Proximity Live vs Edify
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Proximity Live
Discover and connect with people in your immediate vicinity, up to 100 yards away. Initiate conversations with a simple wave and build connections by adding friends. Customize your profile and explore who's around you in real-time.
- Discover people within 100 yards
- Send waves to start conversations
- Add friends and track streaks
- Filter by gender and friends
- Customize profile with bio and links
- Privacy-focused location sharing
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Proximity lets you instantly discover and connect with people within 100 yards of you. Whether you’re on campus, at an event, or exploring your city, Proximity makes meeting new people in real life simple and exciting. Features: • See who’s nearby in real-time (within 100 yards) • Send waves to start conversations • Add friends and track your wave streaks • Filter by gender, friends, or search by name • Customize your profile with a bio and social links Privacy First Your location is never shared publicly—only approximate distance is shown. Whether you’re looking for new friends or just curious who’s around, Proximity brings the social world closer—literally.
Edify
A social platform for members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints to study scripture together. It offers tools like magic search and a dictionary, and helps users understand their study style through a Gospel Persona feature.
- Social scripture study
- Friend activity feed
- Magic scripture search
- Webster's 1828 Dictionary
- Gospel Persona analysis
- Study style identification
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Edify is a social scripture study platform for members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. See what your friends are studying every day! Use a suite of powerful tools to bolster your study: from magic scripture search, to Webster's 1828 Dictionary, Edify has everything you need to drink deeply from the Word of God. Get your Gospel Persona: what is your study style? Edify uses an advanced algorithm to help you know what your favorite topics are, and how you study.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Edify at none against Proximity Live's 2. Edify also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Proximity Live sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Edify asks for nothing beyond the download.
Edify holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 13 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Proximity Live ships an update every 11 days, Edify every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 11, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Proximity Live | Edify |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 115 MB | 74 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Jeff Gardanier | Kayson Argyle |
Customer experience
Proximity Live
Edify
In-app purchases
Proximity Live
- Premium1 Month trial$4.991 Month
- Premium$39.991 Year
Edify
No in-app purchases
