Longing vs MeshDrop
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Longing
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Beautiful, yet minimal widget to track the current astrological season's progress and the time left until next one. You can also see how much of the natural light you can get at any given day in the app itself.Longing for Spring? Can't wait for the next season of the show called "Life"? Look no further, here's exactly the tracker widget you need.
MeshDrop
Share text and files directly between your devices on the same local network without needing the cloud or an account. Devices discover each other automatically for quick, secure transfers. Supports resuming interrupted transfers and two-way messaging.
- Automatic device discovery
- Send text and files
- Resume interrupted transfers
- Two-way messaging
- Trusted device management
- Live transfer status
- Share Sheet integration
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Share text, photos, videos and files directly between your iPhone, iPad and Mac with MeshDrop. No account, ads or cloud relay. CONNECT NEARBY Discover devices on your local network, use Bluetooth, or connect Apple devices over peer-to-peer Wi-Fi without joining the same network. Keep MeshDrop open on both devices; peer-to-peer Wi-Fi requires Wi-Fi to be enabled. ENCRYPTED TRANSFERS Local-network and Apple peer-to-peer connections use TLS 1.3 with device identity verification. Bluetooth transfers use encrypted system connections. Confirm a device once and remember it as trusted. A USEFUL CONVERSATION HISTORY Copy received text, read Markdown, view images and play videos from conversations and history. Preview or share received files, and optionally copy received text to the clipboard automatically. Delete an individual entry together with its received file and app-managed copies on this device; your original sent file and the other device's history are preserved. BUILT FOR YOUR DEVICES Follow transfer progress, share from other apps on iPhone and iPad, and choose from Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, French, German and Spanish. The app follows your system language. Update both devices to MeshDrop 1.1 or later for encrypted native transfers. Earlier clients using the old unencrypted protocol cannot connect to this version.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: MeshDrop at Free against Longing's $0.99. Longing's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On ads, 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
MeshDrop is free to download; Longing costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Longing ships an update every 3 weeks, MeshDrop every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Longing | MeshDrop |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marcin Wroblewski | 玉琴 孙 |
In-app purchases
Longing
No in-app purchases
MeshDrop
No in-app purchases








