Comparison

Disco vs AwayMsg

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

Head to head
About

Disco

This app consolidates multiple functions for social gatherings, especially for sports fans. It allows users to find venues, see who's attending, check into events, and manage groups, all within a single map-based interface. It also facilitates fan club management and team following.

Highlights
  • Map-based venue discovery
  • Real-time location sharing
  • Event check-ins and game tagging
  • Group and crew management
  • Team and league following
  • Fan club organization
  • Privacy controls with Ghost Mode
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Finding your people on gameday shouldn't take four apps. Right now it's a map for the bar, the group chat for who's in, a review site for whether it's any good, and a screenshot of the schedule. Disco is all of it in one place. OPEN THE MAP Disco starts with a map of your city. Find the sports bars near you, see which ones your crew is already at, and search any venue or city in a tap. Filter by who's active now, your saved spots, your people or your crew. CHECK IN, TAG THE GAME Get to the bar, check in, tag what you're watching. Your crew sees where you are without a single "where are you?" text. Head home and Disco checks you out on its own. BUILD YOUR CREW Pull in the people you actually watch with, see where they are on the map, and stop running gameday out of a group chat. Share your crew with a QR code and pick who gets in. YOU'RE IN CONTROL Choose who sees your location, or turn on Ghost Mode and disappear from the map whenever you want. FOLLOW YOUR TEAMS Add every team you care about, across every league. Your profile says what you're about before you do. FIND THE SCENE See who's out and which fans are nearby, in your city, tonight. FOR FAN CLUBS, CHAPTERS AND ALUMNI GROUPS Running a fan club shouldn't mean juggling social pages, group texts and a spreadsheet. Disco gives club leaders a real home base: a page people can actually find, control over who joins, and a way to keep members connected between gamedays instead of only on them. Free to join. Free to follow your teams. Free to build your crew. Your city. Your people. Your gameday. Disco. Fandom is better together.

About

AwayMsg

Features
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Remember away messages? They're back. AwayMsg is a tiny social network built around one thing: the away message. Style one, post one, and see what your buddies are up to. STYLE IT Fonts, sizes, colors, highlights and backgrounds, letter by letter. Out of ideas? Roll the dice for a random style. YOUR BUDDY LIST Add buddies by screen name, see who's online or away, and get an alert when a buddy posts something new. THE HALL OF FAME Preserve away messages for posterity. Like one if it's good. YOUR PROFILE A theme, a little about-me, and your best away message ever. SAFE BY DESIGN Report any away message or profile and block anyone in two taps. Reported posts disappear for you right away, and every report is reviewed within 24 hours. Don't want strangers finding you? Turn off discovery in Edit profile. AwayMsg is free, with no ads.

Screenshots

Disco4 screens
AwayMsg3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: AwayMsg at every 4 days against Disco's every 3 weeks. On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Disco ships an update every 3 weeks, AwayMsg every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Disco versus AwayMsg: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDiscoAwayMsg
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size129 MB6 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperDisco Technologies Inc.THOMAS,EDWARD JR LYDON

In-app purchases

None

Disco

No in-app purchases

None

AwayMsg

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Disco free?
Disco is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AwayMsg free?
AwayMsg is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Disco or AwayMsg have ads?
Neither Disco nor AwayMsg shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Disco or AwayMsg?
Disco ships an update every 3 weeks, and AwayMsg every 4 days. Most recently, Disco was updated on October 31, 2026 and AwayMsg on October 31, 2026.

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