MySurrey vs ConnectCZ
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MySurrey
This app serves as a central hub for city services, consolidating existing tools and introducing new features for residents. It provides access to job and event listings, local amenities, and news updates, making it easier to engage with the community.
- Job, Event, and News listings
- Youth-friendly amenity finder
- Location of local facilities
- Add events to calendar
- Share city news and events
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This app is a one-stop-shop for Surrey residents that will include existing mobile apps from the City like Rethink Waste and Surrey Request, as well as introduce new services. This app is the first of its kind for municipalities in BC. Features include: •Job, Event and News listings •Youth-friendly listings of the closest skate parks, youth centres, pools and arenas •Location of the closest libraries, off-lease dog parks, tennis courts, water parks, arenas with information including hours of operation and features available at that location •Ability to easily add city events to their smartphone calendar and share city events and news stories over email or social media.
ConnectCZ
This social networking platform helps you build and maintain real-life friendships through casual, everyday activities. Easily invite friends for walks, coffee, or other shared interests at your preferred time and place. It focuses on fostering lasting connections rather than large events.
- Facilitates real-life friendships
- Organize casual day-to-day activities
- Low-key invite system
- Follow friends and nearby users
- Focus on lasting connections
- Optional premium subscription
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Your next coffee, walk, or catch-up is one invite away. ConnectCZ helps you make friends and actually keep them — through casual, everyday plans instead of big gatherings. Drop a low-key invitation for whatever you feel like doing, see who's in, and turn "we should hang out sometime" into today. WHY CONNECTCZ? Large gatherings are great for meeting people, but draining for connecting with them. You navigate a crowd, trade a few words, and rarely see anyone again. ConnectCZ flips that: small plans, real conversations, people you'll actually see again. HOW IT WORKS • Drop an invitation — coffee, a walk, drinks, a movie, anything you enjoy • You choose the time, the place, and how many people join • People nearby with shared interests see it and hop in • Follow the people you click with, so no new connection fades away BUILT FOR REAL LIFE No endless feeds. No performing for likes. Just a warm nudge to the people around you, and a simple way to keep showing up in each other's lives. Everyone on ConnectCZ is here for the same reason: real, lasting friendships. PREMIUM (OPTIONAL) ConnectCZ is free to download and use. Premium adds: • Ad-free experience • See who reacted to your photos • Premium badge for added trust • More spots on your invitations — public and private • Your join requests stand out SUBSCRIPTION TERMS Monthly and yearly plans are available (yearly at a discount). Prices vary by country, may change without notice, and are always shown clearly in the app. • Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase • Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends • Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings under Subscriptions • If a free trial is offered, any unused portion is forfeited when you purchase a subscription • Not interested in Premium? ConnectCZ stays free to use, always Privacy policy: https://www.connectcz.com/privacy-policy Terms of service: https://www.connectcz.com/terms Terms of use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Grow your circle of friends — anywhere you go.
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Verdict
MySurrey and ConnectCZ both sit at 1.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of ConnectCZ's written reviews are positive against 31% of MySurrey's. ConnectCZ also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 7 months). MySurrey's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. ConnectCZ sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. MySurrey asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 1.0 for MySurrey against 1.0 for ConnectCZ. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 31% of MySurrey's written reviews are positive against 100% of ConnectCZ's.
MySurrey ships an update every 7 months, ConnectCZ weekly. The most recent releases landed on August 23, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MySurrey | ConnectCZ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 30.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 135 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | City of Surrey - British Columbia | Connectcz Platforms Inc. |
Customer experience
MySurrey
ConnectCZ
In-app purchases
MySurrey
No in-app purchases
ConnectCZ
- Premium - Monthly$9.991 Month
- Premium - Yearly$79.991 Year








