Gil vs Obra
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gil
Discover why working at Gil-Bar is a pleasure and engage with the team before joining. Explore company culture, learn about job opportunities, and submit your application digitally.
- Discover company culture
- Learn about job opportunities
- Engage with the team
- Submit digital applications
- Direct messaging to team
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The Gil-Bar app was developed to elevate the candidate and team experience. It starts by letting the most talented applicants discover why working at Gil-Bar is a pleasure. We care so much about the overall experience, that we want our future hires to engage with our team and learn all about our culture, even before they come on board. Send a direct message to the team, learn about job opportunities, and even submit a digital application.
Obra
Easily discover job opportunities by swiping through postings to indicate interest or disinterest. The app learns your preferences to show you more relevant jobs and tracks your application status, preventing you from being ghosted. Find your ideal job quickly and efficiently.
- Swipe interface for job selection
- Personalized job recommendations
- Application status tracking
- Job filtering by location, salary, title
- Learn user preferences
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Just swipe left, right or up on job postings to indicate whether you're not interested, interested, or you'd like to apply. Obra will then learn your preferences and start showing you more jobs that you're likely to be interested in. You can also filter jobs by location, salary, job title, and more. Once you apply to a job, Obra will let you know the status of your application, so you'll never be ghosted... Obra is the perfect way to find your dream job, fast!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Gil at 5.0 against Obra's 4.7. Obra's advantage is ratings volume (77 vs 4). 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.
Gil holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Obra has 77 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Gil ships an update every 4 months, Obra every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 5, 2026 and August 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gil | Obra |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.7 (77 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 77 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 127 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gil-Bar Industries, LLC | Obra, LLC |
Customer experience
Gil
Obra
In-app purchases
Gil
No in-app purchases
Obra
No in-app purchases
