Closer vs SYNC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Closer
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Closer helps couples feel connected throughout the day with private moments shared right on the Home Screen. Whether you’re apart or simply busy, small updates make it easier to stay emotionally close. • See how your partner is feeling at a glance • Share photos, music and little moments instantly • Celebrate anniversaries, birthdays and future plans together • Spark natural conversations without opening a chat • Keep your relationship private, with no public feed or followers Connect with your partner in a few taps, then add a Closer widget to your Home Screen. Share a mood, photo, countdown, song or message, and it appears for your partner to see. You can even capture real dual-camera moments that show both your view and your face at once. Closer is made for couples in long-distance relationships, partners with busy schedules, and anyone who wants more meaningful connection in the small moments of everyday life. Download Closer and invite your partner to feel closer, wherever you are. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
SYNC
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Half game, half chat. Seven questions a day, the same for everyone: answer, guess what share of people answered like you, and from 21:00 see how well you read them. Then talk with other players in rooms for your game and language, or one to one. Each time you open SYNC, you choose a half. THE GAME Most of the time your guess is wrong. That is the whole point. - Seven questions land at midnight: how you hang the toilet roll, whether you rinse pasta, what you would do with a wallet you found - Tap your answer, predict the split, and change your choice until you tap “Lock it in” - From 21:00, once the reveal is published, your summary is free: majority, minority or split, how close your guess was, your streak and day grid - Wednesday is Civil War day: one question that splits people close to fifty-fifty - Duo: after your first viewed reveal, invite one person and guess each other - The deeper answers are never shown next to your name, to anyone THE PLAYER CHAT (ADULTS ONLY) The chat is the same in every Erek Studio game that has it: one account, made with Sign in with Apple, for adults only (18+, 19+ in Korea). The questions need no sign-in. - Rooms for each game and language, and one-to-one messages; a first message from someone new arrives as a request - You choose who to talk to: there is no matching - Report or block anyone from their message or profile; what you report is hidden for you at once - Messages are checked for safety by Anthropic's AI; you agree to this before you join - Text only, no photos or links; a profile photo comes with Chat+ and is checked by AI before anyone sees it - With notifications on, you know when a message or a chat request arrives; they never show what it says - In Korea, the chat is SYNC's Korean room, and one-to-one messages go only between people who both wrote there - Delete your chat account in the app at any time SYNC PREMIUM AND CHAT+ SYNC Premium adds exact percentages with 20+ answers, your region vs the world when comparable data exists, calibration and rarity detail, Editors vs you where an editorial guess is available, week and month numbers when there is enough history, and every day you have played in the archive. SYNC Premium is an auto-renewing subscription, monthly or yearly. Eligible new subscribers can try its yearly plan free for 7 days where offered. Chat+ is an auto-renewing subscription, monthly or yearly. Bought in SYNC, it also gives everything SYNC Premium gives. In the chat: - Unlimited direct messages - Looks and a profile photo - Contact sharing: only in an accepted one-to-one chat, once the other person has written 3 times; they can turn it off. Never in rooms or profiles - Outside Korea: create your own rooms, public or invite-only, and find players by country and language Chat+ works in every Erek Studio game where you sign into the chat. Bought in SYNC without a chat account, it unlocks SYNC's perks on this device; signing into the chat later moves it to your account. Restore purchases brings back both. Payment is charged to your Apple ID when you confirm the purchase, or after an applicable free trial ends. Subscriptions renew automatically at the same price unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel them anytime in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use: https://mustafasalimerek-bit.github.io/sync-legal/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://mustafasalimerek-bit.github.io/sync-legal/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: SYNC at none against Closer's shown. SYNC also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Closer's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks). On price, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Closer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and SYNC sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Closer ships an update every 2 weeks, SYNC every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Closer | SYNC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Yannick Westermann | Mustafa Salim Erek |
In-app purchases
Closer
- Closer Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
- Closer Pro Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Closer Pro Lifetime$59.99
SYNC
- Chat+ Monthly$4.991 Month
- SYNC Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
- Chat+ Yearly$29.991 Year
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- SYNC Premium Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year









