Flock vs Circle Social
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Circle Social
This app focuses on genuine connection with close friends and real-life plans, cutting out the noise of typical social media. It helps you stay in touch, see what friends are doing, and organize fun activities.
- Genuine connection with close friends
- Discover friends' activities
- Create and join real-life plans
- Intentional and focused social world
- Stay connected without external noise
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Circle is designed for humans to connect. In a world of endless scrolling, noise, and performance, Circle strives to foster genuine connection with close friends. Share moments, and create real life plans. Stay connected with your inner circle without the external noise, check in with the people you care about, see what your friends have been up to, and find fun things to do with your people. Circle makes it easy to: • Stay connected with your close friends. • Discover what your friends are doing. • Create and join fun real-life plans. • Keep your social world intentional and focused. Try Circle Today.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Circle Social at 100% against Flock's 82%. Flock's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.6). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Flock ships an update weekly, Circle Social every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flock | Circle Social |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 86 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Bryan Nguyen | Circle Social Media Inc. |
Customer experience
Flock
Circle Social
In-app purchases
Flock
No in-app purchases
Circle Social
No in-app purchases
