EcoHero vs Gather
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
EcoHero
Track your daily eco-friendly activities and visualize their positive impact on the environment. Learn sustainable living tips, reduce your footprint, and inspire others to join the movement.
- Track eco activities (meals, transport, plastic)
- Visualize water, land, CO2, and plastic savings
- Eco Calendar for sustainable days
- Learn about environmental impact of daily habits
- Share activities and motivate others
- Eat greener and reduce plastic waste
- Travel eco-friendly
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Small changes in your everyday decisions can have a significant impact on the environment. Track activities beneficial for the planet and see your impact. TRACK YOUR ECO ACTIVITIES & SEE YOUR IMPACT • Track your meals, transport, plastic usage and all kinds of eco activities. • See the amounts of Water, Land, CO2 and Plastics you are saving/reducing. • Fill your eco Calendar with Vegan, Vegetarian, Car-free or Plastic-free days. • Check your monthly summaries to see your overall contribution and progress. LEARN HOW TO LIVE MORE SUSTAINABLE Learn how modes of transport, meals you consume and other daily activities differ in their environmental impact. • Learn how much CO2 is produced and how much water and land consumed by your daily activities. • See how little changes in your daily habits can make a huge difference in your footprint. • Read "Did you know?" and “Interesting facts” and widen your environmental knowledge. INSPIRE OTHERS Encourage each other in caring about the planet. Share your activities and motivate your friends or other users. • Your tracked activities are posted in your feed, visible for your followers. • Share your activities and summaries further on your favorite social networks, e.g. Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter. EAT GREENER Replace your meat meals with more eco-friendly options and see your impact. • Track the amounts of water, land and CO2 saved/reduced per portion. • See the footprint difference between vegan, vegetarian, fish and meat meals. • Complete vegan and vegetarian weekly challenges. REDUCE PLASTIC WASTE Replace single-use plastics with their reusable alternatives. • Track your usage of reusable cups, bottles, bags or lunch boxes. • Complete plastic-free challenges or try plastic-free shopping. TRAVEL ECO FRIENDLY Leave your car at home and try an eco-friendlier way of transport. • Replace your car by train, bus or public transport and see how much you've reduced your carbon footprint. • Already living car-free? Walk or bike and compare carbon footprint to other modes of transport. • Complete the “car-free week” challenge and receive an extra badge. Terms of service: https://ecohero.app/terms-of-service/ Privacy policy: https://ecohero.app/privacy-policy/
Gather
This app allows you to create private, invite-only groups for your family, friends, or clubs. Easily share plans like dinner or events, and manage shared items like season tickets within your trusted circles. It offers a simple way to coordinate activities without public feeds or algorithms.
- Create private, invite-only circles
- Share plans in seconds
- One-tap joining for plans
- Centralized plan comments
- Manage shared tickets
- No public feeds or algorithms
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Gather is a private, invite-only app for the people already in your life. Make a Circle for your family, your friends, your book club, your neighborhood, or your team. Share what you're already doing. Dinner tonight. A hike this weekend. An extra ticket. Coffee after work. The right people see it and tap to join. How Gather works • Post a plan in seconds. A dinner, a walk, a rodeo night, a quick coffee. • Join with one tap. Anyone in the Circle says "I'm in." • Keep it in one place. Comments live on the plan, so nobody digs through a group text for the details. • Private by design. No public feeds, no algorithms, no follower counts. Invite-only. Shared tickets, sorted Gather started as a way for one family to pass around their Houston Rodeo season tickets. Claim a date, confirm the handoff, and everyone knows who has them tonight. It works for any AXS-transferred season pass shared inside a private Circle. Who it's for Families. Friend groups. Book clubs. Sports and activity groups. Neighborhood crews. Anyone who shares season tickets. Free to use A new Circle is free, with room for up to 10 members. Gather Plus adds unlimited Circles and unlimited members for $4.99 a month or $47.99 a year. Posting plans, joining plans, and handing off tickets are never paywalled. No ads. No algorithms. Just your Circle. Gather Plus is an auto-renewable subscription. $4.99 USD per month or $47.99 USD per year (about $4.00 a month). Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation. It renews automatically unless you turn it off at least 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://zuccigather.com/legal/privacy Terms of Use: https://zuccigather.com/legal/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Gather at none against EcoHero's shown. Gather also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). EcoHero's advantage is ratings volume (27 vs 2). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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. EcoHero sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Gather sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Gather holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: EcoHero has 27 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
EcoHero ships an update monthly, Gather every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | EcoHero | Gather |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (27 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 90.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 27 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 102 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BytePioneers s. r. o. | James Yen |
Customer experience
EcoHero
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In-app purchases
EcoHero
- GuardianHero Membership$1.991 Month
- GuardianHero Membership$2.991 Month
- GuardianHero Membership$4.991 Month
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- GuardianHero Membership$9.991 Month
- GuardianHero Yearly Membership$19.991 Year
- GuardianHero Yearly Membership$29.991 Year
- GuardianHero Yearly Membership$49.991 Year
- GuardianHero Yearly Membership$99.991 Year
Gather
- Gather Plus Monthly$4.991 Month
- Gather Plus Annual$47.991 Year









