Comparison

Projectpal vs Pinned It

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

Head to head
About

Projectpal

Connect with other young women in NYC to find roommates, discover city events, and join topic-based communities for advice and recommendations. Share insights on everything from beauty and dining to apartment hunting and local spots.

Highlights
  • Roommate finder
  • City event discovery
  • Topic-based communities
  • Local recommendations
  • Advice sharing
  • Beauty and lifestyle tips
Features
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Welcome to girl internet. Projectpal connects girls to the coolest people, places, and things. All in one world built for you. Discover communities around the topics you actually care about. From beauty secrets and apartment advice to your latest obsession, favorite brands, and everything currently taking over your group chat. Ask questions. Share opinions. Find recommendations. Connect with girls who get it. Explore curated guides to the best things to do, try, buy, and talk about — powered by girls with taste. Because the best discoveries have always come from other girls. We just built a place for them to live. Step into girl world.

About

Pinned It

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No algorithm. No ads. Just real memories on a map. Drop pins everywhere you go with dual-camera captures (your face + the place), voice notes, and what you're listening to. No algorithmic feed deciding what you see. No ads. No influencers. Just you and your actual friends leaving digital graffiti on your shared map of the world. Watch your daily adventures draw themselves across the city. Pin that underground ramen spot, your perfect study cafe, or that rooftop with the insane sunset. Share with just your crew to build a secret map only you can see, or make pins discoverable so future visitors can find your recommendations when they're nearby – like leaving digital graffiti for the next person to discover. Every place gets a story, every day becomes an adventure, and your memories live exactly where they happened

Screenshots

Projectpal4 screens
Pinned It3 screens

Verdict

The call

Projectpal and Pinned It are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 1, 2026.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Projectpal versus Pinned It: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProjectpalPinned It
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB37 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperProject Pal, Inc.Toan Lam Tran

In-app purchases

None

Projectpal

No in-app purchases

None

Pinned It

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Projectpal free?
Projectpal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pinned It free?
Pinned It is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Projectpal or Pinned It have ads?
Neither Projectpal nor Pinned It shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Projectpal or Pinned It?
Projectpal ships an update every 2 weeks, and Pinned It every 2 weeks. Most recently, Projectpal was updated on October 1, 2026 and Pinned It on October 1, 2026.

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