Comparison

Authentic Social Media vs fun.app

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

Head to head
About

Authentic Social Media

Features
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Social media wasn't built for your actual friends. It was built to keep you scrolling. Think about it. When did you last open Instagram to see what your best friend is actually doing right now? Instead, you got ads, influencers, and an algorithm deciding what matters. Three hours later, you're watching strangers argue about something you don't care about. Authentic is different. Just your people. Just their faces. Open the app and you see the people who matter to you—what they're doing today, where they are, how they're feeling. No feed. No algorithm. No ads. No influencers. Nothing to scroll. — HOW IT WORKS Share moments with your people whenever you want. A photo from your morning coffee. Your view from the office. Dinner with your family. Your people see it. That's it. But there's also something called a Glimpse. Once a day, at a random time, you get a notification. You have 2 minutes to share a photo—whatever you're doing right now. No planning. No staging. No picking the perfect angle. Just your life, in that moment. You don't pick the perfect moment. The moment picks you. That's what makes it real. Your people are doing the same thing. So you see their unplanned moments too. Tuesday at 2:47pm. Saturday morning still in bed. The boring parts. The real parts. — WHY I BUILT THIS I'm Atin. I got tired of the doom scroll. I wanted a place to see my friends' faces without the noise. Without spending an hour I didn't mean to spend. Without feeling worse after than before. So I built something smaller. Something focused. Something that takes a few minutes a day, not a few hours. No hundred million dollars in funding. No growth hacking. No "engagement optimization." Just a place that respects your time and your relationships. — WHAT YOU GET • Your people's faces, front and center • Share photos anytime, or capture a daily Glimpse • No algorithm deciding what you see • No ads, ever • No follower counts or likes • No strangers, no influencers, no "suggested for you" — The social app for people who are tired of social media. Instagram is for influencers. Authentic is for humans.

About

fun.app

Features
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fun.app is a complete network of platforms on its own. With a single account, our creators can build their entire digital presence using just fun.app. No more needing to manage a dozen accounts on different websites.

Screenshots

Authentic Social Media3 screens
fun.app4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Authentic Social Media at every 2 days against fun.app's every 5 weeks. fun.app's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

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

Authentic Social Media ships an update every 2 days, fun.app every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
Authentic Social Media versus fun.app: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAuthentic Social Mediafun.app
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB2 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperAuthentic Technologies Inc.Fundamental Design Lab

In-app purchases

None

Authentic Social Media

No in-app purchases

None

fun.app

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Authentic Social Media free?
Authentic Social Media is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is fun.app free?
fun.app is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Authentic Social Media or fun.app have ads?
Neither Authentic Social Media nor fun.app shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Authentic Social Media or fun.app?
Authentic Social Media ships an update every 2 days, and fun.app every 5 weeks. Most recently, Authentic Social Media was updated on October 24, 2026 and fun.app on October 24, 2026.

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