Karpo vs Ratemate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Karpo
This AI-powered assistant helps you discover places, events, and plans tailored to your mood, budget, and companions. Whether you know exactly what you want or need inspiration, it learns your preferences to suggest personalized outings.
- AI-driven personalized recommendations
- Mood-based event and place suggestions
- Budget and companion-aware planning
- Discover new events and neighborhoods
- Save and share plans with friends
- Learns user preferences over time
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Your AI sidekick for going out. Karpo turns the vibe you want into places, events, and plans worth leaving home for. Tell Karpo how you want tonight—or this weekend—to feel. It finds ideas that fit your mood, budget, neighborhood, and who you’re with. INTRODUCING VIBEPAD — BUILT WITH APPLE INTELLIGENCE VibePad is a Karpo exclusive that puts Apple Intelligence to work on your life in the city. Drop in a vibe — a feeling, a screenshot, a half-formed idea — and VibePad turns it into a real plan: places to go, things to do, moments worth leaving the house for, matched to your taste and your corner of New York. Because it works hand in hand with Apple Intelligence on your iPhone, it's fast, personal, and private by design. Just unboxed a new iPhone? This is what it was built for. “Two of us. Somewhere quiet. Around $50.” “Something fun, but low-key.” “Give me a reason to leave my apartment this Sunday.” ASK KARPO Know roughly what you want? Tell Karpo the way you’d tell a friend who knows the city. Add whatever matters—closer, quieter, more spontaneous—and Karpo shapes the ideas around the moment. DISCOVER Not sure what you want? Open Discover whenever you want inspiration. Explore ideas personalized around your taste and how you like to spend your time. Find: • A low-key night close to home • A date that feels thoughtful • A group plan people will actually agree on • A show, market, pop-up, or neighborhood to explore • A weekend with a little more shape Karpo has taste—and it learns yours. The more you save and explore, the less obvious and more personal the ideas become. FROM VIBE TO ACTION When something feels right, save it, share it with friends, or go straight to booking or tickets. The more you use Karpo, the more the city starts to feel like yours. Available now in New York City. Karpo diem.
Ratemate
Discover and share recommendations with your trusted friends. Rate anything from movies to restaurants using a unique scale and see what your circle loves. An AI assistant helps you find new favorites based on your friends' opinions and local popularity.
- Rate anything with a four-tier scale
- See friends' ratings and comments
- AI-powered recommendations
- Discover nearby rated places
- Create and share curated lists
- Direct messaging with friends
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45 minutes of scrolling and still nothing to watch. Your mates already found it. ratemate: ratings from people you actually know. That resto everyone's posting about — is it really a 4.7? And your closest mates: do you actually know what they'd call Trash? Rate movies, shows, restaurants, cafes, places, hotels, products, books, and even moments, then see what your mates loved (or trashed). No anonymous star ratings, no strangers' opinions. Trust your circle, not the crowd! RATE ANYTHING Leave your mark. Slide the bar from Trash to Banger, ratemate's signature four-tier scale. Add photos and a comment to tell the story behind your rating. If something isn't in any catalog, capture it as a Moment and rate it anyway. A FEED YOU CAN TRUST No algorithm, just mates. Your home feed is built from your mates' latest ratings. Comment on their takes, save what you want to try, and share finds directly with friends. MEET MATE, YOUR AI SIDEKICK Can't decide what to watch, read, or where to eat? Or curious about what your friends have been loving lately? Ask Mate. It blends your friends' ratings, what's popular around you, and a rich catalog of places and media to suggest things you'll like. Try "Italian restaurants my mates loved" or "something fun to watch tonight." DISCOVER WHAT'S NEARBY Open the map to explore restaurants, cafes and spots around you, and see how your mates rated them before you go. VERSUS: LET YOUR MATES DECIDE Torn between two options? Start a Versus poll and let your mates vote. No peeking though: results stay hidden until you cast your own vote, so pick a side first. CURATIONS Turn your favorites into curations, lists like "Best ramen in town" or "Movies for a rainy day," and share them on your profile to inspire your mates. CHAT WITH YOUR MATES Talk it over in direct messages, share ratings and items in chat, and plan what to try next together, whether it's a date night or a movie marathon. FIND YOUR MATES Your trusted circle needs you. Follow friends, discover people with great taste, and match your contacts to find friends already on ratemate. Contact matching is optional and done securely. Your privacy matters. Location is used only while the app is open, to show places nearby. Ratemate needs an internet connection. Some features work best with location access. Privacy Policy: https://www.ratemate.com/privacy-policy Terms: https://www.ratemate.com/terms-and-conditions Support: https://www.ratemate.com/support
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Verdict
Karpo and Ratemate both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Karpo's written reviews are positive against 57% of Ratemate's. Karpo also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Ratemate's advantage is ratings volume (665 vs 42) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, rating, update cadence and in-app purchases 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 — 4.7 for Karpo against 4.8 for Ratemate. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ratemate has 665 ratings behind it against 42, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Karpo's written reviews are positive against 57% of Ratemate's.
Karpo ships an update weekly, Ratemate every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Karpo | Ratemate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (42 ratings) | 4.8 (665 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 56.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 42 | 665 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Best chart rank | #165 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 83 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | MACHINEPULSE PTE. LTD. | Ratemate, Inc. |
Customer experience
Karpo
Ratemate
In-app purchases
Karpo
No in-app purchases
Ratemate
No in-app purchases








