Comparison

ThingsBook vs Spaced Social

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

Head to head
About

ThingsBook

Capture your life's moments through long-form writing and organized collections. This platform allows you to create a lasting personal archive of your thoughts, memories, and interests, with options to share privately or publicly.

Highlights
  • Long-form writing
  • Structured collections
  • Personal archive
  • Customizable sharing
  • Life documentation
  • Writing prompts
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Your life deserves more than disappearing posts and scattered notes. ThingsBook is a new kind of personal platform built for people who love to write, reflect, and collect the moments that make up their lives. It’s where long-form storytelling meets beautiful organization, giving you a space to capture what you did, how you felt, and what you care about in lasting detail. Whether you are journaling about your day, writing thoughtful reflections, or collecting the books you love, the meals you cooked, the trips you took, or the ideas that moved you, ThingsBook helps you turn everyday life into something meaningful and permanent. Write freely At its core, ThingsBook is about writing. Real writing. Long-form, text-centric storytelling that lets you express yourself without character limits or performance pressure. Capture your thoughts, routines, memories, and observations in a way that feels natural, personal, and deeply yours. Collect what matters Organize everything you write into beautiful, structured collections. Your books, travels, meals, fashion finds, hobbies, goals, and ideas all live together in one place. Think of it as your personal digital shelf, always there when you want to revisit your life. Build your archive ThingsBook is not about fleeting trends or posts that disappear. Your writing and collections become a lasting personal archive, a living record of who you are and what you love. Over time, your ThingsBook becomes your story. Share on your terms Share publicly, with friends, or keep things private. Post whenever inspiration hits. Take breaks whenever you need. Your space never goes stale, and there is no pressure to perform. Designed for everyday life You do not need special skills, perfect photos, or big moments. ThingsBook is built for real life. Write about your morning coffee, the song you cannot stop playing, the trip that changed you, the book that stayed with you, the place that always feels like home. Smart tools that support your writing Helpful prompts, thoughtful organization, search, and location features make it easier to document your life as it happens, without turning your thoughts into work. Your corner of the internet ThingsBook is where your interests, ideas, and experiences come together. Not a feed to chase. A space to build. Write your life. Collect your world. Remember what matters.

About

Spaced Social

Share your current music discoveries with friends and explore their listening habits. This app offers a curated social experience focused on music, reminiscent of older internet discovery methods. Connect with friends and share songs from various popular music platforms.

Highlights
  • Share music with friends
  • Discover friends' current music
  • No algorithmic content
  • Connects to Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, Soundcloud, Bandcamp
  • Create and explore user spaces
  • Nostalgic internet feel
Features
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Tune in and space out. Share your favorite new jams with friends and see what they are listening to. No algorithms serving up brain slop, just your friends’ current music interests and obsessions. Share songs from Spotify, Apple Music, Youtube, Soundcloud and Bandcamp. Miss the old internet? Miss discovering CDs at The Warehouse? Miss customizing your Myspace page? Miss discovering new blogs? Miss downloading weird mixtapes from Kazaa? We do too, so we created Spaced. A place to tune in and space out with the newest songs your friends are listening to. Create your own space, explore others. The internet isn’t dead…yet.

Screenshots

ThingsBook4 screens
Spaced Social3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Spaced Social at 5.0 against ThingsBook's 4.5. Spaced Social also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). ThingsBook's advantage is ratings volume (1.8K vs 1) and chart position (#49 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Spaced Social holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ThingsBook has 1.8K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ThingsBook ships an update fortnightly, Spaced Social every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
ThingsBook versus Spaced Social: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThingsBookSpaced Social
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1.8K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.8K — better1
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#49 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size134 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNaver U.Hub Inc.Taylor Galbraith

Customer experience

ThingsBook

All ratings1,787 ratings
Positive89.1%
Neutral3.9%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews273 reviews
Positive70.3%
Neutral8.4%
Negative21.2%

Spaced Social

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

In-app purchases

None

ThingsBook

No in-app purchases

None

Spaced Social

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ThingsBook free?
ThingsBook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Spaced Social free?
Spaced Social is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ThingsBook or Spaced Social?
Spaced Social is rated higher. ThingsBook averages 4.5 out of 5 from 1.8K ratings, while Spaced Social averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do ThingsBook or Spaced Social have ads?
Neither ThingsBook nor Spaced Social shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ThingsBook or Spaced Social?
ThingsBook ships an update fortnightly, and Spaced Social every 10 days. Most recently, ThingsBook was updated on October 25, 2026 and Spaced Social on October 21, 2026.

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