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mewe: The Safe Network
Social network with chronological feeds, 700,000-plus interest groups and a pledge not to sell your data.
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- Developer
- Sgrouples, Inc.
- Score
- 4.4
- Downloads
- 100K+ ratings
- Age
- Rated 17+
- Version
- 3.1.0
- Price
- Free
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About this app
Groups are the heart of mewe, a general social network from Sgrouples that also makes a point of not selling user data. You post text, photos and video to your followers, can schedule posts ahead of time, and get 2GB of cloud storage free. The feed can be chronological for catching up with people you follow, or switched to a discovery mode for finding new things. More than 700,000 groups exist, public for browsing or private for people you trust, with full control over how your own group runs. Messaging covers group chats and one-to-one threads, plus international voice and video calling. mewe Premium costs $6.49 a month or $69.99 a year and removes ads, lifts limits on worldwide calling, adds full HD video, 100GB of extra storage, stickers and a profile badge.
mewe: The Safe Network: the full guide
What the app is
Groups first, and a promise about data. mewe, from Sgrouples, Inc., is a general social network built around more than 700,000 interest groups, public or private, with a stated policy of not selling what it knows about you. Posts of text, photos or video go to followers, can be scheduled ahead, and 2GB of cloud storage comes free.
The feed can be strictly chronological or flipped to a discovery mode. Messaging includes group chats, one-to-one threads and international voice and video calls. Premium, $6.49 monthly or $69.99 annually, removes ads, lifts calling limits, adds full HD video, 100GB more storage, stickers and a badge.
How it works day to day
Mornings are the chronological feed: everything the people you follow posted since last night, in order, until you reach where you left off. Then the groups. A gardening group, a local-area group, a hobby group with a few hundred members who post daily. That is where most time goes.
Posting is standard: text, a photo, a short video, or something scheduled for later. Group chats run alongside the group pages, and a voice or video call to a friend abroad doesn't need another app. The ads are there on the free tier; Premium removes them and raises the calling limits.
Why people look for it
Disillusionment with the big networks, mainly. People search for mewe after deciding they want a chronological feed and a platform that says it won't sell their data, and the group system is what keeps them. The 100K+ ratings at 4.4 reflect a sizeable community with some grumbles; social networks live or die on who else is there, and that varies by interest.
Look and feel
The five screenshots will show a feed, a group page, a chat and most likely the Premium pitch. mewe's layout is close to the familiar social template, with a timeline, a groups tab and a messenger, so switching from another network takes no learning. The Social category covers it plainly; this is a mainstream design rather than an experimental one.
