Sniper's Hide vs Gather Communities
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sniper's Hide
Connect with a large community of long-range shooting enthusiasts. Share photos, videos, and resources, and engage in discussions about precision rifles and tactical marksmanship. Enjoy private messaging and customizable notifications for a personalized experience.
- Save, follow, hide, and watch content
- Post pictures, videos, and resources
- Private messaging and notifications
- Join and read discussions
- React to content
- Light and dark mode
- XenForo integration
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Sniper’s Hide is a community dedicated to snipers of all kinds, focusing on long range shooting, accuracy, and ballistics. Engage with over 100,000 members on topics of precision rifles, serious tactical marksmanship, and more. -- Welcome to the Sniper’s Hide community! Everything you loved about engaging with our community now in a mobile experience. Enjoy quick access to the latest activity, custom gesture support, and set preferences for what you receive notifications about. Features include: *Save, follow, hide, watch content and more with a simple swipe *Post pictures, videos, and a variety of resources *Chat privately and get notified of messages *Start, join, or read discussions *React to content easily *Light and dark mode to update automatically based on your native preferences *Integration with XenForo This app is uses the standard Apple End User License Agreement which can be found here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Gather Communities
Consolidate all your online communities into a single, streamlined application. Browse, post, and follow discussions across multiple platforms with one account. Easily create and manage your own community spaces without technical hurdles.
- Unified community access
- Browse, post, and follow discussions
- Single account for all communities
- Easy community creation
- Privacy-focused design
- No algorithms or data harvesting
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Stop juggling dozens of forum apps and browser tabs. Gather brings thousands of communities together in one fast, beautiful app. Browse, post, and follow the conversations you care about across all your Gatherings with a single account. Want to build your own community? Create a Gathering in minutes. No technical setup. No licensing fees. Just a place for your people to connect. Gather is privacy-focused by design. No algorithms deciding what you see. No data harvesting. Just real conversations. Bring your people home. Terms of Service: https://gather.forum/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://gather.forum/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Gather Communities at 96% against Sniper's Hide's 25%. Gather Communities also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.8) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). Sniper's Hide's advantage is iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Sniper's Hide sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month and Gather Communities sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $30.00 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Gather Communities holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gather Communities has 201 ratings behind it against 26, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Sniper's Hide's written reviews are positive against 96% of Gather Communities's.
Sniper's Hide ships an update every 2 months, Gather Communities every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sniper's Hide | Gather Communities |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (26 ratings) | 4.7 (201 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 95.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 26 | 201 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sniper's Hide LLC | GCS Publishing, Inc |
Customer experience
Sniper's Hide
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In-app purchases
Sniper's Hide
- Supporter Monthly$19.991 Month
- Supporter Plus (Monthly)$39.991 Month
- Supporter (Annual)$199.991 Year
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- Commercial Member (Monthly)$199.991 Month
Gather Communities
- Bronze Membership$30.001 Year
- Silver Membership$60.001 Year
- Gold Membership$119.991 Year
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- Platinum Membership$200.001 Year
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