Comparison

Agility Builder vs Gate Steward

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Agility Builder

Design, detail, and view agility and hoopers courses in 3D on your iPad. Share your creations with friends and access them on your iPhone. Offers flexible design tools and course management.

Highlights
  • Design agility and hoopers courses
  • Drag, rotate, and scale obstacles
  • Add course details (Judge, Venue, Date)
  • View courses in 3D
  • Share courses with friends
  • Access courses on iPhone
Features
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Build and share your Agility and Hoopers Courses on your iPad! On your iPad, full flexibility in designing and detailing all aspects of your courses. Enjoy the simplicity of dragging, rotating and scaling your obstacles with the touch of your fingers. On your iPhone view your Courses. On your iPhone you cannot design courses, but you can look at them. Add details about your courses - Judge, Venue, Date, your own personal notes, and much more. View your courses in 3D! Share your courses with your friends! SUBSCRIPTION TERMS Monthly: $0.99 Yearly: $9.99 Lifelong: $39.99 Agility Builder is available as a one-time purchase or on a subscription basis either monthly or yearly. Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You will not be able to cancel your subscription once activated and refunds will not be provided for any unused portion of the term. You can turn off auto-renew any time from your iTunes account settings. Prices are for US customers and are subject to change without notice. Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence. Get in touch: Shoot us an email: support@agilitybuilder.ch Visit our website: agilitybuilder.com Terms and Conditions: http://www.agilitybuilder.ch/legal/termsEN.html Privacy policy: http://www.agilitybuilder.ch/legal/privacyEN.html

About

Gate Steward

This app streamlines dog agility show management by digitizing gate processes. It helps check-in dogs, manage conflicts, and update run orders in real-time for competitors using the Agility Gate system, reducing ring congestion.

Highlights
  • Digital check-in for dogs
  • Marking scratches and conflicts
  • Reordering dog runs
  • Real-time run order updates
  • Reduced ring congestion
  • Agility Gate system integration
Features
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Dog sports shows need all the help they can get to keep things moving at a quick and efficient pace. As more and more people enter shows, trying to manage the process of getting dogs into the ring on-time becomes even more difficult. The Gate Steward app helps manage the processes at the gate digitally, and helps keeps things moving. You can use the app to check-in dogs, mark scratches, conflicts, move dogs around in the run order. It automatically updates the run orders for all competitors using the Agility Gate system, so they can see changes in real-time. It can also help reduce congestion around the ring since people don't need to crowd around the gate sheets trying to see which dogs are running next.

Screenshots

Agility Builder1 screens
Gate Steward3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Gate Steward at 4.6 against Agility Builder's 3.0. Gate Steward also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (10 vs 2). Agility Builder's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Agility Builder sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Gate Steward asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Gate Steward holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gate Steward has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Agility Builder ships an update monthly, Gate Steward every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Agility Builder versus Gate Steward: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAgility BuilderGate Steward
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)4.6 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings210 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPeter GrutterRoger Ly

Customer experience

Agility Builder

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Gate Steward

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Agility Builder

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$0.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Unlock Forever!$59.99
None

Gate Steward

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Agility Builder free?
Agility Builder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gate Steward free?
Gate Steward is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Agility Builder or Gate Steward?
Gate Steward is rated higher. Agility Builder averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Gate Steward averages 4.6 from 10 ratings.
Do Agility Builder or Gate Steward have ads?
Neither Agility Builder nor Gate Steward shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Agility Builder or Gate Steward?
Agility Builder ships an update monthly, and Gate Steward every 4 months. Most recently, Agility Builder was updated on October 12, 2026 and Gate Steward on September 27, 2026.

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