Hvr vs GameRAT
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hvr
Create and publish your own website as easily as posting to social media. Engage in conversations on any webpage, discover communities, and curate your online experience by following people and sites. Earn revenue as a Sitepartner.
- Publish to your own website
- Comment on any webpage
- Discover communities
- Curated feeds
- Sitepartner program
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Create and post to your own website: - Publish to your site as quickly as you post to social media. - Be followed and discovered at the online space you control. Start and join conversations on any webpage: - Comment on any website with text, images, videos, and more. - Share your comments with followers and anyone on Hvr. Discover communities at sites you love: - Chat about a site’s content with people who share your interests. - Keep up with any new comments across your favorite sites. Less searching, more finding: - Follow people and websites to get the best of the web curated for you. - Explore your Personalized For You feed and chronological Following Feed. Partner with Hvr: - Earn commissions and recurring revenue as a Sitepartner. - Gain followers and increase engagement on your site.
GameRAT
Connect with a gaming community to rate titles, read friend reviews, and discover new games. Create custom playlists and stay updated on friends' gaming activity. Personalize your profile and share your opinions.
- Rate games
- Read friend reviews
- Get community recommendations
- Create game playlists
- Track friends' activity
- Customize profile
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Join a community centered around gaming. • Rate your favorite titles, read reviews from your friends, and get recommendations from the community. • Create a playlist based on the games you want to play. • Keep up to date with what your friends having been playing. • Customize your profile and get your opinion out there! EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Use: http://www.smashwareapps.com/terms.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hvr at none against GameRAT's 1. Hvr also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 6 weeks). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. GameRAT sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $14.99 per year. Hvr asks for nothing beyond the download.
GameRAT holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 7 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Hvr ships an update every 9 days, GameRAT every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Hvr | GameRAT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (12 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | HVR Technologies | Stephen Mashalidis |
Customer experience
Hvr
GameRAT
In-app purchases
Hvr
No in-app purchases
GameRAT
- RAT Mode$14.991 Year
