F2Pool vs Gate Authenticator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
F2Pool
Manage your cryptocurrency mining operations from anywhere. Monitor your machines, track revenue, and switch between mining profitable coins with ease. Receive custom alerts for your mining activities.
- Manage multiple mining accounts and currencies
- Monitor worker status and hashrate
- Set custom mining alerts
- Compare mining hardware and view high-yield machines
- Switch between mining profitable coins
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f2pool is the world’s leading mining pool, serving miners in more than 100 countries. Providing the most stable mining service with a low latency rate is our goal. Mining for Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Dogecoin, and about 40 other cryptos, allows our customers to choose the most profitable coin to mine at any given time. The f2pool app offers a simple way for everyone to manage their mining operation. Conveniently manage your mining machines, view your revenue, and even utilize our one-click button to switch between logged-in and anonymous mining. Miners can access every function of the website through the app, including the ability to set up custom alerts for any worker or group. Features 1. View multiple accounts and multiple currencies 2. Multi-level account, worker management, hashrate and status views 3. Worker status alerts with custom alert settings for alarm frequency and sound 4. Read-only pages for guest users 5. Proof-of-work currency rankings to discover new currencies 6. Mining hardware comparison, real-time view of high-yield mining machines
Gate Authenticator
Enhance your account security with this authenticator app. It generates time-based codes for secure logins, withdrawals, and security changes, even offline. Supports multiple accounts and easy setup via QR code.
- Account automatic setup via QR code
- Support multi-accounts
- Time-based code generation
- Offline code generation
- Enhanced account security
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Gate Authenticator, provides an extra layer of security for your Gate account can be used to log in Gate account, withdraw funds, change security settings and more. If you have trouble receiving SMS code, using Gate Authenticator instead is strongly recommended Once set up with key, the Gate Authenticator can generate code without network connection. Features – Support account automatic setup via QR code - Support multi-accounts - Support time based code
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Gate Authenticator at 100% against F2Pool's 41%. Gate Authenticator also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.0). F2Pool's advantage is ratings volume (183 vs 5). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Gate Authenticator holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: F2Pool has 183 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of F2Pool's written reviews are positive against 100% of Gate Authenticator's.
F2Pool ships an update every 3 weeks, Gate Authenticator every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | F2Pool | Gate Authenticator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (183 ratings) | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 183 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | F2Pool Information Technology Co., Ltd. | Gate Technology Incorporated |
Customer experience
F2Pool
Gate Authenticator
In-app purchases
F2Pool
No in-app purchases
Gate Authenticator
No in-app purchases
