MySurrey vs Circle Social
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.
Circle Social
This app focuses on genuine connection with close friends and real-life plans, cutting out the noise of typical social media. It helps you stay in touch, see what friends are doing, and organize fun activities.
- Genuine connection with close friends
- Discover friends' activities
- Create and join real-life plans
- Intentional and focused social world
- Stay connected without external noise
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Circle is designed for humans to connect. In a world of endless scrolling, noise, and performance, Circle strives to foster genuine connection with close friends. Share moments, and create real life plans. Stay connected with your inner circle without the external noise, check in with the people you care about, see what your friends have been up to, and find fun things to do with your people. Circle makes it easy to: • Stay connected with your close friends. • Discover what your friends are doing. • Create and join fun real-life plans. • Keep your social world intentional and focused. Try Circle Today.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Circle Social at 100% against MySurrey's 31%. Circle Social also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and update cadence (weekly vs every 7 months). MySurrey's advantage is iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.6). On price, ratings volume, ads 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.
Circle Social holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 31% of MySurrey's written reviews are positive against 100% of Circle Social's.
MySurrey ships an update every 7 months, Circle Social weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MySurrey | Circle Social |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 30.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 86 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | City of Surrey | Circle Social Media Inc. |
Customer experience
MySurrey
Circle Social
In-app purchases
MySurrey
No in-app purchases
Circle Social
No in-app purchases
