Comparison

FRENS vs Weave (for Typefully)

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

Head to head
About

FRENS

This social discovery app shows real-time crowds at bars and venues on a map. Connect with friends or new people inside geofenced locations to find events and deals.

Highlights
  • Real-time crowd data
  • Interactive venue map
  • Connect with friends
  • Discover new people
  • Unlock events and deals
  • Geofenced location features
Features
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Discover what's happening around you with FRΞNS — your live guide to bars, restaurants, events, and local hotspots. See real-time crowd activity, browse nearby happy hours, recurring weekly events, live entertainment, and exclusive deals before deciding where to go. Whether you're looking for the busiest venue, a hidden gem, or tonight's best event, FRΞNS helps you discover what's happening right now. Connect with friends—or meet new people—through location-based communities, create and join hangouts, purchase event tickets, and explore your city through a live, interactive map. FRΞNS makes it easier to get off your phone and into the real world by helping people discover experiences and build genuine connections. For support, FAQs, or privacy details, visit heyfrens.org/help or heyfrens.org/privacy.

About

Weave (for Typefully)

Write, schedule, and publish content to multiple social platforms from a single, intuitive interface. Seamlessly manage posts for Mastodon, Threads, Bluesky, X, and LinkedIn with platform-specific character counts and easy thread creation. Schedule posts using natural language commands.

Highlights
  • Publish to Mastodon, Threads, Bluesky, X, LinkedIn
  • Platform-specific character counters
  • Easy thread creation with visual connectors
  • Natural language scheduling
  • Plain English scheduling options
  • Write once, publish everywhere
Features
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Weave is a native iOS app for Typefully users A proper native iOS app for Typefully. Write, schedule, and publish to all your social platforms from one beautiful interface built specifically for iPhone and iPad. ## Write once, publish everywhere Publish to Mastodon, Threads, Bluesky, X, and LinkedIn simultaneously. The platform picker shows your actual @username for each connected account ## Threads that just work Triple-newline to split a post into a new thread item. Each post gets its own character counter that's aware of which platform has the tightest limit. A visual thread connector between posts makes the structure obvious at a glance. ## Schedule in plain English "Tomorrow at 3pm", "in 2 hours", "next Tuesday at 9am" all work! Type it in plain English and it'll just work. Of course, there's also a classic date picker or you can use Typefully queue system. ## Completely free No ads. No in-app purchases. No subscriptions. You do, obvs, need a Typefully account. Requires iOS 26 or later and a Typefully account. Privacy Policy: https://birchtree.productions/apps/weave/privacy.html

Screenshots

FRENS4 screens
Weave (for Typefully)4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Weave (for Typefully) at none against FRENS's shown. Weave (for Typefully) also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). FRENS's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks) and ratings volume (7 vs 2). On price, rating, 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for FRENS against 5.0 for Weave (for Typefully). Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FRENS ships an update every 4 days, Weave (for Typefully) every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
FRENS versus Weave (for Typefully): the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFRENSWeave (for Typefully)
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings7 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB13 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperGabriel CurtisMatt Birchler

Customer experience

FRENS

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Weave (for Typefully)

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

FRENS

No in-app purchases

None

Weave (for Typefully)

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FRENS free?
FRENS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Weave (for Typefully) free?
Weave (for Typefully) is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, FRENS or Weave (for Typefully)?
FRENS and Weave (for Typefully) are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 7 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do FRENS or Weave (for Typefully) have ads?
FRENS shows ads; Weave (for Typefully) does not.
Which is updated more often, FRENS or Weave (for Typefully)?
FRENS ships an update every 4 days, and Weave (for Typefully) every 2 weeks. Most recently, FRENS was updated on October 11, 2026 and Weave (for Typefully) on October 12, 2026.

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