BARQ! vs Getting Together
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BARQ!
Connect with the furry community through a next-generation social app. Discover local furries, join interest-based groups, and find information about meetups, events, and conventions. The platform is continuously evolving with new features and an expanding user base.
- Connect with local furries
- Join communities
- Discover meetups and events
- Attend conventions
- Growing feature set
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Join barq, the next generation social app for furries! Find furries around you, join communities and attend meetups, events and conventions. barq is currently in active development and our user base and feature set is growing constantly. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms and Conditions: https://barq.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://barq.app/privacy
Getting Together
Plan, organize, and manage events with ease. Features include customizable templates, real-time communication, task management, activity scheduling, and expense splitting. Keep track of participants, items, and payments for a seamless event experience.
- Customizable event templates
- Real-time communication and chat
- RSVP and participant tracking
- Task and item checklists
- Activity scheduling
- Expense splitting and reimbursement
- Save past events as templates
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Getting together is an application for all your needs of planning events. We set up a variety of events, communicate and track all the participants, build checklists who is responsible for items, provide a real time mechanism for communication, and can even split expenses among participants. Key features 1. Provides customizable event templates which help the planner to organize, communicate and manage the details of the events being scheduled. 2. Superior communication through real-time event updates, event reminders and notifications, RSVP tracking for all invited guests, provides an update a calendar. We even provide a real-time chat function to manage who brings what and address questions. 3. Checklists - User intuitive method allowing people to distribute tasks and items that are required for a memorable event. 4. Activities - Within an event, create and schedule separate activities for participants enjoy during the events. 5. Flexible and customizable reimbursement functions that allow all participants to track expenses and provide or receive payments to other event participants. 6. Customizable item management functionality which identifies and tracks all items needed to make the event a success. 7. Past events can be saved and used a templates for future events
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Getting Together at 5.0 against BARQ!'s 2.9. Getting Together also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6). BARQ!'s advantage is ratings volume (319 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.8 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. BARQ! sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Getting Together asks for nothing beyond the download.
Getting Together holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BARQ! has 319 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
BARQ! ships an update every 4 weeks, Getting Together every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BARQ! | Getting Together |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (319 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 32.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 319 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.8 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 107 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | BARQ! | Getting2gether LLC |
Customer experience
BARQ!
Getting Together
Bugs and requests
BARQ!
Reported bugs
5 issues- Login/sign-up issues
- Profiles not loading
- Inability to change settings
- Disappearing accounts
- Broken image uploads
Requested features
5 requests- Dark mode option
- Ability to delete chats
- Custom sexuality options
- Improved moderation and safety features
- Better notification system
Getting Together
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
BARQ!
- Silver Supporter$4.991 Month
- Gold Supporter$9.991 Month
- Diamond Supporter$24.991 Month
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- Silver Supporter$54.991 Year
- Gold Supporter$109.991 Year
- Diamond Supporter$274.991 Year
Getting Together
No in-app purchases









