2nd1st - Truth, News & Social icon

Howly

For users seeking reduced content moderation and news discourse outside mainstream social media platforms.

1app4.5(5.8K)News

Snapshot

Who is Howly?

Providing a community-moderated social platform for users seeking news discourse outside mainstream digital ecosystems.

Target audience

Users seeking reduced content moderationNews discourse outside mainstream social media platforms

Rivals analysis in progress

Portfolio

Free 1
1
app
News1

Last updated

2nd1st - Truth, News & Social

v1.2.34

1.9y ago

Dormant

Publisher DNA

What defines Howly?

Publisher DNA

Primary focus

Alternative social media and news platform

Scale

indie

Target audience

Users seeking reduced content moderation and news discourse outside mainstream social media platforms.

Signature Patterns

  • Focus on free speech and open discourse positioning
  • Utilization of human moderators and community review processes
  • Infrastructure independence via privately owned datacenters
  • Subscription-based monetization model
Dormant

Portfolio momentum

The single title in the portfolio has seen zero releases in the last 6 months and is currently classified as abandoned.

Active apps 0Abandoned 1

Portfolio

What does Howly ship?

Apps

1 app analysed

The Analyst's Read

The bottom line on Howly

Bottom line

Howly, Inc. occupies a specific ideological niche in the news category with a high-rated flagship, but the lack of recent development activity suggests a stagnant or maintenance-only trajectory.

Frequently asked questions

How many apps does Howly publish?
Howly has 1 app tracked by Marlvel, primarily in the News category.
What kind of apps does Howly make?
Howly's portfolio is concentrated in News, with an average rating of 4.5/5 across rated apps.
What is Howly's top app?
By review volume across the portfolio, 2nd1st - Truth, News & Social is Howly's best-known app tracked by Marlvel.

What fed this analysis

Apps analyzed:
1
With full intel:
0
With overview:
1
Website scraped:
yes
Social presence:
no

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AI-powered analysis with automated quality gates, built from publicly available sources. Marlvel.ai is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Howly, its developer, the app publisher, Apple, or Google Play. All trademarks, logos, and screenshots referenced remain the property of their respective owners.

Cite this report

Marlvel.ai. “Howly intelligence.” Updated 2026-04-24. https://marlvel.ai/publishers/howly-inc

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