Meetup: Social Events & Groups
What is Meetup?
Meetup is a social networking app for joining or creating groups and events, both online and in person, around shared interests. Users can browse events by category, keyword, or on a map, save events, and message other members. The app uses precise device location to recommend local events hosted by local groups.
Pricing. Meetup: Social Events & Groups is free to download, with in-app purchases on the App Store.
Good for
- Finding a local tech or professional community
- Joining hobby groups and attending in-person events
- Hosting and scheduling your own group events
Screenshots
Why this app is in S tier
Meetup scores 96 out of 100: rating 94, rating count 96, App Store search rank 94, update recency 100. The four parts are averaged with no weights, and S tier follows from that score within this list. The full explanation, as data.
Description
Pursue your interests with people who share them, both online and in person. With over 60 million members, Meetup helps you build a career network, discover a tech community, create a personal brand, make time for your hobbies, and meet friends who share similar interests. Easily meet people you know you’ll get along with and create groups of friends that will be as excited as you to embrace your hobbies, participate in online or local events or engage in discussions. Download the Meetup app and host your own events or join one of the 100,000 Meetup events with new people happening every week. Discover local and online events Meet new people and get matched with over 330,000 groups and friends based on your network of interests, from tech conferences to free yoga and everything in-between Explore online or local events by category, search by keyword, or see what’s popular in your area with a map Save events you’re interested in and come back to them later. Pick and choose the people and friends you want to meet at all the events that you like Have discussions with the people you meet and use direct messaging to stay in touch with your new friends Meet people who are interest
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Alternatives
See all 39 ›Where else it ranks
- Best Community Finding AppsS tier, #1, score 93
- Best Activity Discovery AppsS tier, #3, score 97
- Best Event Discovery AppsA tier, #8, score 92
Questions about Meetup
Does Meetup use my location?
Yes. The app uses your device's precise location (GPS and network-based) to recommend Meetup events hosted by local groups.
Can I host my own events?
Yes. You can create a group on a topic you choose, then host online or in-person events, schedule them, and manage the group from anywhere.
Is Meetup free?
Meetup is free to download, with in-app purchases.
What is Meetup good for?
Meetup is built for finding a local tech or professional community, joining hobby groups and attending in-person events, hosting and scheduling your own group events. It sits in the making friends list on AppTierList.
Is Meetup worth it?
Meetup is S tier, ranked #1 of 40 making friend apps with a score of 96 out of 100, from a 4.7 App Store rating across 272,669 ratings. That is the top of its list.
How does Meetup compare to Peeps?
Meetup is S tier at 96; Peeps is S tier at 96. They score the same. Meetup is free to download, with in-app purchases, Peeps is free to download, with in-app purchases.
How often is Meetup updated?
Meetup was updated 4 days ago, which counts in its favour.
All the facts
- List
- Making Friends
- Tier
- S (Best in class)
- Score
- 96 / 100
- Rank in list
- #1 of 40
- Ranking certainty
- settled
- Price
- Free + IAP
- App Store rating
- 4.7 out of 5
- Number of ratings
- 272,669
- Recent reviews
- 1.9 from 20 in the last 180 days
- Current version
- (4 days ago)
- App Store data read
- App Store category
- Social Networking
- Good for
- Finding a local tech or professional community, Joining hobby groups and attending in-person events, Hosting and scheduling your own group events
- Requires
- iOS 16.0 or later
- Size
- 271 MB
- Age rating
- 12+
- Languages
- 12
- Developer pages
- Website · Support · Privacy policy
- Maker
- unclaimed
- As data
- JSON · why it ranks here
Ranking refreshed · how it is computed