Roost Social blends real-time pigeon messaging with a private, friends-first social experience. Build your rookery, track real flights on maps, and enjoy weekly rewards, all while connecting with friends by username. It commands regional momentum with top rankings (#2 RU, #9 BE, #21 PT) and a solid rating, supported by 100,000+ total downloads and 160K in the last 30 days.
Pros & Cons
Top regional rankings and a strong rating indicate broad appeal across markets
Real-time map-based messaging creates immersive, live social moments
Friends-first design with private networks and no algorithmic feeds
Progressive gameplay through collecting, feeding, and training birds
No algorithmic feed may limit content discovery
Extensive permissions may raise privacy concerns for some users
About Roost Social
Roost Social is a social app developed by Good Egg LLC.
How many times has Roost Social been downloaded?
Roost Social has been downloaded 370 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 160 thousand times. It is ranked #8 in social.
What is the rating of Roost Social?
Roost Social is rated 4.80 out of 5 stars, based on 4.8 thousand ratings.
Is Roost Social free?
Roost Social is free to download. The APK download size is 109.66 MB. The latest version available is 1.4.33. The last update was on August 20, 2026.
What are the requirements for Roost Social?
The app has a content rating of Medium Maturity. The app has been available on Google Play May 2026.
Description
Roost brings back old school messages. You send a note, a bird picks it up, and it flies across the world to your friends. No instant delivery. No read receipts ten seconds later. Just a little bird in the air, carrying your words, taking the time it takes.
Watch yours and your friends birds fly in real time around the world. Be in the moment. Send something and go live your day. When your bird lands, it lands.
BUILD YOUR ROOKERY Catch birds of every feather. Your favorite New York Pigeon, rare cardinals, mythical phoenixes. Every one has its own speed based on their real speeds. Feed them, level them up, watch your flock grow.
REAL MAPS, REAL FLIGHTS Every delivery flies a real route across a real map. Track your bird as it goes. See where it is, how far it's come, when it's landing.
FRIENDS, NOT FEEDS No algorithms. No endless scroll. Just your people and the birds that carry your words. Add friends by username and keep your circle small and good.
TRAIN YOUR FLOCK Quick mini games boost speed, have fun. A faster pigeon means a faster message. A better flock means a better rookery.
WEEKLY REWARDS Log in for daily drops. Claim new birds from rotating events. Hunt for mythic birds in limited time releases.
Slow your messages down. Send them by pigeon.
Download Roost and launch your first flight.
Recent changes: - Sound is back and now we have music in Bullet Hell! - Play Chess and "4 in a row" with your friends and Penpals - Bigger Group Chats (Nests) with 21 people (and color picking fix) - New Pen Pal Experience and Filters! - Art Contest Starts - Turn off daily challenge notifications - Photo messaging w/ one time send and screenshot detection - Updated Codex for multi language support - Fix for smaller screens selecting locations - Bug fix for shop loading slower than expected - Duplicate fixes
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Fun for bird nerds and people that like kinda-reliable messaging
★★★★★kate rodriguez· Aug 4, 2026
Great app with a super fun concept! I love collecting and caring for birds and sending them to visit friends. The pen pal feature to connect with other users is engaging and well done, too. The games are fun and surprisingly hard, but it's such a rewarding way to level up your birds (and snails and turtles!!). I do wish there was a way to interact with other people's animals when they're in your rookery-even being able to give them a snack or brush them.
★☆☆☆☆Milo F. Titus Zauritz· Aug 2, 2026
Love the concept but why do you need to use AI for the birds :-(
★☆☆☆☆Shane Doyle· Aug 9, 2026
All the bird art is AI which is really disappointing. Also, I don't trust a vibe-coded app which relies so much on location data.
★★☆☆☆M R· Aug 15, 2026
It looks like a really fun app, and I wanted to join since my friend uses it, but unfortunately it doesn't let you make an account. You have to sign in with a Google account. I don't see why there couldn't have been an option to create an account from scratch solely for the app. Why must it be connected to google?
★☆☆☆☆Евгений Тихоренко· Aug 4, 2026
The idea is brilliant, I really like it, too bad I can't verify myself even with Apple ID to start actually messaging my friends. Also, apparently images of birds AI, so I take back what I said about liking the app
★☆☆☆☆Oz Donahue· Aug 9, 2026
An interesting concept for an app, definitely a lot of potential. The mini-games are strange and unnecessary, and the inclusion of AI generated images forces me to give it one star.
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Trust & Safety: Roost Social requests location, network, notification, and audio permissions, along with screen-capture detection and badge-related permissions. This aligns with its map-based real-time features and private social design; users should review permissions and privacy controls.
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