Comparison

Xive vs Jolts

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

Head to head
About

Xive

This app allows creators to broadcast live, share short videos and posts, and engage with their audience through direct messages and calls. Viewers can support creators with gifts and sparks, while creators receive a share of earnings. It also features music integration and community-building tools.

Highlights
  • Go live in seconds from your phone
  • Post shorts, photos, and written updates
  • Direct messages, group chats, voice/video calls
  • Viewer support via gifts and sparks
  • Creator earnings tracking
  • Music integration for posts
  • Community building and notifications
Features
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Xive is where creators go live, post shorts, and build a community that actually shows up. Go Live in Seconds: Start a broadcast straight from your phone. Chat runs alongside every stream, with moderation tools that belong to the creator. Shorts and Posts: Post a short, share a photo, or write something. Your feed is the people you follow plus what's genuinely happening now. Send Something Back: Gifts and Sparks let viewers support the creators they watch, in the moment, on the stream. Creators keep a real share, and can see exactly what they've earned. Messages and Calls: Direct messages, group chats, voice and video calls. Read receipts you can turn off, and blocking that works everywhere at once. Music: Add a track to a post, browse what other creators are using, and share what you're listening to. Build for the people who show up: Follow creators, save what you want to come back to, and get told when someone you care about goes live. — Some features are offered as subscriptions or one-off purchases. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is switched off at least 24 hours before the period ends; your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Apple ID account settings after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Xive Terms of Service: https://www.thexive.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.thexive.com/privacy

About

Jolts

Experience a social feed where every video is precisely one second long. Create and share your own one-second clips or discover an endless stream of content from creators worldwide. It's designed for instant gratification with no filler.

Highlights
  • One-second video recording
  • Trim any video to one second
  • Endless feed of looping clips
  • Discover trending content
  • Profile runtime measured in seconds
  • Privacy controls including blocking and muting
Features
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Every video on Jolts is exactly one second long. Not two. Not five. One. That's the whole idea — and it changes everything. No filler, no intros, no "wait for it." Just the best second, over and over, from people all around the world. MAKE A JOLT Tap record and the camera stops itself at exactly 1.000 seconds. Or pull any video from your library and slide to choose your second — the app trims it perfectly every time. Add a caption, some #hashtags, and post. WATCH JOLTS Your feed is an endless run of one-second loops. Swipe up for the next one. Every clip loops instantly, so a great second hits you again and again. Follow creators you love and their seconds land in your Following lane; the For You lane brings you the best of everything else. FIND YOUR PEOPLE Discover trending Jolts, search #hashtags and @creators, and scroll straight through anyone's profile — every video they've posted, one second at a time. A profile with 30 posts? That's a 30-second visit. Nobody wastes your time on Jolts. MADE FOR SPEED - A camera that can't ramble: it stops itself at 1.000s - Pick your perfect second from any longer video - Likes, comments, shares, and mentions - Pin your best Jolts to the top of your profile - Private accounts, blocking, muting, and reporting built in from day one - Your total profile runtime, measured in seconds, because that's all it takes Jolts is brand new. The people who join now are the ones everyone else will be following later. One second. Make it count.

Screenshots

Xive4 screens
Jolts4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Jolts at none against Xive's 10. Xive's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 1). 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. Xive sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. Jolts 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 Xive against 5.0 for Jolts. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Xive has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Xive versus Jolts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterXiveJolts
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (8 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better1
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB32 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperVelaris Management Group LLCMichael Page

Customer experience

Xive

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Jolts

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Xive

Subscriptions1
  • Xive Pro$19.991 Month
One-time9
  • 20 Credits$0.49
  • 70 Credits$1.99
  • 350 Credits$6.99
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  • Creator Pass$6.99
  • 700 Credits$12.99
  • 1400 Credits$24.99
  • 3500 Credits$69.99
  • 7000 Credits$124.99
  • 17500 Credits$309.99
None

Jolts

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Xive free?
Xive is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Jolts free?
Jolts is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Xive or Jolts?
Xive and Jolts are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 8 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Xive or Jolts have ads?
Neither Xive nor Jolts shows ads.

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