Findeling vs Meet First
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Findeling
Discover and engage with local life through a comprehensive platform. Access news, events, products, services, and offers for your city and across Europe, all within a single application.
- Local news and updates
- Event listings
- Product and service discovery
- Local offers and deals
- City-wide bulletin board
- European coverage
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The Local Super App: discover and engage with local life. Everything you need is in one place: news, events, products, services, offers, a bulletin board and much more, all for your city and across Europe. This version of our app comes with a brand-new design: We hope you enjoy the new look as much as we do! If you have any questions or feedback, feel free to get in touch at mail: support@findeling.com.
Meet First
This app facilitates real-world connections at bars and events. Create a digital profile, check in, and discover others nearby to 'match' for networking, friendships, or discreet dating.
- Digital profile creation
- Event check-in via QR/numeric code
- Discover nearby users
- Matching system
- Networking and friendship
- Discreet dating option
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The app that makes the first step for you. And brings you together across the bar. For all those who share a love of bar culture and genuine encounters, who like authentic communication and like to make good use of digital. HOW IT WORKS? You're at a bar or event and want to contact someone? Then create a profile card digitally in the app. After checking in via QR code or numeric code, all interested parties can find each other on the app, select and - 'match'! In this way, we enable relaxed networking, new friendships and discreet dating - if there is mutual interest: A heart symbol on the card stands for "dating".
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Findeling at none against Meet First's 1. Meet First's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Meet First sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Findeling asks for nothing beyond the download.
Findeling ships an update monthly, Meet First every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Findeling | Meet First |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Findeling GmbH | Linn Kuhlmann |
Customer experience
Findeling
Meet First
In-app purchases
Findeling
No in-app purchases
Meet First
- 7 Tage Premium$3.99
