Comparison

Flock vs Furbox

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

Head to head
About

Flock

Discover local communities and connect with people who share your interests for real-life meetups. Plan spontaneous gatherings, build your own groups, and foster stronger local connections.

Highlights
  • Discover local communities
  • Find people with shared interests
  • Plan impromptu meetups
  • Start and manage your own community
  • Collect payments for events
  • Check-in attendees
  • Strengthen relationships
Features
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Your new favourite IRL communities and social meetups app. We make it easy to discover local communities and find your people. Flock supports community for the sake of community. We believe in helping people gather serendipitously, building stronger local communities, and helping you strengthen relationships. Find your people Whether you want to meet other people that impulsively signed up for a 5K or want to play an 8-hour board game, your future friends are here. Plan impromptu meetups Looking for people to go birdwatching with? Want to check out a new cafe in town? Propose a meetup and make plans that actually make it out of the group chat. Build your community Start your own community and plan events, collect payments, check-in attendees effortlessly. We help you gather your community members and get discovered by new ones. Meet again, and again We help you stay connected to the communities and people you’ve met so you can deepen connections and see them again.

About

Furbox

Connect with the furry fandom, discover conventions, and commission art. Share updates, find friends with instant profile swapping, and browse a marketplace for creators. Manage commissions and events with a dedicated dashboard.

Highlights
  • Fandom-specific social feed
  • Convention discovery and tracking
  • Instant profile swapping
  • Friend mapping
  • Creator marketplace
  • Creator dashboard for commissions and events
Features
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Furbox is the all-in-one app built for the furry fandom. Connect with friends, discover conventions, commission art, and never miss a moment with your group. Share Post art, photos, and updates to a feed built for the fandom. Never Miss a Con Browse local, popular, and upcoming furry conventions from one place. Track the cons you're attending, discover new ones you never knew existed, and keep every con's photos sorted. Find Your Friends Made new friends at a con? Just shake your phones together to swap profiles instantly. Once you're connected, keep tabs on your best friends on the map and find them the moment you get separated in the crowd. Buy & Commission Browse a marketplace built by and for creators. Art commissions, fursuit patterns, accessories, and more, shipped straight to your door. Built for Creators Furbox comes with its own creator dashboard, so sellers can manage commissions, track orders, run event ticketing, and view analytics, all without leaving the app. Whether you're heading to your next con, growing your art commission business, or just selling tickets for your event, Furbox has you covered. EULA https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Flock4 screens
Furbox4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Flock at none against Furbox's 2. Furbox's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 82%). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Furbox sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Flock asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flock ships an update weekly, Furbox every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 7, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Flock versus Furbox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlockFurbox
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB87 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperBryan NguyenKael MacDonald

Customer experience

Flock

Written reviews11 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral18.2%
Negative0.0%

Furbox

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Flock

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Furbox

Subscriptions2
  • Goldbon1 Month trial$4.991 Month
  • Goldbone1 Year trial$49.001 Year

Questions

Is Flock free?
Flock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Furbox free?
Furbox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Flock or Furbox have ads?
Neither Flock nor Furbox shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flock or Furbox?
Flock ships an update weekly, and Furbox every 4 days. Most recently, Flock was updated on October 7, 2026 and Furbox on October 7, 2026.

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