Pheed Competing Facebook and Twitter

Pheed is a social media app which was launched in October 2012 last year for iPhone users. The app can be downloaded from Apple’s store while browsing through the category of social networking. 

These days, the app is getting on No.1 which is also leading the high ranked Facebook and Twitter and it’s standing on that position since the last week. One of the main users or we can say the target audience for the app are youngsters who used to heavily browse or interact through Facebook and Twitter. The youngsters are fueling its growth as the app is converting many young users to get on it. 

On the other side, it is claimed that it just only focus on teens but according to the user base 81% comprise of teens. Reportedly, it is being said that youngsters who were using Instagram and Twitter are now using Pheed with more enthusiasm.  O.D Kobo who is the founder of Pheed is inspired from Tumblr, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram apps as he added all those features which are present in one but not in others. Like filtering in Tumblr, it isn’t there in Twitter. He looked deeply as a user what’s missing and then introduces in Pheed which is why the app is getting hotter these days. 

So far, the rating is 4.5% which is really inspiring. This app has got 1500 reviews as there is no big surprise due to the simplicity it offers. Astoundingly, the features of the app are user friendly. You can take photos; can record audio or a video, update status and much more.

What makes it different? Paywall is one of the most interesting things in the application. You can put your content behind the Pay wall if wants to. It can be charged from $1.99 to $3.99 per view and per month you can charge from $1.99 to $34.99. Also, for ownership you can place the watermark. This means each time you share, you will have the ownership.

After the launch of the application, CNN Money has declared it to be the 7 Social Networks to Watch in 2013. According to the team of the application, it is being hoped that it will divert 10 million users around the world. There are questions revolving, either it will be able to disturb two giants: Facebook and Twitter.Yes, it may be but on factual grounds it is rapidly gaining hype in youngsters.