Comparison

LOVE vs Alma

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

Head to head
About

LOVE

This platform allows users to share and discover authentic stories and expert advice on relationships, friendship, and personal growth. Connect with a community of individuals discussing real experiences to foster learning and connection.

Highlights
  • Relationship blogging platform
  • Authentic stories
  • Expert advice
  • Community connection
  • Personal growth guidance
  • Friendship advice
Features
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LOVE-X is the dating app for real connections. Create your profile, discover people near you, match, and start chatting — then take it further with voice and video calls right inside the app. FIND YOUR MATCH - Browse verified profiles of singles near you - Like the profiles you're interested in — when the feeling is mutual, it's a match - Smart filters: find people by age, distance, interests, lifestyle and more CHAT & CONNECT - Instant messaging with your matches - Voice calls and video calls built in — no need to share your number - Photo sharing in chat REAL PEOPLE, REAL PROFILES - Photo verification: complete a quick selfie pose check to earn your verified badge - Report and block anyone, straight from their profile or chat - Your safety controls are always one tap away YOUR PROFILE, YOUR WAY - Add photos, write your bio, list your interests, lifestyle and what you're looking for - Control who sees you and who can contact you - Upgrade to Premium for extra visibility, unlimited likes and more Whether you're looking for love, romance, or something casual, LOVE-X helps you meet people who are actually near you and actually interested. Download LOVE-X free today and start matching. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION: LOVE-X Premium is available as an auto-renewing subscription. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription at any time in your App Store account settings. Privacy: https://mylovex.com/app-privacy Terms: https://mylovex.com/app-tnc

About

Alma

Features
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Alma is a private concierge for your community — the people you already share a room with every week, finally connected by something calmer than a group chat. Close-knit groups already have what a network needs: trust, proximity, and a reason to stay in touch. What they don't have is one place to keep any of it. Alma is that place — who's hosting, who's free, who's sitting next to you, and what everyone will remember afterward. Start a community for your graduate cohort, your team, your alumni chapter, or any circle that meets often enough to matter. WHAT ALMA DOES • The Table — standing dinners, morning runs, and one-off gatherings hosted by your members. See exactly who's going and take a seat in one tap. Hosts fill a table without a forty-message thread, and everyone confirmed gets a quiet reminder the day before. • Ask Alma — your concierge. Ask the way you'd ask a person: "who's free for lunch Thursday?" or "who should I meet before the fintech intensive?" Alma checks schedules, proposes a plan, and makes the introduction — always showing you exactly what she is about to do, and acting only after you say yes. • Class — your enrolled courses and which members are in the room with you this term, so you meet your section before the first session instead of after the last one. • Network — your whole community in one searchable directory, with direct messages and visibility you control. A constellation view maps who shares classes with whom, so an introduction has somewhere to start. • Album — the shared photo record of dinners, milestones, and everything in between. What the group chat loses, the Album keeps. WHY IT'S DIFFERENT Alma works inside a bounded, high-trust community rather than the open internet. Every suggestion is grounded in who is actually in the room with you, not a stranger who matched on keywords. And she never acts behind your back. Anything Alma does on your behalf — a dinner, an introduction, an invitation — is shown to you first, done only with your say-so, and reversible for a few minutes afterward. No feed to perform for. No streaks, no badges, no notification pressure. Alma is quiet on purpose. Anyone can create an account and start or join a community. What's posted inside a community stays inside it — never on the open web.

Screenshots

LOVE4 screens
Alma4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Alma at every 3 days against LOVE's every 7 months. 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

LOVE ships an update every 7 months, Alma every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
LOVE versus Alma: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLOVEAlma
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size121 MB45 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperlovexRai Khan

In-app purchases

None

LOVE

No in-app purchases

None

Alma

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LOVE free?
LOVE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Alma free?
Alma is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do LOVE or Alma have ads?
Neither LOVE nor Alma shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LOVE or Alma?
LOVE ships an update every 7 months, and Alma every 3 days. Most recently, LOVE was updated on November 8, 2026 and Alma on October 31, 2026.

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