Comparison

thingstry vs Fadeo

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

Head to head
About

thingstry

Discover places, products, and experiences based on context, not popularity. Curate collections of things you genuinely like and want to try, and share useful finds to help others discover what fits their moment. Search by location, interest, or intent without the noise of identity-driven social media.

Highlights
  • Discover based on context, not popularity
  • Curate collections of things to try
  • Share useful finds
  • Search by location, interest, or intent
  • Contextual and searchable content
  • Focus on discovery, not performance
Features
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thingstry is a social discovery network for things and places you actually like and designed to help you decide what to do, get, or try. Most platforms are built around identity and attention. thingstry shifts the focus toward discovery, context, and real-world decisions. Instead of focusing on who’s posting, thingstry centers on what’s being shared, so you can discover, curate, and share the things you genuinely like, creating a network driven by curiosity, not performance. From hidden spots to everyday favorites, content is contextual, searchable, and tied to place, so what you find is actually useful when you need it. Whether you’re exploring nearby or saving ideas for later, thingstry helps you move from browsing to deciding. No selfies. No pressure. No keeping up. Just real content about real things. What you can do on thingstry: • Discover places, products, and experiences based on context, not popularity • Curate collections of things you genuinely like and want to try • Share what you love, useful finds, and help others discover what fits their moment • Search by location, interest, or intent • Explore without the noise of identity-driven social media

About

Fadeo

Features
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Words fade. Feelings stay. Fadeo is a public place to post a thought and let it go. Say what you feel, choose how long it lives, and a few hours later it fades into a handful of emoji. Only you keep the original. How it works Post a thought out loud, the way you would say it to a friend. Choose how long it stays live: 6, 12, or 24 hours. While it is live, anyone can read it and react. When the time runs out, your words fade into 1 to 5 emoji, a small artifact of what you wrote. The original and every reply stay private to you. Why it feels lighter Almost everything you post online stays forever. Fadeo does not work that way. Knowing your words will fade makes them easier to say, so you write the real thing instead of the polished version. Nothing piles up. What is left is a quiet mosaic of emoji on your profile, the shape of everything you felt. What you can do Post to a public feed, or follow people and read a feed of just them. Catch posts while they are live, before they fade. React to what moves you, and reply. Replies are gifts to the person who posted, kept only by them. Watch your faded posts collect into an emoji mosaic that is yours alone. Block, report, and mute anytime. Sign in with Apple to start. No ads. Just a small, honest place to say what you feel and let it fade. Post a thought. See what it becomes.

Screenshots

thingstry4 screens
Fadeo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: thingstry at 16.0 against Fadeo's 26.4. On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
thingstry versus Fadeo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterthingstryFadeo
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB59 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperTry To Do It All IncOpenmouse Studio

In-app purchases

None

thingstry

No in-app purchases

None

Fadeo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is thingstry free?
thingstry is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fadeo free?
Fadeo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do thingstry or Fadeo have ads?
Neither thingstry nor Fadeo shows ads.

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