Team Tailgate vs Joinstar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Team Tailgate
Simplify event planning for gatherings like sporting events, festivals, or beach days. Coordinate with friends and family to ensure all necessary items are accounted for, reducing stress and maximizing enjoyment.
- Group creation for events
- Location designation
- Member coordination
- Item checklist management
- Stress reduction for events
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From sporting events and music festivals to beach days and pot lucks; Team Tailgate is brought to you in order to bring down the stress and boost up the fun. There is always that time when you're trying to set up a great event, invite family and friends, but there is always that struggle to confirm nothing is forgotten! With Team Tailgate, you can create a group, designate the location of your gathering, and coordinate with other members making sure that you have everything thinkable to make the experience a great one. Our Mission Statement: "Create experiences as easily as possible; obtain everlasting memories, and have more fun than ever before." Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Joinstar
Discover and connect with people in your network who are traveling to the same destinations or live in places you're visiting. Never miss an opportunity to meet up with friends again.
- Connect with people traveling to same places
- Find friends visiting your hometown
- Discover people living where you travel
- Never miss meetups with friends
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Joinstar connects you with people in your network that are traveling to the same places as you, living in the places you are traveling to, or visiting your hometown. With Joinstar, you will never miss out on chances to meet up with your friends again.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Joinstar at 5.0 against Team Tailgate's 4.4. Joinstar also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). Team Tailgate's advantage is ratings volume (21 vs 3). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Team Tailgate sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Joinstar asks for nothing beyond the download.
Joinstar holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Team Tailgate has 21 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Team Tailgate's written reviews are positive against 100% of Joinstar's.
Team Tailgate ships an update monthly, Joinstar every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Team Tailgate | Joinstar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (21 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | JR Softwares LLC | Joinstar LLC |
Customer experience
Team Tailgate
Joinstar
In-app purchases
Team Tailgate
- Auto-Renew Monthly Premium$0.991 Month
- Auto-Renew Annual Premium$9.991 Year
- Upgrade to Premium - Monthly$0.99
- Upgrade to Premium - Annual$9.99
Joinstar
No in-app purchases
