True vs Majlis
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
True
This app offers a private social networking experience focused on genuine connections with trusted individuals. It prioritizes user privacy by avoiding targeted advertising and data selling, creating a safe and positive space for sharing.
- Private by default sharing
- No ads or tracking
- User data ownership
- Focus on real friends
- Safe and positive environment
Read full descriptionHide full description
Focused on people you really know, we’re making social a safe, happy place again without targeted advertising. • It’s the quality of relationships, not quantity, that make us happier. We’re building new ways to tell your story and strengthen your community • We don’t spy on you, read your cookies or follow you around the internet. You own your data, forever, and we’ll never sell or share it with anyone It’s time to try an honest solution. We’re thrilled to get you back to things that matter. • Private by default – photos, and updates only with people you trust. • No ads. No tracking. Ever. – we never sell your data. • Real friends, real life – original content from people you actually know, not influencers or brands. • Safe and positive – a drama-free space designed to make social a happy place again. The True Story True was founded in a lovely little mountain town filled with giant redwoods, beautiful valleys and neighbors who look after each other. It’s this real-life Happy Valley that inspired us to build a company that gets back to things that matter. Real friends and real life without commercial interruption. It’s the quality of our relationships, not the quantity, that make us happier. It’s the joy of making new friends and connecting with old ones that strengthen our sense of community. Somehow, in a rush for growth and profit, these feelings have been lost. Social today no longer feels like a Happy Valley, it’s more like we’re all living in a big creepy commercial. Big social companies are in the middle of our relationships. They’re taking our best intentions and selling them to the highest bidder. Well, we’re just not going to do that anymore. Why Should I Trust You Guys? There’s a lot of talk about privacy. Every few weeks, another big company gets caught in a new scandal. But there is never anything really done about it and we go on accepting the problem. The crazy thing is, this is never going to stop. As long as these companies make money by selling our personal information, they will always find ways to collect it. But we never signed up for this. We didn’t post our lives, families and personal relationships for sale. We did not agree to let these companies make money from being in the middle of our friendships. We believe you should be free to share your life without big brands competing for your attention. You should own your information and decide what you want to do with it. 3rd parties should never have access to your data. You should not be the product. We believe your privacy matters. We take it into consideration with every decision we make. You should believe we respect your privacy and trust we’ll do the right thing with your information. What’s Different About It? We just don’t think you can be yourself in a world of perfect pictures awash in a sea of influencers. Old-school social is for blasting your life to people you don’t really know, measured by standards you will never achieve. So we’ve built a new kind of threaded sharing that is private by default. Until now, no one has tried this before. It gives you control over things you want to share and who you want to share them with. By combining beautiful, edge-to-edge storytelling with private messaging, it’s the best of both worlds. What do we all love? Updates from real friends. But original thoughts and stories have gone missing in big social. Sadly, most content today is created by companies with an agenda. We share an endless stream of news and ideas pushed by these companies and no longer share our real lives. So we built a platform that only allows original content. There are no political arguments here. You come to True to see real updates from friends. Content they created themselves, not clickbait designed to hold your attention and manipulate opinion. True lets you… be you. Real sharing from real friends, we’re making social a safe, happy place again.
Majlis
This app facilitates professional and personal networking by helping users find contacts, announce gatherings, and manage invitations. Build your profile to showcase your skills and experiences to strengthen your network and discover new opportunities.
- Search for contacts
- Announce gatherings
- Send meeting invitations
- Build professional profile
- Discover networking opportunities
- Recommend friends
Read full descriptionHide full description
“Your network is your net worth”. Porter Gale Networking is about building long term relationships and developing a solid, reliable reputation over time. It involves searching, meeting and getting to know people who can assist, and who can potentially help you in return and/or vice versa. AlMajlis app makes it easier to search for contacts and gatherings. It is the place to network, otherwise known as “Al Majlis” which in arabic means “a place of sitting”, that is also used in the context of “council”, to describe various types of networking and gatherings. “Its not who you know, its who knows you” R.T. Kendall With AlMajlis, you may add people in your network including friends, coworkers, family, and stay up to date with viewing who is looking for who, and what/where are the current gatherings, and strengthened your circle of influence. “The Opposite of networking is Not Working” Someone. Smart In addition to the contact search, AlMajlis makes it easy to send request calls, invite contacts to meetings, and view the available gatherings. AlMajlis app allows you to add locations to your search, add details, and limit your post duration. “The Richest people in the world look for and build networks, everyone else looks for work” Robert Kiyosaki Start with building your AlMajlis profile. Use AlMajlis as your call to search for someone or announcing a gathering brand. Share your background, by adding any of your experiences, qualifications, skills, and any other information that will increase your required networks interest. Your profile is more than just your background, it shows the contacts who you are. Use AlMajlis app to: • Search for contacts, or a specific contact • Announce or call for a gathering • Recommend friends to others, vice versa, and find people recommended by someone in your network • Request to call contacts • Send and/or schedule Meeting Invitations • Seek networking updates amongst your coworkers, friends, and family • Search for people based on their name, profile information, and key words • View other profiles and when have they last been updated Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking ‘What’s in it for me?’ Life’s more fun when you network in the moment.
Screenshots
Verdict
True and Majlis both sit at 4.2 stars, but that hides the real split: 85% of True's written reviews are positive against 50% of Majlis's. Majlis's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for True against 4.1 for Majlis. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 9 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 85% of True's written reviews are positive against 50% of Majlis's.
| Parameter | True | Majlis |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (9 ratings) — better | 4.1 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.1% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 102 MB | 148 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hello Mobile Inc. | Muhanna Alsulaiti |
Customer experience
True
Majlis
Bugs and requests
True
Reported bugs
17 issues- Posts revert to older dates
- Cannot read email for verification
- Cannot view or open notifications (likes, comments, friend requests)
- Cannot get verification code by email
- App crashes or freezes
Show 12 moreShow fewer
- Cannot access other albums
- Camera roll is a mess
- Cannot use own GIFs
- Confirming account is a nightmare
- Cannot confirm phone number
- Cannot set password
- Phone seizes up when writing reviews
- Location history not fully captured
- No response from support
- Cannot upload own GIFs (no animation)
- Spam notifications from 'Alex'
- App keeps showing error messages
Requested features
7 requests- Allow editing of posted text
- Allow pictures and videos as comments
- Provide a way to download photos
- Dark mode
- Evernote integration or export options
Show 2 moreShow fewer
- Add missed location logs
- Improve contact access
Majlis
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
True
No in-app purchases
Majlis
No in-app purchases








