Comparison

Gliny vs SkillMates

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

Head to head
About

Gliny

A social networking app for cosplayers to showcase their character styling, costume details, and convention-inspired looks. Users can browse creator profiles, save favorite styles, and share their own cosplay clips. The app emphasizes short-form inspiration and community controls.

Highlights
  • Cosplay video portfolio
  • Character styling showcase
  • Costume detail exploration
  • Creator profile browsing
  • Save favorite looks
  • Share cosplay clips
  • Community controls
Features
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Gliny is a cosplay video portfolio for people who enjoy character styling, costume details, creator reels, and convention-inspired looks. Browse bundled cosplay videos, explore featured creator profiles, save favorite looks, and optionally share your own cosplay clips from your camera or photo library. The app focuses on short-form costume inspiration, warm portfolio-style presentation, and practical community controls such as reporting, blocking, account deletion, privacy access, and terms access.

About

SkillMates

Features
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SkillMates – Learn, Teach, Connect Turn your skills into learning opportunities. SkillMates is a skill-sharing and skill-exchange community where you teach what you know, learn what you want, and connect with the right people to make it happen — no classroom required. WHY SKILLMATES • Show what you can teach and what you want to learn, right on your profile. • Get matched with complementary partners — someone who wants to learn what you teach, and can teach what you want to learn. • Chat one-on-one with text, photos, videos, and voice messages. • Build a public profile with your portfolio, credentials, and student reviews. • Stay safe with built-in reporting and blocking tools. DISCOVER Browse and search for skill partners, mentors, curated lessons, and new members. Explore a growing library of skills across creative, technical, language, and lifestyle categories. EXCHANGE Set your "I Can Teach" and "I Want to Learn" preferences, and let SkillMates surface learning partners whose skills complement yours. Send an exchange request, get accepted, and start learning together. MESSAGES Once you're connected, keep the conversation going with real-time one-on-one messaging — share text, images, videos, and voice notes to coordinate lessons and share resources. PROFILE Showcase your teaching skills, learning goals, portfolio, and credentials. Let others know what you bring to the table and what you're hoping to learn next. MEMBERSHIP & COINS Upgrade to SkillMates Plus or Pro for more daily exchange requests and a higher number of Discover recommendations. Pro members can also publish paid teaching listings. Use Coins to refresh your exchange match batch whenever you want fresh recommendations. • SkillMates Plus / Pro — auto-renewing weekly or monthly subscriptions with tiered benefits. • Coins — a consumable in-app currency for refreshing your matches. Subscription and Coins prices are shown in the app before purchase and are charged to your Apple ID account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings > [your name] > Subscriptions on your device. SAFETY FIRST SkillMates is built around real people helping each other grow. Report or block any user or content that violates our community guidelines, right from their profile or a chat. We review every report and take action to keep the community safe. PRIVACY BY DESIGN We only collect what's needed to run the app — no GPS location tracking, no contacts access. You choose what to share on your profile, and you can delete your account at any time in Settings. Whether you want to trade your coding skills for guitar lessons, practice a new language with a native speaker, or find a mentor for your next creative project — SkillMates helps you find the right person to learn with. Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/skillmatesuseragreement/user-agreement Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/skillmatesprivacypolicy/SkillMates-Privacy-Policy Support: https://sites.google.com/view/skillmates-technical-suppor/SkillMates-Technical-Support

Screenshots

Gliny3 screens
SkillMates4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Gliny at none against SkillMates's 10. Gliny also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.6). On price, 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. SkillMates sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Gliny asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Gliny versus SkillMates: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGlinySkillMates
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequency—Fortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB16 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperFairbrother MichaelThanh Nam Nguyen

In-app purchases

None

Gliny

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

SkillMates

Subscriptions4
  • SkillMates Plus Weekly$2.997 Days
  • SkillMates Plus Monthly$4.991 Month
  • SkillMates Pro Weekly$4.997 Days
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  • SkillMates Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
One-time6
  • SkillMates 845 Coins$18.99
  • SkillMates 1124 Coins$27.99
  • SkillMates 1794 Coins$38.99
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  • SkillMates 2842 Coins$57.99
  • SkillMates 4949 Coins$89.99
  • SkillMates 6042 Coins$105.99

Questions

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

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