Rangley vs Spells
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rangley
Easily organize in-person gatherings with friends. Drop a pin on a map to suggest a meetup, invite your group, and coordinate plans without endless group texts. Focus on spending quality time together with simple, visual planning tools.
- Map-based planning
- Private, invite-only groups
- Quick updates
- Simple coordination tools
- Visual meetup planning
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Rangley makes it easy to actually hang out with your friends. No more endless group texts, just drop a pin on the map, invite your crew, and make it happen. Key Features Map-based planning: see meetups come to life visually Private, invite-only groups: hang with your trusted circles Quick updates: keep everyone in the loop without the noise Simple tools to coordinate activities and plans Perfect For: Friend group hangouts & adventures Study sessions or hobby meetups Team gatherings & recurring events Why it works: We built Rangley for groups who want to spend more time together, in person. With a visual, invite-only approach, planning meetups is finally simple and fun.
Spells
This app transforms group chats into dynamic spaces where users can create custom mini-apps, games, and interactive tools without coding. It allows groups to personalize their chat experience and build unique digital artifacts together.
- Create custom mini-apps
- Personalize chat appearance
- Build interactive tools
- No-code creation
- Shape group chat space
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Spells starts as a group chat. But it doesn’t stay one. Create little apps, games, tools, and weird social artifacts right inside your chat. Need a roulette picker? A shared scoreboard? A voting system? A chaotic inside joke generator? Make it. Instantly. spells lets your group shape its own space: • Create custom mini-apps in seconds • Change how your chat looks and feels • Build just-for-us tools that live inside the conversation • Turn ideas into interactive things without coding It’s not a feed. It’s not a template. It’s your group’s own software. spells is for friend groups, trips, events, creative teams, and anyone who wants something more alive than a regular chat. Start with a message. End with your own little world.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Spells at weekly against Rangley's every 4 weeks. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Rangley against 5.0 for Spells. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Rangley ships an update every 4 weeks, Spells weekly. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.
| Parameter | Rangley | Spells |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Mr. Fox, LLC | wip.llc |
Customer experience
Rangley
Spells
In-app purchases
Rangley
No in-app purchases
Spells
No in-app purchases









