Famnity vs Scouts
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Famnity
A private messenger designed for families and close circles, offering secure communication without ads or data selling. It features robust messaging, group management, and encrypted calls for reliable connections.
- 1-to-1 and group chats
- Voice and video messages with text conversion
- End-to-end encrypted voice and video calls
- Adjustable group admin rights
- View-once photos and disappearing messages
- Passcode lock and biometric unlock
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Famnity is a private messenger for your family and close circle. No ads, and we don't sell your data. Just your people — no public feeds. MESSAGING • 1-to-1 and group chats • Voice messages and round video messages • Voice and video messages turned into text — the other person opens it with one tap • Photos, videos and mixed photo-and-video albums, files, GIFs, location • View-once photos and disappearing messages • Text formatting, reactions, replies, forwarding, edit and delete • Pinned messages, polls, mentions, link previews • Search across all chats, drafts, offline sending GROUPS • An owner and admins with adjustable rights • You decide who in a group can post, send media and add people • Remove and ban members, transfer ownership CALLS • 1-to-1 voice and video calls • Group calls • Calls are end-to-end encrypted A CONNECTION YOU CAN RELY ON • Works with a VPN on • Reconnects by itself when your network changes PRIVACY & SECURITY • Email-code sign-in, two-factor authentication • Passcode lock and Face ID / Touch ID unlock • Manage your active sessions • "Last seen" and read-receipt controls • Block and report MADE FOR FAMILIES • Add your people by invite link or QR code • Find people by name or @username • Your own name for every contact — only you see it • Export and delete your account in a couple of taps
Scouts
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Be the first to find a spot nobody's posted yet. Scouts is a discovery-driven social network for explorers: scout fresh places, be the FIRST to post from one, and you "open" it — becoming its Pioneer. The community decides what's worth seeing, so the best finds rise to the top. No likes — just real signal. DISCOVER FIRST, GET THE CREDIT - Open new places before anyone else and earn the Pioneer badge. - The community votes posts up — the best rise to Hot, not the loudest. - You discover places through real people, not an algorithm. A MESSENGER YOU'LL ACTUALLY WANT TO USE - Free voice & video calls — 1:1, no extra app. - 1:1 and group chats to plan trips, swap spots, or just talk. - React and reply to any message so threads stay easy to follow. - Read receipts (double check-marks) so you know it landed. - Message requests: people you don't follow land in a separate tray — you decide who can DM you. - Private messages with controls that keep your DMs yours. LEVEL UP YOUR SCOUT RANK Climb from Newcomer through Scout, Pathfinder, Guide, Keeper, all the way to Legend by posting, exploring and earning votes. YOUR PLACES, ON THE MAP - Tag any post with a place chip like "Lisbon · PT". - Tap any place to open it on the map and see exactly where it is. - Keep a My Places list: spots you want to go and ones you've been. - Fly the flags of every country you've visited on your profile. WHY SCOUTS - A feed ranked by people, not ads. - Built-in chat and calls — never leave to stay in touch. BRING YOUR CREW Scouts is better with friends. Invite them with your personal code — when they join, you both earn bonus points to climb the ranks faster. The more scouts you bring, the more there is to discover. Open a place. Earn your rank. Start the conversation. Download Scouts and discover what's out there.
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Verdict
Famnity and Scouts are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
| Parameter | Famnity | Scouts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Nikolay Kondratenko | Illia Safonov |
In-app purchases
Famnity
No in-app purchases
Scouts
No in-app purchases








