Pheels vs Cliqx
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pheels
Discover and watch short videos from creators. Engage with them through comments and direct messages. Support their content by sending tips directly within the app.
- Watch and discover short videos
- Comment and message creators
- Tip creators
- Follow creators
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Pheels is a social video platform for creators. Browse posts, follow creators, chat, and support their work with tips. Key features: • Watch and discover short videos • Comment and message creators • Tip creators through in‑app purchases
Cliqx
A private social networking app designed for close friends to share photos, videos, and updates. It focuses on fostering deeper connections within a select group and exploring the wider social network around those relationships through interactive guessing games.
- Private sharing with close friends
- Photo and video updates
- Group chat functionality
- Explore wider social networks
- Interactive guessing games
- Weekly leaderboards
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Cliqx is a private social networking app for close friends. Built for connection, not content. The people closest to you. –Share photos, videos, and updates with a small group of friends, and chat with them in a space built for just them. The people they know. –Cliqx brings the wider social world around your closest relationships to life. See who's in your network and how far it reaches. And the things only they would know. –Feature posts turn the feed into a guessing game with the people in it. Guess who wrote it, solve the riddle, work out the mystery, and check the weekly leaderboard to see who's been calling it right. Terms of Service: https://circle-8.co/terms Privacy Policy: https://circle-8.co/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cliqx at none against Pheels's 7. Pheels's advantage is ratings volume (12 vs 3) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Pheels sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Cliqx asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Pheels against 5.0 for Cliqx. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 3 respectively.
Pheels ships an update every 3 weeks, Cliqx fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pheels | Cliqx |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (12 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 88 MB | 75 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Emmanuel Forson | Circle 8, Inc. |
Customer experience
Pheels
Cliqx
In-app purchases
Pheels
- Coffee tip$2.99
- pheels.checkout.5$4.99
- pheels.wallet.checkout.10$9.99
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- Session tip$9.99
- Pheels.wallet.checkout.25$24.99
- Project tip$24.99
- pheels.wallet.checkout.50$49.99
Cliqx
No in-app purchases
