VERO vs Crave Media
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VERO
Connect authentically with friends and family on a social platform free from ads and algorithms. Share your passions, from music and movies to books and places, in a chronological feed. Create dedicated spaces for communities and engage in live audio and chat.
- Ad-free chronological feed
- Share music, movies, books, and places
- Customizable profile 'Sleeve'
- Community Rooms with live audio
- Chronological chat and calls
- Discovery feature for niche communities
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Ad-free social, built for authentic connection. VERO is a place to share what you love with the people who matter to you. SHARE WHAT YOU LOVE Share the music you're playing, the movie you can't stop thinking about, the book on your nightstand and the place you found last weekend, alongside your photos and video, links, games and apps. Write an Introduction post to recommend someone your community should know. - Each post goes to the people you choose, from close friends to acquaintances and followers - Your feed stays in chronological order, so you see what people share in the order they share it - Add photos, video and posts to your Story - Choose Light, Dark or Blurred in Appearance YOUR SLEEVE™ Your posts live on your profile. Your Sleeve is where you choose what to share beyond them: your world in one shareable link. - Make it unmistakably yours with a wallpaper of your own - Spotlight your favorite profiles and your recent posts - Host multiple Community Rooms - Earn through your Sleeve with a Shop, or a Premium Channel with subscriber-only product drops, exclusive content and special access COMMUNITY ROOMS Community Rooms bring your people together. Each room has chat and live audio, with hosts and listeners, and can be open to all or for subscribing members only. Invite people in from your Story, and find live rooms in Discovery, your Stories and your chats. FIND PEOPLE WHO LOVE WHAT YOU LOVE - The profile images on a post show who else has shared the same thing, and what they said about it - Discover another creator's Sleeve through Suggestions in your navigation - Search shows what's popular in music, movies, TV, books, games, apps and places DISCOVERY Discovery is where communities form around the things you love. Add a Discovery Tag like 'Street' or '35mm' to a photo and it appears in that community. You start as a Newcomer, and as people vouch for you, you become a Member. When you vouch for someone whose work inspires you, you help them get seen. CHAT AND CALLS Chat is where you keep the conversation alive. - Message by text or voice note, one to one or in a group - React to messages, and reply in threads or to a specific message - Pin the people, groups and rooms you talk to most - Sort chats by individual, unread, groups, Community Rooms and requests - Call people you're connected with by video or audio SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION If you subscribe to a Premium Channel through Apple, payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period at the rate of the selected plan. You can manage subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal in Account Settings after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://vero.co/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://vero.co/privacy-policy
Crave Media
This platform empowers creators to produce and monetize both human and AI-generated content. Fans can enjoy a diverse range of content without the need for subscriptions.
- Create human content
- Create AI content
- Monetize content
- No fan subscriptions
- Unified platform
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Crave is the world's first platform where creators can create, post, and monetize both human and AI content in one place — and fans enjoy it with no subscriptions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Crave Media at 5.0 against VERO's 4.2. Crave Media also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). VERO's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (1.5K vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. VERO sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Crave Media sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Crave Media holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VERO has 1.5K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
VERO ships an update every 3 weeks, Crave Media weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VERO | Crave Media |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (1.5K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 59.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.5K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 661 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Vero Labs Inc | Crave Media, LLC |
Customer experience
VERO
Crave Media
Bugs and requests
VERO
Reported bugs
3 issues- Frequent crashes and loading issues
- Unreliable verification code delivery
- Inconsistent behavior across devices
Requested features
4 requests- Add text-only post option
- Improve search and discovery
- Introduce stories or similar feature
- Expand to more platforms (web, iPad)
Crave Media
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
VERO
- UTRB Monthly$1.991 Month
- Thunder Jackson Monthly$2.991 Month
- Monthly Creator Subscription$4.991 Month
Crave Media
- Quick Hit - 1,000 Credits$17.99
- Flirt Pack - 2,500 Credits$39.99
- Crave Pack - 5,000 Credits$74.99
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- Power Pack - 10,000 Credits$134.99
- Pro Pack - 20,000 Credits$269.99
- Obsession Pack - 50,000 Credits$679.99









