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Threadlight

Brightline Social · Social

Forums without the infinite scroll

Rating
4.06 49,042 ratings
Installs
5M+
Content rating
Everyone
Version
6.5.3
Price
Free
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App statistics

Estimated installs

5.23M

Lifetime

Installs, last 30 days

51.5K

+45.9%

Best chart position

#1

Across tracked markets

Rating

4.06

49K ratings

Written reviews

8.5K

85 added in 30 days

Rating change, 30 days

-0.09

Average star rating

Statistics

393 days of tracked history

Estimated installs per day

Modelled daily install volume across all tracked markets.

Screenshots

Illustrative screens generated for this listing, not store imagery.

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  • Home screen

  • Main workspace

  • Search and filters

  • Detail view

  • Settings

About this app

Forums without the infinite scroll.

Threadlight is a social app from Brightline Social. It was built around one idea: give people a tool that opens quickly, works when the network does not, and does not ask for an account before it is useful.

What you get
• Chronological threads
• Per-community rules front and centre
• Text-first, images optional

How it behaves
Everything that can happen on the device happens on the device. Where Threadlight does need a server, it tells you before it sends anything. Settings are plain, exports are open formats, and nothing is locked to this app if you decide to move on.

Threadlight is free and supported by advertising. No purchase is required to use it.

Brightline Social reads every support message. If something is broken, write in and it gets looked at — the release notes name the people who reported each fix.

This is a sample listing in the Appcompass demonstration catalogue.

Chart positions

Best position #1 across 20 markets · measured today

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Pakistan PK

  • #1 Trending overall was #8 7
  • #2 New Releases overall was #1 1

India IN

  • #5 Trending overall was #1 4
  • #7 New Releases overall was #10 3
  • #2 Top Free in Social NEW

United States US

  • #3 New Releases overall NEW
  • #7 Trending overall was #4 3
  • #2 Top Free in Social was #1 1

Nigeria NG

  • #2 New Releases overall was #1 1
  • #3 Trending overall NEW

Mexico MX

  • #2 Trending overall was #1 1
  • #14 New Releases overall was #19 5

Indonesia ID

  • #6 Trending overall NEW
  • #8 New Releases overall NEW
  • #2 Top Free in Social was #1 1
Show 14 more markets

Germany DE

  • #2 New Releases overall was #6 4
  • #21 Trending overall was #20 1

Brazil BR

  • #8 New Releases overall was #14 6
  • #35 Trending overall was #31 4
  • #2 Top Free in Social was #7 5

Canada CA

  • #2 New Releases overall was #5 3
  • #2 Trending overall NEW

Türkiye TR

  • #3 Trending overall was #12 9
  • #6 New Releases overall was #4 2

Russia RU

  • #3 Trending overall NEW
  • #5 New Releases overall was #1 4

South Korea KR

  • #3 Trending overall was #7 4
  • #8 New Releases overall was #9 1

Japan JP

  • #3 Trending overall was #2 1
  • #7 New Releases overall was #5 2

United Kingdom GB

  • #3 Trending overall was #4 1
  • #4 New Releases overall was #11 7

France FR

  • #3 New Releases overall was #1 2
  • #3 Trending overall was #1 2

Egypt EG

  • #4 New Releases overall NEW
  • #10 Trending overall was #15 5

Philippines PH

  • #6 New Releases overall was #10 4
  • #7 Trending overall was #5 2

Australia AU

  • #7 New Releases overall NEW
  • #17 Trending overall was #22 5

Spain ES

  • #7 New Releases overall was #11 4
  • #9 Trending overall was #12 3

Italy IT

  • #9 Trending overall was #16 7
  • #14 New Releases overall was #17 3

Positions are modelled from install and revenue estimates for the latest snapshot, and may differ from the live store charts. Movement compares against the previous snapshot.

Recent reviews

A sample of written feedback. The score below covers all 49K ratings.

All reviews on Google Play

  • My daily driver

    Exactly what I wanted and nothing I did not. Support replied to me in under a day with an actual answer. Worth the money.

    Ayesha K. · 3 weeks ago · version 6.5.3 · 115 found this helpful

  • Quietly excellent

    Does one job and does it properly. The offline support is the real selling point for me. Worth the money.

    Kenji T. · 1 month ago · version 6.5.3 · 256 found this helpful

  • Better than the big names

    Does one job and does it properly. Starts instantly even on my old phone.

    Lucas F. · 2 months ago · version 6.5.3 · 260 found this helpful

  • Nearly five stars

    Good core app, a few rough edges. Sync occasionally needs a nudge before it picks up changes from my other device. Give it a try before you pay for anything else.

    Freya G. · 4 months ago · version 6.5.3 · 197 found this helpful

  • Worth every penny

    Exactly what I wanted and nothing I did not. Updates are regular and the changelog actually says what changed. Recommended regardless.

    Hugo M. · 6 months ago · version 6.5.3 · 357 found this helpful

  • Quietly excellent

    Does one job and does it properly. Support replied to me in under a day with an actual answer. Happy to raise the rating once it is fixed.

    Thandi N. · 7 months ago · version 6.5.3 · 381 found this helpful

4.06

49K ratings

How the written reviews we hold are spread across the five star values
5 43%
4 29%
3 29%
2 0%
1 0%

The spread covers the written reviews we hold for this listing, not all of its ratings.

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