Banterr vs Eclipse
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Banterr
Discover people nearby who share your interests and vibe. This app helps you initiate meaningful conversations based on commonalities and real-life proximity, eliminating awkward introductions.
- Discover nearby users with shared interests
- Initiate conversations based on commonalities
- Real-life proximity connections
- Find people with similar vibes
- Meaningful conversation starters
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Never ask these three questions again - Who Is That? Who's Going? Remember that? Banterr helps you start a conversations based on shared commonalities, interests and real - life proximity. Whether you're at a coffee shop, park, event, school, Banterr reveals who is around you that shares your vibe, so that you can start a conversation that actually matters.
Eclipse
This app connects people looking to go out tonight based on their chosen neighborhood. It facilitates real-time connections and plan coordination for both solo and group outings, with all interactions resetting daily for privacy.
- Time-based social planning
- Neighborhood-focused connections
- Real-time plan coordination
- Solo and group outing facilitation
- Daily interaction reset
- Privacy-focused design
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Meet someone tonight, not someday. Eclipse is the dating app for nights out. See who's going out in your city tonight, connect before you head out, and make plans to meet in person. HOW ECLIPSE WORKS A fresh feed every day Your feed resets daily and shows only people planning to go out in your city that night. Send a like, and when it's mutual you're connected and can start chatting before you head out. Play matchmaker See someone perfect for a friend? Send them the profile. Your friends can return the favor and help you meet someone, too. Meet through Circles An invite-only way to meet people through the schools, industries, and communities you're already part of. Make plans, not pen pals Turn a connection into plans to meet while you're already out and nearby. Go out. Meet someone. See what happens.Meet someone tonight, not someday. Eclipse is the dating app for nights out. See who's going out in your city tonight, connect before you head out, and make plans to meet in person. HOW ECLIPSE WORKS A fresh feed every day Your feed resets daily and shows only people planning to go out in your city that night. Send a like, and when it's mutual you're connected and can start chatting before you head out. Play matchmaker See someone perfect for a friend? Send them the profile. Your friends can return the favor and help you meet someone, too. Meet through Circles An invite-only way to meet people through the schools, industries, and communities you're already part of. Make plans, not pen pals Turn a connection into plans to meet while you're already out and nearby. Go out. Meet someone. See what happens.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Banterr at 4.6 against Eclipse's 4.3. Banterr also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Eclipse's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks) and review sentiment (76% vs 67%). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Banterr holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 27 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Banterr's written reviews are positive against 76% of Eclipse's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Banterr ships an update every 2 weeks, Eclipse weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Banterr | Eclipse |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (11 ratings) — better | 4.3 (27 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 76.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 27 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 99 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | BANTERR LLC | Eclipse Platforms, Inc. |
Customer experience
Banterr
Eclipse
In-app purchases
Banterr
No in-app purchases
Eclipse
No in-app purchases
