a physical workshop space in Chicago. What we learned in those rooms — about community, feedback, and the value of shared space — shapes everything we're building now. We're building a network that connects us through our creative work. Join us.

About

Doubles Social

This app helps couples connect with other like-minded couples to schedule double dates and plan social events. It facilitates expanding your social circle by matching you with compatible pairs based on shared interests and preferences.

Highlights
  • Joint couple profiles
  • Curated couple matching
  • Couple-to-couple chat
  • Double date scheduling
  • Organized in-app calendar
  • Curated city events
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Doubles Social is a first-of-its-kind social club and app for couple friendships. Doubles Social connects like-minded couples with each other, schedules double dates, and plans coveted couples events so you can intentionally expand your social circle and have fun doing it.  Whether you’re new to a city, entering a new life stage, looking for doubles pickleball opponents, or simply want to meet new people with your partner, apply to Doubles Social, an elevated app for couple friendships. How it works: • Couples: Create a joint profile. Highlight what makes you a great team, why you joined Doubles, your top interests, and more. Answer fun prompts to reveal interesting facts about both of you. Take or upload photos that showcase your personalities. • Curate: Skip endless swiping. Doubles isn’t a dating app, after all. We’ll show you curated batches of couples selected for you and your partner based on your commonalities and preferences. Tap the trophy to like the couple or the X to skip them. • Connect: Chat couple to couple. After matching with a new couple, connect in the Group Chat to learn more about each other and discover shared interests. • Concierge: Schedule double dates. Doubles is like a virtual concierge, offering scheduling features to simplify double date planning. Send a Double Date Request to effortlessly meet your new couple friends in person. Get organized with your in-app schedule of double dates. • City: Explore your city. When you go on double dates with fellow members, you’ll discover all your city has to offer, from wine tastings and pickleball to trivia and museum exhibits. Enhance your social life as a couple with Doubles. Reasons to join Doubles Social: • Meet couple friends in your new city: Now you don't have to rely on your cousin's old roommate or your random coworker to connect you with people in the city you just moved to. Doubles Social pairs you with couples you’ll actually want to be friends with.  • Find couples with shared interests: Are you and your partner dying to check out that underground speakeasy? Are you looking for an escape...room? Are you both whiskey geeks that would rather hit up the distillery than binge Netflix? Doubles Social matches you with people on your wavelength. • Discover new things to do in your city: In our Double Date Requests, you can enter the proposed type of double date, location, and date & time. When you receive Double Date Requests and Doubles Social event invites, you can explore new experiences. • Network as a couple: For some couples, networking is a shared goal. On Doubles Social, you can expand your professional and social networks together, opening doors to new opportunities and connections. • Connect with expecting parents or couples with kids: The mom groups on Facebook and your kids’ school get-togethers aren’t the only ways to make parent friends. Get a head start on building a supportive community as you embrace parenthood with Doubles Social. • Befriend other childfree people: Although statistics show an increase in childfree couples by choice, there are limited communities for them. Meet other DINKs on Doubles. • Enhance your own relationship: Engaging in shared activities and building a social circle as a couple can make your own relationship better. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS: • Payment is charged to your Apple account upon purchase confirmation. • Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • Manage your subscription and disable auto-renewal in Account Settings. For more information, visit our Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy. • https://doubles.social/terms • https://doubles.social/privacy • https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Lost Arts4 screens
Doubles Social4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lost Arts at none against Doubles Social's 11. Lost Arts also leads on ads (none vs shown). Doubles Social's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.4). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Doubles Social sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $8.00 per month. Lost Arts asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Lost Arts versus Doubles Social: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLost ArtsDoubles Social
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.7 (24 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—24 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.415.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB96 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperLost Arts LLCDoubles Social, Inc.

In-app purchases

None

Lost Arts

No in-app purchases

11 purchases

Doubles Social

Subscriptions11
  • Doubles Social – 1 Month14 Days trial$8.001 Month
  • Doubles Social – 1 Month$12.001 Month
  • Doubles Social – 1 Month1 Month trial$16.001 Month
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  • Doubles Social – 3 Months$33.903 Months
  • Doubles Social – 6 Months14 Days trial$40.956 Months
  • Doubles Social – 3 Months1 Month trial$43.003 Months
  • Doubles Social – 6 Months$57.906 Months
  • Doubles Social – 12 Months14 Days trial$77.001 Year
  • Doubles Social – 6 Months1 Month trial$81.906 Months
  • Doubles Social – 12 Months$96.001 Year
  • Doubles Social – 12 Months1 Month trial$153.991 Year

Questions

Is Lost Arts free?
Lost Arts is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Doubles Social free?
Doubles Social is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Lost Arts or Doubles Social have ads?
Doubles Social shows ads; Lost Arts does not.

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