Comparison

posting2 vs Melange

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

Head to head
About

posting2

A simple, ad-free social media platform focused on human connection. It prioritizes content from your immediate network and uses an in-app polling system for community-driven changes. Funding is entirely voluntary.

Highlights
  • Ad-free experience
  • No algorithms
  • Content from your network
  • In-app polling system
  • Voluntary donations for funding
Features
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Simple, independent social media. No ads, no algorithms, no data sales. See posts from your friends and friends of your friends. Vote on ideas and changes with the in-app polling system. Funding for this project comes from supporter subscriptions and web shop sales. posting2 is free to use. Supporting posting2 is optional via an auto-renewing annual subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase, and renews automatically each year unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings → your name → Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://posting2.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://posting2.app/privacy

About

Melange

Connect with other creatives to find collaborators for your projects. Discover photographers, models, stylists, and more, and build your portfolio together. Features include private chats for events and a robust reporting system for safety.

Highlights
  • Discover creative professionals
  • Swipe through creatives and projects
  • Heart and connect with users
  • Event chats and photo sharing
  • Credit collaborators on projects
  • Account safety and reporting
Features
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Melange is where creative people find their next collaboration. A photographer needs a model. A model needs a stylist. A filmmaker needs a whole crew. On Melange you find people whose work fits yours, see who's into what you make, and make something together. DISCOVER Swipe through creatives and projects near you: photographers, models, makeup artists, stylists, hair, videographers, directors, musicians and more. Melange learns your taste from the work you make and like. HEARTS Heart someone's work and they find out it was you. When someone hearts yours, you can write back right away. EVENTS Photo walks, shoot nights, open calls. Everyone going shares a chat before, and afterwards the photos are private to the people who were there. You can quietly heart anyone you met; they only find out if they hearted you too. CREDITS Post what you made and credit everyone on it. It shows on your profile, and on theirs. SAFETY Every account is 18+. Block or report any person, post or message; a person reads every report. Your data is locked to your account, and you can delete everything from inside the app. Starting around USC, UCSD and LA.

Screenshots

posting24 screens
Melange4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Melange at none against posting2's 9. Melange also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). posting2's advantage is ratings volume (664 vs 2). On price, rating, ads 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. posting2 sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Melange asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for posting2 against 5.0 for Melange. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: posting2 has 664 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

posting2 ships an update every 3 weeks, Melange every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
posting2 versus Melange: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterposting2Melange
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (664 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews98.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings664 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB29 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperPOSTING2 LLCjolea hutt

Customer experience

posting2

All ratings664 ratings
Positive99.5%
Neutral0.2%
Negative0.3%
Written reviews176 reviews
Positive98.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative1.1%

Melange

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

In-app purchases

9 purchases

posting2

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly Support — $3$2.991 Month
  • Monthly Support — $5$4.991 Month
  • Monthly Support — $10$9.991 Month
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  • posting2 Annual Support$12.991 Year
One-time5
  • $3 Tip$2.99
  • $5 Tip$4.99
  • $10 Tip$9.99
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  • $25 Tip$24.99
  • $50 Tip$49.99
None

Melange

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is posting2 free?
posting2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Melange free?
Melange is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, posting2 or Melange?
posting2 and Melange are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 664 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do posting2 or Melange have ads?
Neither posting2 nor Melange shows ads.
Which is updated more often, posting2 or Melange?
posting2 ships an update every 3 weeks, and Melange every 2 days. Most recently, posting2 was updated on November 9, 2026 and Melange on October 31, 2026.

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