# Tabical vs UpDate Social

The clearest difference is update cadence: Tabical at every 3 days against UpDate Social's every 2 weeks. Tabical also leads on ratings volume (27 vs 3). UpDate Social's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

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 — 5.0 for Tabical against 5.0 for UpDate Social. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tabical has 27 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Tabical ships an update every 3 days, UpDate Social every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

## The numbers

| Metric | Tabical | UpDate Social |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | [5.0 (27 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tabical-swipe-and-explore/id6761873220/reviews) | [5.0 (3 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/update-social/id6771839844/reviews) |
| Number of ratings | **27** | 3 |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Ads | No | No |
| Update frequency | **Every 3 days** | Every 2 weeks |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Size | 37 MB | 69 MB |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | **15.1** |
| Devices | iPhone | **iPhone, iPod** |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | [Akhil Potturi](https://appshunter.io/developer/1891892751) | [William Brown](https://appshunter.io/developer/1827568793) |

## What reviewers say

### Tabical

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tabical-swipe-and-explore/id6761873220)

Discover curated 2-4 hour city itineraries with hand-sequenced stops. Swipe through personalized recommendations, follow friends' saved plans, and refine searches with plain English queries. Track completed adventures and explore various itinerary archetypes.

**Highlights:** Curated 2-4 hour micro-itineraries, Swipeable card interface, Personalized preference learning, Friend activity and recommendations, Plain English search refinement, Save, complete, and revisit itineraries, Six itinerary archetypes

**In-app purchases:** none


### UpDate Social

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/update-social/id6771839844)

Discover and share recommendations for places like restaurants, bars, and activities with friends. Organize favorite spots, plan outings, and vote on locations together to make social planning effortless.

**Highlights:** Discover places and activities, Save and organize favorites, Share recommendations, Plan outings with friends, Vote on locations, Track upcoming events

**Features:** macOS Compatibility, Vision Pro support

**In-app purchases:** none


## Frequently asked questions

### Is Tabical free?

Tabical is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

### Is UpDate Social free?

UpDate Social is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

### Which has better reviews, Tabical or UpDate Social?

Tabical and UpDate Social are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 27 and 3 ratings respectively.

### Do Tabical or UpDate Social have ads?

Neither Tabical nor UpDate Social shows ads.

### Which is updated more often, Tabical or UpDate Social?

Tabical ships an update every 3 days, and UpDate Social every 2 weeks. Most recently, Tabical was updated on October 24, 2026 and UpDate Social on October 20, 2026.

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*Compared by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/) from daily US App Store data. Review summaries are generated from verbatim App Store reviews.*