plinq vs PullUp
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
plinq
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plinq is a minimal way to tell someone you thought of them. you ping someone you know. they get a signal. that’s it: no messages, no reactions, no feed. what it means is up to you two. how it works • create your profile with a username and, if you like, a photo. • find someone by their exact username or by scanning their QR. • once you accept each other, you can ping with one tap. • ping back straight from the notification, even from your Apple Watch. made to stay calm • only people who accept each other connect. • remove, block or report anyone at any time. • your email is never shown to anyone. • delete your account and data from inside the app. ping your people.
PullUp
Discover how busy local bars are in real-time with live photos and crowd status. See which friends are attending and view nightly specials. Your location is kept private, and access is invite-only.
- Real-time bar fullness
- Live photos from inside bars
- Friend activity tracking
- Nightly specials
- Invite-only access
- Private location data
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PullUp. your bars, your pictures. every bar around Ohio State, right now: how full it is, how long the line is, and a photo from inside, taken tonight by someone who's there. the best recent photo becomes the front of the bar. no captions. no comments. no names. just friends. they're gone by morning. see which friends are going, and who's already out. tonight's specials, straight from each bar. your location stays on your phone. it works out which bar you're at and tells us only that. invite only, for now. if you're here, someone let you in. 18+.
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Verdict
plinq and PullUp are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
plinq ships an update weekly, PullUp every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | plinq | PullUp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Ana Maria Borda Suarez | Thomas Bell |
In-app purchases
plinq
No in-app purchases
PullUp
No in-app purchases





