Ello, The Ad-Free Social Network, Will Launch An iPhone App Today

Remember Ello? The social network which promises to be ad-free will introduce an iPhone app on June 18. Ello announcement for the app is already on the home page of Ello website in flashing words that read ‘’Coming June 18th.’’

Ello quickly turns out to be a favorite website to look at as an alternative to Facebook in the fall of 2014. Everyone needs an invite. The website received 31,000 invite requests per hour at one point, according to the startup.

Ello co-founder Paul Budnitz told that there were “millions of people using Ello on the web” in a company statement, Ello remains secretive about its growth numbers. Ello raised $5.5 million in funding.

Ello utilized this money to redesign the website and build an iOS app as mentioned above and a planned app for Android.

But if any of users want to switch to Ello? Ello pitched itself as a Facebook alternative for those individuals who do not want to be bombarded with ads. Yet people not leave Facebook for Ello. Infact, many people who were discussing about Ello were discussing on Facebook platform.

Via: TechCroc