Comparison

ohm. vs Lumi

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

Head to head
About

ohm.

This app connects you with others based on shared thoughts, fostering one-on-one conversations. It prioritizes genuine intellectual connection over social metrics, aiming to spark new ideas and perspectives.

Highlights
  • Thought-based matching
  • One-on-one conversations
  • No social metrics
  • Focus on intellectual connection
  • Creative idea generation
Features
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ohm. is a space where your thoughts find the right mind. Write what you're thinking — not a post, not a performance. Just a thought. The kind that would otherwise stay in your head or disappear by morning. ohm. finds the mind that resonates with it. Not based on who you are or who you know. Based on how you think. Then a conversation starts. One-on-one. No audience, no followers, no likes. Just two people thinking together. We are not a social network. There are no feeds designed to keep you scrolling, no metrics shaping what you see. ohm. is designed around one thing — the encounter between two minds that makes both think somewhere they couldn't have gone alone. A thinking partner when you need one. Creative collisions you didn't expect. The stranger who changes the direction of your thinking. where your thinking finds its mind.

About

Lumi

Connect with local creatives to build your profile, discover collaborators, and start projects. Post briefs to find the talent you need and see what's happening in your city's creative scene.

Highlights
  • Build creative profiles
  • Discover local collaborators
  • Direct messaging
  • Post project briefs
  • Local creative feed
  • Project Studio for collaboration
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WHAT YOU CAN DO: • Build your profile. - Show your disciplines, skills, interests, and how you like to collaborate. • Discover creatives nearby. - Lumi Discover recommends collaborators based on discipline, role, project type, and location. • Connect when it's mutual. - Message directly once you and another creative both want to work together. • Post a brief. - Share what you're making and who you need, whether that's a photographer, a producer, or a short-film crew. • See what's happening locally. - Follow your city's creative activity in the feed and respond to briefs from other creatives. • Start a project in Studio. - Invite collaborators, define roles, set milestones, and see the work through from idea to finish. LOCAL BY DESIGN: Lumi is organized by city, so the people you find are people you can actually meet and work with. We're live in the Washington metro area, with creatives across digital content, film, live performance, music, photography, podcasts, visual art, and writing. HOW WE'RE DIFFERENT: Most platforms want more of your time. We want your time to count. We'd rather you close the app and go make something. Lumi is for creatives 18+.

Screenshots

ohm.3 screens
Lumi4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ohm. at daily against Lumi's weekly. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for ohm. against 5.0 for Lumi. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ohm. ships an update daily, Lumi weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
ohm. versus Lumi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterohm.Lumi
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB51 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperHaein JungLumi Creator Benefit Corporation

Customer experience

ohm.

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Lumi

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

ohm.

No in-app purchases

None

Lumi

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ohm. free?
ohm. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lumi free?
Lumi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ohm. or Lumi?
ohm. and Lumi are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do ohm. or Lumi have ads?
Neither ohm. nor Lumi shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ohm. or Lumi?
ohm. ships an update daily, and Lumi weekly. Most recently, ohm. was updated on October 12, 2026 and Lumi on October 14, 2026.

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