BlackAt vs Ascend Noire
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BlackAt
Connect with creators, executives, and vendors in the Black diaspora. Share your work, expand your network, and learn from others through posts, community lounges, and direct messaging.
- Community feed for updates and discovery
- Topic-based community lounges
- Direct messaging and group chats
- Masterclasses led by practitioners
- Event listings and RSVPs
- Personalized user profiles
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BlackAt is a community platform built for the Black diaspora — creators, executives, vendors, and everyone in between. Whether you're here to share your work, expand your network, or learn from people who've walked the road before you, BlackAt brings it all into one app. WHAT YOU CAN DO Feed Post updates, share what you're working on, and discover what the community is building. Like, comment, and repost the things that move you. Lounges Join public community spaces organized around the topics you care about — creative work, business, culture, and more. Ask questions, trade ideas, and meet people outside your timeline. Chat & DMs Reach out directly. One-on-one messages and group chats make it easy to continue the conversation, collaborate on projects, or just stay in touch. Masterclasses Learn from practitioners. BlackAt hosts masterclasses led by people doing the work — short sessions you can watch on your schedule or join live. Events Find and RSVP to events, meetups, and gatherings — online and in-person — across the community. Profiles Build a profile that represents you and your work. Follow the people whose journeys you want to follow, and let them follow yours. COMMUNITY GUIDELINES BlackAt is a moderated community. We take reports seriously and remove content that violates our guidelines. You can block or report any user or post from inside the app, and we review reports promptly. PRIVACY We only collect what we need to run the app, and we never sell your data. Full details are in our privacy policy at https://blkat.org/privacy. SUPPORT Questions, feedback, or a bug to report? Visit https://blkat.org/support and we'll get back to you. Welcome to BlackAt. Privacy Policy: https://www.blkat.org/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Ascend Noire
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Ascend Noire explores the ideas, technologies, cultures and institutions defining Africa's next century. Through six interconnected editorial pillars, we investigate not only what is changing but what should be built next.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ascend Noire at none against BlackAt's 1. BlackAt's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. BlackAt sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per month. Ascend Noire asks for nothing beyond the download.
BlackAt ships an update every 3 days, Ascend Noire every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BlackAt | Ascend Noire |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Black At Cannes | AFROKABILA Inc. |
In-app purchases
BlackAt
- Blkat Pro$9.991 Month
Ascend Noire
No in-app purchases
