Divine Video vs Ethos Aether
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Divine Video
Create and share 6-second video loops with a focus on human creativity and user ownership. This platform offers a feed you control, free from algorithmic manipulation and AI-generated content. Your videos are yours to keep and move, fostering a community of unfiltered expression.
- 6-second video loops
- User-owned content
- Human-generated content only
- Customizable feed
- Open source protocol
- Creator lists
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All human. No AI slop. Divine is a home for six-second videos made by real people. Funny, strange, handmade things worth watching twice. Make your own with our camera and editor, find your people, and choose what fills your feed. Own what you make. Choose what you see. MAKE SOMETHING WEIRD Record with Divine’s camera and build your loop with clips, text, sound, and stop motion. Six seconds. Make it count. FIND YOUR PEOPLE Discover creators, follow your favorites, and build public lists around the people and things you love. Your feed, your call. ALL HUMAN Human creativity is why Divine exists. We use capture verification and moderation to help keep AI-generated video out of your feed. YOUR LOOPS. YOUR AUDIENCE. YOURS. Divine is built on Nostr, an open protocol that gives you control of your identity and content beyond a single app. Our code is public: inspect it, build on it, hold us to it. REDISCOVER THE CLASSICS Watch restored Vine classics alongside new six-second creations. Divine is an independent project with no affiliation with Vine, Twitter, or X. Come make something weird. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Ethos Aether
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Ethos is a different kind of social space, built on presence rather than performance. Ethos shows you thoughts shared by people in the space immediately around you. Open the app and you'll find a quiet field of thoughts drifting nearby, things people felt moved to put into the world, close to where you are, right now. Share one of your own, and it appears for others nearby. Nothing here is meant to last. Thoughts drift for a while and then fade on their own. There are no permanent profiles, no archives to scroll back through, no record building up over time. What's here is what's near, now. There are no follower counts, no likes, and no algorithmic feed deciding what you see. Nothing to chase, and no audience to perform for. Connection forms slowly and quietly, through presence rather than popularity. It's a space to think out loud in the open, close to home, without the pressure of everything that usually comes with being online. Ethos doesn't sell your data, doesn't show ads, and doesn't try to keep you hooked. It asks for your location so it can show you what's nearby, and little else. You stay in control of your permissions and notifications, and you can delete your account and everything tied to it whenever you choose. Ethos is early and still growing. If you're looking for a calmer, more present way to share, one rooted in where you actually are, step into the field and see what's drifting nearby.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ethos Aether at none against Divine Video's 3. On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Divine Video sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Ethos Aether asks for nothing beyond the download.
Divine Video ships an update every 2 weeks, Ethos Aether weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Divine Video | Ethos Aether |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (172 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 62.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 172 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 142 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Verse Communications Inc | D3 Technology Group |
In-app purchases
Divine Video
- Divine Supporter$6.991 Month
- Divine Founding Supporter$59.991 Year
- Divine Supporter (Annual)$69.991 Year
Ethos Aether
No in-app purchases









