Comparison

Hotbed vs Above App

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

Head to head
About

Hotbed

Discover real-time city activity with a live heat map. Filter locations by demographics like age, gender, education, and income. Plan your visits to avoid crowds and find popular spots, whether for social outings or practical errands.

Highlights
  • Live city heat map
  • Filterable demographic insights
  • Historical and real-time data
  • Future visit forecasting
  • Crowd avoidance planning
  • Location popularity insights
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Hotbed offers users a live heat map of the city. Locations display both how busy a place is, but also offered filterable demographic insights, like age, gender, education level, income, and more. Locations can be sorted historically, real-time and also forecasted for future visits. Whether you’re single and looking to meet a specific type in the real world or you’re traveling and want to find the popular restaurants and nightlife, Hotbed is for everyone. Save time avoiding lines and crowds at the grocery store. With Hotbed, you can know before you go. Fake reviews, inaccurate hours online or sponsored ads don’t honestly depict what places are open, busy or attract crowds like Hotbed does. Don’t guess where is busy or who likely hangs out there, but know for sure. All data displayed shows people 18+ year of age.

About

Above App

A faith-based social network designed to connect Christians, foster community, and inspire global transformation. It aims to provide a purposeful platform for believers to gather, network, and grow in their faith beyond Sunday services.

Highlights
  • Unify believers
  • Build community
  • Platform for world transformation
  • Networking and connecting
  • Mentoring opportunities
  • Purposeful scrolling
Features
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The social app for Christians on mission to unify believers, build community, and provide a platform to bring world transformation Jesus calls us to seek first the Kingdom, and all else will be added. Not to seek first the things of the world. So we are breaking that. And instead, building a network to set our minds on things Above. Above is what it means to be the church more than just Sunday. It's for the third-space gatherings of people going after God for networking, connecting, and mentoring. to give scrolling a purpose & for those who desire to seek Jesus, to know Jesus. If we set our minds on things above & not things of the world, imagine how powerful we can become for His Kingdom.

Screenshots

Hotbed4 screens
Above App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Above App at every 10 days against Hotbed's every 3 months. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Hotbed against 5.0 for Above App. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 6 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hotbed ships an update every 3 months, Above App every 10 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Hotbed versus Above App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHotbedAbove App
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (12 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size420 MB54 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperEyes In The Skies Creative IncBIANCA JULES KETENCI

Customer experience

Hotbed

All ratings12 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Above App

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Hotbed

No in-app purchases

None

Above App

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hotbed free?
Hotbed is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Above App free?
Above App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hotbed or Above App?
Hotbed and Above App are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 12 and 6 ratings respectively.
Do Hotbed or Above App have ads?
Neither Hotbed nor Above App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hotbed or Above App?
Hotbed ships an update every 3 months, and Above App every 10 days. Most recently, Hotbed was updated on November 5, 2026 and Above App on November 5, 2026.

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