Comparison

ThirdSpaces vs Radar

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

Head to head
About

ThirdSpaces

A next-generation social network focused on human connection. Discover and connect with creatives and professionals online and in real life. Find out what's happening in your local area and get involved.

Highlights
  • Human connection focus
  • Find people and places
  • Connect with creatives and professionals
  • Discover local events
  • Online and IRL meetups
Features
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ThirdSpaces is a next-gen social network with human connection at the center. Find your people and your places. Meet creatives and professionals online and IRL. Discover what’s happening near you and be part of it. Tap in now!

About

Radar

This app integrates secure messaging with self-custodial Bitcoin payments. Send money as easily as sending a message, with instant settlement on the Bitcoin Lightning network. Enjoy privacy and control over your funds, with options for both stable dollar amounts and Bitcoin.

Highlights
  • Self-custodial Bitcoin payments
  • Send money like a message
  • Instant Bitcoin Lightning settlement
  • End-to-end encrypted messages
  • Supports Signal and Radar users
  • Pay any Lightning wallet
  • Dollar and Bitcoin options
Features
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Your messages. Your Bitcoin. Together, at last. Radar is the first app to bring private messaging and self-custodial Bitcoin into one seamless experience. The two most personal things you do every day — who you talk to and what you do with your money — finally live in one place. For too long it's taken two apps. One to send a private message. Another to send Bitcoin. Copy, paste, switch, repeat. Radar ends the shuffle. Send sats like you send a text No switching apps. No copy-paste. Just open a chat and send — settled instantly over Bitcoin Lightning. Split dinner, cover a friend, send rent, or surprise someone you love, right inside the conversation. Your people are already here Radar is built on Signal's trusted messaging network, so the people you already talk to come with you. No rebuilding your network. No new account necessary. Private by default, yours by design • End-to-end encrypted — built on Signal's battle-tested protocol for encryption you can actually trust. • Self-custodial — your keys, your coins. Radar never holds your money; no one can freeze, seize, or lose it but you. • Instant Bitcoin payments over the Lightning Network, settled in seconds. • No ads or trackers. We don't sell ads and we don't track you. Your chats and payments are nobody's business but yours. • Open source. Every line is open to inspect, audit, and build on — no black boxes. • Always free. No subscriptions, no paid tiers, no hidden fees, for everyone, everywhere. We even give back to the protocol we rely on — Signal's mission to keep private messaging alive is ours too. The people you connect with. The money you trust. Together, at last.

Screenshots

ThirdSpaces4 screens
Radar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Radar at Free against ThirdSpaces's $2.99. Radar also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly) and ratings volume (19 vs 5). ThirdSpaces's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Radar is free to download; ThirdSpaces costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ThirdSpaces holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 19 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of ThirdSpaces's written reviews are positive against 67% of Radar's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ThirdSpaces ships an update monthly, Radar every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
ThirdSpaces versus Radar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThirdSpacesRadar
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better4.8 (19 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings519 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#200 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB202 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperJack HernandezRadar Chat

Customer experience

ThirdSpaces

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Radar

All ratings19 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral10.5%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

ThirdSpaces

No in-app purchases

None

Radar

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ThirdSpaces free?
ThirdSpaces costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Radar free?
Radar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ThirdSpaces or Radar?
ThirdSpaces is rated higher. ThirdSpaces averages 5.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Radar averages 4.8 from 19 ratings.
Do ThirdSpaces or Radar have ads?
Neither ThirdSpaces nor Radar shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ThirdSpaces or Radar?
ThirdSpaces ships an update monthly, and Radar every 3 days. Most recently, ThirdSpaces was updated on October 28, 2026 and Radar on October 28, 2026.

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