FOMO Circles vs RatMap
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FOMO Circles
This app provides a private space for sharing photos and videos with select groups of people, eliminating public feeds and algorithms. Create custom circles for different relationships and enjoy end-to-end encrypted communication.
- Private circles for family and friends
- End-to-end encrypted sharing
- Bump to share nearby contacts
- In-app photo and video capture
- On This Day memory feature
- Post to multiple circles at once
- Video calls up to 12 people
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Your best moments deserve better than a feed full of strangers. FOMO Circles™ is a private space for the people who actually matter: your family, your best friends, your gym crew, your travel group. No followers. No algorithm. No one you didn't invite. Make a circle for every part of your life. Share to one or several at once. That's it. That's the app. WHY IT FEELS DIFFERENT - End-to-end encrypted: photos, videos, messages and calls in your private circles can only be opened by the people in them. Not even we can see them. - Bump to share: tap phones with someone nearby and they're in your circle instantly. No usernames, no QR codes, no "what's your handle?" - Shoot inside the app: capture photos and video without ever saving them to your camera roll. What happens in the circle stays in the circle. - On This Day: see what your circles were doing one, two, five years ago today, right on your profile. Small groups make the best memories, and FOMO™ brings them back. - You choose who sees it: every post goes only to the circles you pick. Want to reach a little wider? You decide whether your profile is public, and you can make any circle you create public, then switch it back to private anytime. EVERYTHING ELSE YOU'D EXPECT, DONE RIGHT - Unlimited circles for family, friends, teams, the wedding party, whoever - Post one photo or video to several circles with a single tap - Video call up to 12 people at once, right from any group chat - React with emojis and keep the conversation going in comments - Chat 1-on-1 or as a group with anyone in your circles - Explore recently active people you already know WHAT YOU WON'T FIND No likes to chase. No suggested accounts. No ranked feed deciding which of your friends you get to see. Sponsored cards are clearly labeled, so you always know what's an ad. Just the people you chose, in the order things actually happened. WHO IT'S FOR - Families spread across cities who want more than a group text - Friend groups who are done posting for an audience - New parents who want to share every photo with grandparents, not the internet - Anyone who left the big social apps and misses their people, not the feed Download FOMO Circles™ and bring the people you love closer, one memory at a time.
RatMap
This app allows users to report and map rat sightings in their city. Users can upload photos, add details, and view a live map of reported incidents. Compete with others on a leaderboard and earn badges for spotting rats.
- Live city-wide rat sighting map
- Photo and location reporting
- Community feed with comments and reactions
- Leaderboard and ranking system
- Friend following and activity feed
- Levels and badge system
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The rats are everywhere, now there's proof. RatMap turns every rat sighting into a live, community-built map of your city. Spot one, snap a photo, and post your rat. Check out the feed, follow friends, climb the rat ranks, and earn badges to be the top rat spotter in the city. WHY RATMAP Everyone's got a rat story. RatMap is where they actually go on the record. Pizza rat, fighting rats, jumping rats, you name it. HOW IT WORKS See a rat, open RatMap, and report it in seconds. Add a photo, your location, and a few quick details: how many, how big, and what it was up to. Your sighting goes live on the map and into the community feed the moment you post it. If you didn't get a photo, no worries because you can still report your rat sighting! WHAT YOU GET • Live map — every sighting across the city in real time, with a heat map of the rattiest hotspots • Rat reporting — photo, auto-detected location, and one-tap details • Community feed — watch the latest sightings roll in, comment, and react • Leaderboard — rack up sightings and climb the ranks • Friends — follow people you know and see what they're spotting • Levels & badges — work your way up from rookie spotter to certified rat royalty Spot it. Snap it. Map it. RatMap.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: RatMap at none against FOMO Circles's shown. RatMap also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). FOMO Circles's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). 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 FOMO Circles against 5.0 for RatMap. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 20 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
FOMO Circles ships an update every 2 days, RatMap every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FOMO Circles | RatMap |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (20 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 20 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 147 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | FOMO Circles, LLC | Koosha Jadbabaei |
Customer experience
FOMO Circles
RatMap
In-app purchases
FOMO Circles
No in-app purchases
RatMap
No in-app purchases









