Proximity Live vs The GO app
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.
The GO app
This app helps you find and plan real-world events with people nearby. It simplifies the process of organizing hangouts, from discovering activities to coordinating with attendees through group chats. Earn rewards for participation and connect with others based on shared interests.
- Browse local events
- One-tap event joining
- Event-specific group chats
- Host your own events
- Find people with shared interests
- Earn participation badges
- Identity verification for safety
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Everyone says "we should hang out sometime" and then nobody plans anything. GO is built for the part everyone skips: actually going. BROWSE WHAT'S HAPPENING NEAR YOU Real events posted by real people close by - a sunrise hike, a boat day, a pickup game, a study group. Every event shows the date, where to meet, how many spots are left, what to bring, and who else is going. You know what you're walking into before you commit. JOIN IN ONE TAP Tap "I'm in" and you're on the list. No group text chain, no back-and-forth about who's actually coming. Hosts can approve people first if they want to keep it smaller. EVERY EVENT GETS A GROUP CHAT Join an event and you're in the chat with everyone going. Sort out the carpool, split the gas, figure out who's bringing what, and it's all still there for the next one. HOST YOUR OWN Post something in a couple of minutes. Set the day, the spot, how many people, what to bring. Make it open to anyone, friends only, or approve people yourself. Repeating events keep the same group chat week after week. FIND PEOPLE WORTH KNOWING Browse people nearby who like the same things you do, with shared interests and skill levels shown up front, so you're matched on what you'd actually do together, not just who's closest. EARN IT BY SHOWING UP Badges and streaks come from attending, not from scrolling. The people who turn up are the ones the app rewards. BUILT TO BE SAFE Everyone verifies their identity when they sign up, so you know the people you're meeting are real and over 18. Any post, profile, message or event can be reported, and anyone can be blocked instantly. Reports are reviewed every day. GO is free, and it's for people 18 and over. Utah first. More coming soon. Together as a family, lets revolutionize the way we use "social" media
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The GO app at none against Proximity Live's 2. The GO app also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 9 days). Proximity Live's advantage is ratings volume (11 vs 2). On price, 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. Proximity Live sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. The GO app asks for nothing beyond the download.
The GO app holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Proximity Live has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Proximity Live ships an update every 9 days, The GO app every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Proximity Live | The GO app |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 122 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Jeff Gardanier | TradeTech LLC (USA) |
Customer experience
Proximity Live
The GO app
In-app purchases
Proximity Live
- Premium1 Month trial$4.991 Month
- Premium$39.991 Year
The GO app
No in-app purchases
