Comparison

Aftrs vs Ember

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

Head to head
About

Aftrs

Discover which friends are out and available for more fun. Share your party location or find friends who are still out to continue the night together. This private social map is designed for nights out, with messages that disappear after 24 hours.

Highlights
  • See friends who are out
  • Share party locations
  • Find friends still out
  • Private social map
  • Self-destructing messages
  • Inner Circle sharing
Features
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See which friends are out and still up for more. Found a good party? Let your friends know where the action is. Looking for somewhere to keep going? See who’s still out, where they are and make your next move together. Aftrs is a private social map made for nights out with friends. Share with everyone you’ve added or keep it to your Inner Circle. Messages self-destruct after 24 hours, because tonight’s plans don’t need to hang around forever. Share when you’re out. Disappear when you’re done.

About

Ember

This app connects you with people at the same physical venue in real-time. Interact with others in your current location, wave to signal interest, and match to find each other. It's designed for spontaneous meetups at pubs, not endless scrolling.

Highlights
  • See who is in your pub
  • Mutual wave and match system
  • In-app messaging for matches
  • Venue-based rooms
  • Profile-based interaction
  • Report and block features
Features
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Ember is a night out, not a feed. Rooms open at 5pm. Pick the pub you are sitting in from the list, or scan the QR on the table. You land in the room with the people who are in that pub right now, and nobody else. Move on to another pub and you are simply in that room instead, never a feed of strangers three towns away. Wave at someone. If they wave back it is a match, and at an Ember venue the pub covers the reward. You claim it together at the bar, so you have to walk up there side by side. That is the whole point. Every night starts fresh. Your profile stays. Waves, matches and who was in the room are wiped within a day of the room closing. WHAT YOU CAN DO - See who is in your pub tonight and what they are here for: making friends, hanging out, new to the area, up for a chat, or flirting - Wave, and match only when it is mutual. A one sided wave is never shown to anyone - Send a match a few lines so you can find each other across a busy room - Ask us to add your local if it is not on Ember yet BUILT FOR A PUB, NOT A COMMUTE - You have to actually be there. Ember checks you are at the venue before it lets you into the room - No endless feed and no swiping through the whole city - Report and block are one tap away, and a block is permanent - Over 18s only Ember is free for you. pubcrush.com Terms: https://pubcrush.com/terms Privacy: https://pubcrush.com/privacy

Screenshots

Aftrs4 screens
Ember4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Aftrs at every 5 days against Ember's fortnightly. Aftrs also leads on iOS requirement (15.5 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Aftrs ships an update every 5 days, Ember fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Aftrs versus Ember: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAftrsEmber
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.5 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size130 MB24 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperMagic MothFA Creative

Customer experience

Aftrs

Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Ember

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Aftrs

No in-app purchases

None

Ember

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Aftrs free?
Aftrs is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ember free?
Ember is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Aftrs or Ember have ads?
Neither Aftrs nor Ember shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Aftrs or Ember?
Aftrs ships an update every 5 days, and Ember fortnightly. Most recently, Aftrs was updated on October 31, 2026 and Ember on October 21, 2026.

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