What is the best social networking app for iPhone?

BeReal: Photos & Friends Daily, S tier, ranked #1 of 40, rated 4.8 by 1,160,601 people.

Which social networking apps are free?

40 of 40 are free to download: BeReal: Photos & Friends Daily (S), Instagram (S), X (S), Threads (S) and more. 21 of them sell in-app purchases. 10 report no in-app purchases.

Which social networking app has the best App Store rating?

Radiate at 4.9 from 31,174 ratings.

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Best Social Networking Apps for iPhone (2026)

40 apps ranked S through F · Updated 2026-10-19 · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

BeReal: Photos & Friends Daily is the top-ranked of 40 social networking apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.8/5 from 1,160,601 ratings.

1
BeReal: Photos & Friends DailyS
Free · ★ 4.8 · 1,160,601 ratings · score 98
2
InstagramS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 29,611,666 ratings · score 95
3
XS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 11,119,401 ratings · score 94
4
ThreadsS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 2,310,959 ratings · score 93
5
SnapchatS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 5,967,940 ratings · score 93

What belongs in this list

Connect with friends and other people online and keep in touch through a social network.

Not here: a social media post scheduler alone; a social meetup listing alone; a social shopping app alone; a general chatbot alone; a map of friends alone

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

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None at F yet

Compare every app

1
BeReal: Photos & Friends DailyS
Free · ★ 4.8 · 1,160,601 ratings · score 98 · best in class
2
InstagramS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 29,611,666 ratings · score 95 · best in class
3
XS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 11,119,401 ratings · score 94 · best in class
4
ThreadsS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 2,310,959 ratings · score 93 · best in class
5
SnapchatS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 5,967,940 ratings · score 93 · best in class
6
Yope: Friends-Only PhotosS
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 10,850 ratings · score 92 · best in class
7
Yubo: Chat Meet & Make FriendsS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 373,972 ratings · score 92 · best in class
8
LinkedIn: Community & NetworkS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 644,990 ratings · score 92 · best in class
9
mewe: The Safe NetworkS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 294,225 ratings · score 92 · best in class
10
LMK: Make New FriendsA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 49,348 ratings · score 88 · excellent
11
FacebookA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 28,813,754 ratings · score 87 · excellent
12
Truth SocialA
Free · ★ 4.5 · 118,384 ratings · score 86 · excellent
13
Weverse: Connect with ArtistsA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 58,563 ratings · score 85 · excellent
14
Nextdoor: Neighborhood NetworkA
Free · ★ 4.7 · 2,163,666 ratings · score 85 · excellent
15
rednoteA
Free download · ★ 4.9 · 269,826 ratings · score 84 · excellent
16
Blink - Friends locationA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 17,738 ratings · score 84 · excellent
17
Bluesky SocialA
Free download · ★ 3.9 · 13,768 ratings · score 83 · excellent
18
Mighty NetworksA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 74,833 ratings · score 83 · excellent
19
MeetMe: Go Live & Meet PeopleA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 373,760 ratings · score 83 · excellent
20
Litmatch - Make new friendsB
Free download · ★ 4.3 · 5,146 ratings · score 82 · good
21
Tumblr: Social Media & ArtB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.2 · 374,638 ratings · score 81 · good
22
Fishbowl: Professional NetworkB
Free · ★ 4.6 · 23,363 ratings · score 81 · good
23
UpScrolledB
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 3,753 ratings · score 80 · good
24
Sup - Friends & ConversationsB
Free · ★ 4.5 · 5,046 ratings · score 78 · good
25
Connected2.meB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 31,039 ratings · score 77 · good
26
GETTR - A Marketplace of IdeasB
Free · ★ 4.2 · 24,422 ratings · score 76 · good
27
noplace: make new friendsB
Free download · ★ 3.9 · 3,916 ratings · score 75 · good
28
oc social networkB
Free · ★ 4.7 · 8,866 ratings · score 73 · good
29
NGL: ask me anythingB
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 389,039 ratings · score 73 · good · provisional
30
Beer Buddy - Friends AlertsB
Free download · ★ 4.9 · 114,666 ratings · score 72 · good · provisional
31
sendit - get it nowB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 1,541,416 ratings · score 72 · good · provisional
32
IMVU: Fun 3D Avatar Chat GameC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 364,572 ratings · score 72 · situational · provisional
33
RadiateC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 31,174 ratings · score 71 · situational · provisional
34
Clapper: Video, Live, ChatC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 85,320 ratings · score 71 · situational · provisional
35
Social Club ;)C
Free · ★ 4.8 · 4,485 ratings · score 70 · situational
36
ZeeMee: Meet College FriendsC
Free · ★ 4.7 · 27,726 ratings · score 70 · situational · provisional
37
Reco SocialC
Free · ★ 4.7 · 30,007 ratings · score 70 · situational · provisional
38
Fizz: Your Authentic CommunityC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 23,400 ratings · score 69 · situational · provisional
39
LINEC
Free download · ★ 3.2 · 18,479 ratings · score 69 · situational
40
GroupSpotC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 4,447 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional

Beyond the top 40

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Questions people ask

What is the best social networking app for iPhone?: BeReal: Photos & Friends Daily, S tier, ranked #1 of 40, rated 4.8 by 1,160,601 people.
Which social networking apps are free?: 40 of 40 are free to download: BeReal: Photos & Friends Daily (S), Instagram (S), X (S), Threads (S) and more. 21 of them sell in-app purchases. 10 report no in-app purchases.
Which social networking app has the best App Store rating?: Radiate at 4.9 from 31,174 ratings.
How many social networking apps reach S or A tier?: 19 of 40. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.