Comparison

Fren vs HelloFlow

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

Head to head
About

Fren

Features
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Fren is the friendship app where real connections start with a feeling. Make new friends, chat, send gifts, and find your people based on how you actually feel. Find Friends Through Mood Share your current mood and discover new friends who feel the same way. No matter if you're feeling happy, anxious, excited, or overwhelmed - there's always someone who gets it. Real Chat with Real Friends Instant messaging, reactions, photos, and more. Fren makes it easy to start meaningful conversations with new friends or chat with your closest frens. Send Gifts That Mean Something Choose from 40+ animated gifts to show you care. Send a warm hug, a thoughtful "thinking of you," or celebrate someone you love. Every gift creates a moment. Discover Friends Worldwide Match with people who share your interests, your country, or your vibe. Discover new friends nearby or around the globe. Why Fren is Different - No algorithms, no ads - No follow counts, no fake personas - No perfect photos required - Just real friendship, real feelings Make Friends Today Fren is for anyone who wants to make new friends and find their people. Share your mood, chat, send gifts, and discover the friends you didn't know you needed. Post your first mood. Make your first fren. Privacy and Safety Fren is for users 13 and older. Report and block tools are built into every profile. Your personal info is never sold. Account deletion is available anytime in app settings. Questions? Email support@heyfren.me Real frens. Real feelings.

About

HelloFlow

This app connects you with people for various activities, from dating to finding a study buddy. Simply state what you're looking for, and it finds compatible matches with conversation starters. You can chat before committing and find new connections if the first doesn't click.

Highlights
  • Finds people based on stated interests
  • No profile swiping or resume-like profiles
  • Automatic conversation starters
  • Chat before committing to a connection
  • Customizable search filters (distance, age, gender)
  • Supports dating, friendship, and activity partners
Features
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Flow finds you people worth talking to. Tell Flow what you're looking for — a coffee date, a running buddy, someone who gets your major, a co-founder — and it goes looking. No swiping through hundreds of faces. No writing a profile that reads like a resume. Just say what you want in plain words and let it match you. HOW IT WORKS Say it in your own words. "find me a running buddy." "anyone in Philly tonight?" "someone who can hold a conversation." Flow reads what you actually mean. Get matched with a real person. Flow introduces you both and gets the conversation started, so you're never staring at an empty chat box wondering what to open with. Talk. Then decide. Every match is a real conversation with a real person. If it clicks, keep going. If it doesn't, say the word and Flow finds someone new. WHY IT'S DIFFERENT Most apps hand you a grid and make you do the work. Flow does the looking for you. It learns what you like from how you actually talk — not from a checklist you filled out once and forgot. Matches come with an opener, so the first message is never the hard part. You can chat before you commit to anything. Look around first. WHAT YOU CAN USE IT FOR Dating, if that's what you're after. Friendship, if it isn't. Study partners, gym partners, pickup basketball, someone who misses home as much as you do, someone to explore a new city with. Set how far you're willing to go, who you'd like to meet, and the age range that makes sense for you. Flow is for people 18 and over. Questions? contact@helloflow.app

Screenshots

Fren4 screens
HelloFlow4 screens

Verdict

The call

Fren and HelloFlow are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Fren versus HelloFlow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFrenHelloFlow
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequency—Every 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB50 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperMarine DanielyanAlexander Kornhauser

In-app purchases

None

Fren

No in-app purchases

None

HelloFlow

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fren free?
Fren is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HelloFlow free?
HelloFlow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Fren or HelloFlow have ads?
Neither Fren nor HelloFlow shows ads.

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