Comparison

SkillMates vs Wishory

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

Head to head
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

About

Wishory

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Wishory is a wish journal and photo community. Photograph the places, meals, skills, and things you hope to live, then keep them until they are done. Features: • Feed — browse wish photos from you and other people • Discover — filter by category, tag, or status (Recording, In Progress, Fulfilled) • Post — add a wish with photos (first 2 free, extra photos 5 coins each, max 4), title, story, category, and tags • Messages — chat with friends about wishes (text, photos, optional voice notes). After recording, choose Delete or Send. Decline messages if you do not want to chat; the friend stays on your list. Block and report are also available • Profile — your wishes by status, saved wishes, Coin Shop, Spend coins, daily check-in, Privacy Policy, Terms, Logout, and Delete Account Optional consumable Coins unlock extra Post photos (5 each after the first 2), a new custom category or tag (5, charged when you publish), wish card save to Photos (3), boost 24 hours (20) or 7 days (80), PDF export (10), expand saves (20), and make a wish private (15). Eight consumable Coin packs are available in Profile → Coin Shop ($0.99–$99.99). There are no subscriptions and no Restore Purchases. You can earn coins from a 20-coin welcome bonus, daily check-in (+3), publishing (+2, up to 2 a day), marking a wish Fulfilled (+5, once a day), a 7-day publish streak (+10), and when someone saves your wish (+1, up to 3 a day). Wishory is not built for meeting strangers. Messaging is for people you add as friends, about the wishes you keep. Privacy Policy: https://wishory-legal.surge.sh/privacy.html Terms of Service: https://wishory-legal.surge.sh/terms.html

Screenshots

SkillMates4 screens
Wishory3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Wishory at 15.0 against SkillMates's 17.6. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. SkillMates sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Wishory sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SkillMates ships an update fortnightly, Wishory weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
SkillMates versus Wishory: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSkillMatesWishory
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB4 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperThanh Nam NguyenGROVE TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LLC

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
8 purchases

Wishory

One-time8
  • Coin Pack Ā· Small$0.99
  • Coin Pack Ā· Medium$2.99
  • Coin Pack Ā· Plus$5.99
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  • Coin Pack Ā· Large$9.99
  • Coin Pack Ā· Extra$12.99
  • Coin Pack Ā· XL$19.99
  • Coin Pack Ā· Super$49.99
  • Coin Pack Ā· Mega$99.99

Questions

Is SkillMates free?
SkillMates is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Wishory free?
Wishory is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SkillMates or Wishory have ads?
Neither SkillMates nor Wishory shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SkillMates or Wishory?
SkillMates ships an update fortnightly, and Wishory weekly. Most recently, SkillMates was updated on November 6, 2026 and Wishory on November 11, 2026.

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