Wavepoint vs Backyard

Wavepoint is a social feed built around the places and topics that matter to you. Follow your city, campus, or even countries you want to keep up with, and shape a feed that feels relevant to your life. Choose your places • Follow cities, campuses, countries, and more • Update them anytime as life changes Control your topics • Food, sports, events, housing, local news, and more • Follow what interests you and mute what doesn’t Post what’s happening around you • Ask questions, share updates, or plan meetups • Get local answers and discover conversations nearby Support great posts with gems and points • Reward posts you love • Highlight helpful, thoughtful, and entertaining content Wavepoint helps you discover what’s happening around you and in the places you care about most. Download free to get started.

Backyard is a calmer neighborhood app for people who actually live nearby. Join or create a verified community, then use Backyard to keep everyday neighborhood life organized without ads, algorithms, or strangers. What you can do: - Share neighborhood posts, urgent alerts, and help requests - Buy, sell, borrow, and lend through a local marketplace - Message verified neighbors directly - Find trusted local contacts and resident recommendations - See member profiles, badges, and verification status - Keep neighborhood conversations focused on the people around you Backyard is built for real residential communities: apartment buildings, HOAs, condo associations, neighborhoods, and local groups that want a quieter place to coordinate. Your community stays private to its verified members, and you control what you share.