Comparison

Love Mail.Ru vs SFERA project

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

Head to head
About

Love Mail.Ru

This app helps users find their perfect match for passion, romance, serious relationships, or starting a family. It offers advanced search filters and a user-friendly interface to connect with new people and discover new experiences.

Highlights
  • Search by age, height, weight, goals, and location
  • Find friends, dates, or serious relationships
  • User-friendly interface
  • Chat and meet new people
  • VIP status subscription
Features
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Whatever you’re looking for, we’ll help you to find your perfect match! Love@Mail.ru dating is the leading dating site in Russia. Millions of users, both guys and girls, are searching and finding each other every day. Looking for passion, romance, a serious relationship, or even that special someone to start a family with? With Love@Mail.ru, it’s all possible - you can find whatever you’re looking for! Find new friends, new relationships and new experiences on our site. Every day over a million guys and girls from different countries visit our site. Start chatting and find love right now – install the Love@Mail.ru Dating application! What you’ll get with the Love@Mail.ru app: • You can search for your partner by different criteria: age, height, weight, relationship goals, and location. It’s easy, fast and free! • You can choose what you’re looking for: just chatting, dating, or finding a serious relationship and starting a family. It’s up to you! • We’ve made our application as user-friendly and straightforward as possible. This application combines all the best dating app features and makes it easy for you to chat and meet new people. Passion, adventure and new people are waiting for you. Find love and see what destiny holds for you right now – just download the app and start searching. Remember, fortune favors the brave! ----- Premium service – activate VIP status in the app. The service is available on subscription for 7, 30 or 90 days. The cost of subscription starts at $2.99/week. The subscription will be set up for your iTunes account after confirmation of purchase. You will be charged for renewing the service 24 hours before the current period expires. You can manage your subscription or unsubscribe after purchasing by accessing your user account settings. The subscription will be automatically renewed until you unsubscribe. Any unused portion of a free trial period, will be forfeited when you purchases a subscription to that publication ----- Privacy: https://love.mail.ru/en/confidentiality Terms: https://love.mail.ru/en/app/agreement/index

About

SFERA project

This app offers a unified platform for managing work, personal life, and hobbies. It features a personal blog, a choice-making tool, a Q&A forum, and a relationship matching service, all accessible with a single ID. The platform emphasizes real users and avoids fakes and bots.

Highlights
  • All-in-one platform
  • Single ID access
  • Personal blog and content sharing
  • Decision-making tool
  • Q&A and advice forum
  • Relationship matching
Features
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An application (sub-application) platform for quick and efficient problems solving in 3 areas of life: work, personal life, and hobbies. What's special about SFERA 1. All-in-one. You do not need to install several applications for different tasks and sign up in each of them. 2. Single ID. The ID that you receive upon registration gives you access to all sub-applications’ features. We do not ask for your phone number and email address. 3. Meeting basic needs in sub-applications* The "Main profile" serves for self-expression, receiving recognition, and self-realization. Speak about yourself and your activities, add photos. Publish original content and build connections with subscribers. Use "Main profile" as your personal blog and grow your audience. “Choose” will help you to quickly solve your choice problem. To start your survey, you need to answer questions from other users. If you want to speak out, share something, or ask for advice, go to Black Box. Ask a question, set up filters, and place the box on an interactive map. When a suitable interlocutor is found, a dialogue will begin. MeetNet will find the perfect partner for a long-term relationship. More info in the information questionnaire and compatibility test increases your chances of finding the most suitable person. 4. App installation and functionality are free. 5. Only real users. One ID is linked to one device. No fakes and bots.

Screenshots

Love Mail.Ru4 screens
SFERA project4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SFERA project at none against Love Mail.Ru's 10. SFERA project also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Love Mail.Ru's advantage is ratings volume (3.4K vs 5). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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. Love Mail.Ru sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. SFERA project asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SFERA project holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Love Mail.Ru has 3.4K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 30% of Love Mail.Ru's written reviews are positive against 32% of SFERA project's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Love Mail.Ru versus SFERA project: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLove Mail.RuSFERA project
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (3.4K ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews30.1% of reviews32.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.4K — better5
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size154 MB191 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperLove@Mail.RuIgor Lushkin

Customer experience

Love Mail.Ru

All ratings3,381 ratings
Positive90.7%
Neutral3.4%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews209 reviews
Positive30.1%
Neutral4.8%
Negative65.1%

SFERA project

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews59 reviews
Positive32.2%
Neutral1.7%
Negative66.1%

Bugs and requests

Love Mail.Ru

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Black screen on launch
  • Unable to add photos
  • Notifications not working
  • Incompatible with latest iOS

Requested features

4 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Improved user verification
  • Better customer support
  • More features for free users

SFERA project

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Love Mail.Ru

Subscriptions5
  • Vip-status$1.997 Days
  • VIP-status$2.997 Days
  • VIP-status$5.991 Month
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  • VIP-status$11.993 Months
  • 7 days VIP-Status Package$15.497 Days
One-time5
  • Тариф 1$1.09
  • Тариф 1$1.99
  • "7 coins"$2.99
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  • Тариф 3$3.19
  • "25 coins"$9.99
None

SFERA project

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Love Mail.Ru free?
Love Mail.Ru is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SFERA project free?
SFERA project is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Love Mail.Ru or SFERA project?
SFERA project is rated higher. Love Mail.Ru averages 4.6 out of 5 from 3.4K ratings, while SFERA project averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Love Mail.Ru or SFERA project have ads?
Love Mail.Ru shows ads; SFERA project does not.
Which is updated more often, Love Mail.Ru or SFERA project?
Love Mail.Ru ships an update every 2 weeks, and SFERA project every 2 weeks. Most recently, Love Mail.Ru was updated on October 26, 2026 and SFERA project on October 24, 2026.

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