Plurk vs nPTT
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Plurk
Connect with friends, family, and others to share thoughts, moments, videos, and artworks. Express yourself freely while ensuring your privacy is protected. Enjoy custom emoticons and private messaging options.
- Share thoughts, moments, videos, and artworks
- Custom emoticons with any image type
- Private messaging for limited visibility
- Connect with friends and family
- Privacy protection for messages
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Discover, connect, and share interesting stuffs with your friends, family, and like-minded folks at Plurk! Grant yourself unlimited ways to express yourself like sharing your thoughts, moments, videos, artworks or simply everyday life tidbits, be they bizarre or serious. And we take it seriously at protecting your privacy -- Never will you worry about your emotional secrets being read by the annoying colleague around the corner, or the nagging aunt in the neighboring state. Highlights of Plurk: - Custom Emoticons: Use emoticons created with any types of images to paint thousand words in your messages -- animated or still, cheerful or sorrow! - Private messages: Limit who can see and reply each of your messages, and turn them into private discussions!
nPTT
Browse PTT forums with or without an account. Features include real-time push notifications and customizable widgets for your home screen. Stay updated on the latest discussions and news directly from your device.
- Guest browsing without an account
- Login with existing PTT account
- Real-time push notifications
- iOS 14 home screen widgets
- Access to latest posts and comments
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下個世代的 Ptt 瀏覽 App！提供以下功能： - 「訪客瀏覽」： 讓你沒有帳號也可以逛 Ptt！ - 「登入帳號瀏覽」： 有帳號的鄉民也可以登入，享受最即時的推文、文章內容！ -「小工具」： 第一個支援 iOS 14 小工具的 App，讓你把 PTT 放在桌面上，不錯過任何最新消息！ 更多功能在開發中，若有任何建議回饋歡迎寄信給「ptt.app.tw@gmail.com」 或上 Facebook 粉絲專頁搜尋「nPtt」給我們喔！ 《使用者條款》https://www.ptt.cc/index.ua.html 《隱私權政策》https://www.privacypolicygenerator.info/live.php?token=D1H4cZrzB2tS3bYZMANigFUebNbgXFFr
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: nPTT at none against Plurk's shown. Plurk's advantage is review sentiment (62% vs 41%) and ratings volume (543 vs 118). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Plurk sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and nPTT sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Plurk against 4.6 for nPTT. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 543 and 118 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 62% of Plurk's written reviews are positive against 41% of nPTT's.
Plurk ships an update every 9 days, nPTT every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Plurk | nPTT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (543 ratings) — better | 4.6 (118 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 62.4% of reviews — better | 40.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 543 — better | 118 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 138 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Plurk Inc. | Hung Fu Tseng |
Customer experience
Plurk
nPTT
Bugs and requests
Plurk
Reported bugs
5 issues- Inability to edit personal profile
- Inconsistent behavior when switching between accounts
- Scrolling issues and UI layout problems on tablets
- Notifications not working as expected
- Difficulty posting new content after updates
Requested features
5 requests- Add video upload capability
- Improve photo/image layout and display
- Provide option to delete account permanently
- Implement app lock feature for privacy
- Add ability to filter/mute content by keywords
nPTT
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Plurk
- 1 Plurk Coin (30 Days)$2.99
- 6 Plurk Coins (180 Days)$12.99
- 12 Plurk Coins (360 Days)$24.99
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- 24 Plurk Coins (720 Days)$49.99
nPTT
- VIP 月訂閱$0.991 Month
- VIP 年度會員$7.991 Year
