Comparison

Second Social vs Open When

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

Head to head
About

Second Social

Connect with new people and build a "Second Family" through local events and community discussions. Discover and host small-group gatherings, participate in localized forums, and manage your social calendar with ease. The app facilitates in-person socialization and direct messaging with friends.

Highlights
  • Local event discovery and hosting
  • Community forums ('Playground')
  • Event calendar and notifications
  • In-app group and direct messaging
  • Profile customization and friend tracking
  • Virtual currency ('pearls') for in-app actions
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For everyone who's feeling lonely and isolated this year, Second Social was designed for you to feel cozy and loved by meeting new friends and creating your "Second Family." We've built the most delightful events discovery app for you :) On Second Social, explore the following 5 features built for MAXIMUM IN-PERSON socialization: 1. EVENTS FEED • Browse local small-group events to get to know others living or traveling in your city • After reserving your spot, get instantly added to the Event chat so you can meet everyone and start planning • HOSTS: easily throw together a public or private event in less than 2 minutes - we made it super easy for you! 2. PLAYGROUND FEED • Participate in "localized subreddits" to stay in the loop about fun things going on in your town! • Tune into juicy threads on relationship advice, memes, men's/women's topics, mental health, gaming, personal finance & so much more... • Get to know people who live near you through posting, commenting, and liking their stuff, and then GO MEET UP!! :D 3. STAR FEED NOTIFICATIONS • A hyper-organized event calendar built right into the very center of your app • Easily scroll through events happening soon, events you're attending, events you're hosting, & events you're invited to • Never miss notifications from Playground or other users trying to add you as friends! 4. IN-APP CHATTING • Automatically get put into group chats for every Event you're attending for quick & easy planning • Event chats + personal DMs are separated cleanly so you'll never have to dig to find your bestie's DMs • You can only DM users you're friends with on the app - no spam / scams / or unwanted messages 5. PROFILE PAGE • Set the mile radius on your profile page and travel to events as close as 3 miles or up to 200 miles away • Earn ~*precious pearls*~ whenever you host an event or post on Playground - use them to RSVP to events, add friends, or redeem badges for your profile • Add new friends on the app and track your own stats over time to see who reaches Deity of Pearls status first!! :3

About

Open When

Write and send thoughtful letters to yourself and others, to be opened at a specific moment or date. Create personalized messages with prompts or your own ideas, and cherish memories by saving letters as keepsakes.

Highlights
  • Write letters for specific moments
  • Seal letters for future opening
  • Use meaningful prompts
  • Create custom moments
  • Exchange letters with friends
  • Save letters as keepsake PDFs
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Some words are meant for a particular moment. Open When helps you write thoughtful letters to yourself and the people you care about. Choose the moment a letter belongs to, write what you want them to know, and send it to their mailbox. Make it available right away or seal it until a date you choose. WORDS FOR THE MOMENTS THAT MATTER Choose from meaningful prompts for good days, hard days, big dreams, quiet reminders, and everything in between. You can also create your own Open When moment. LETTERS WORTH KEEPING Connect with people using friend codes and exchange letters. Favorite the ones you treasure, or turn any opened letter into a keepsake PDF you can save, share, or print. You’ll also receive a notification when a new letter arrives or a sealed letter is ready to open. WRITE TO YOURSELF Leave yourself encouragement, celebrate how far you have come, or save words you may want to hear another day. RECEIVING IS ALWAYS FREE Open When is free to download. Receiving and opening letters is always free, whether you have a membership or not. Your first 10 letters are on us. After that, an Open When membership lets you keep writing and sending. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Second Social4 screens
Open When4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Second Social at none against Open When's 1. Open When's advantage is update cadence (daily vs weekly). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Open When sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Second Social asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Second Social against 5.0 for Open When. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Second Social ships an update weekly, Open When daily. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Second Social versus Open When: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSecond SocialOpen When
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyWeeklyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size171 MB9 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperSecond SocialMoon Radio Candy

Customer experience

Second Social

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Open When

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Second Social

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Open When

Subscriptions1
  • Open When Membership$2.991 Month

Questions

Is Second Social free?
Second Social is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Open When free?
Open When is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Second Social or Open When?
Second Social and Open When are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Second Social or Open When have ads?
Neither Second Social nor Open When shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Second Social or Open When?
Second Social ships an update weekly, and Open When daily. Most recently, Second Social was updated on October 10, 2026 and Open When on October 16, 2026.

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