BAOverse vs Gemmy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BAOverse
Explore a virtual world inspired by Taiwanese culture and earn in-app currency by dining at participating restaurants. Use your earned currency to purchase unique digital items that can be redeemed for real-world counterparts. Level up your character to unlock new content and exclusive benefits.
- Interactive restaurant exploration
- Earn BAOcoin by dining
- Spend BAOcoin on in-app items
- Redeem items for real-world counterparts
- Level up characters
- Unlock exclusive perks
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The BAOverse is an interactive restaurant experience app which rewards you for exploring our world where each of our London restaurants represents a different slice of Taiwanese culture. Here’s how it works: Choose a character and start exploring the Map Dine at our restaurants to earn BAOcoin Spend your BAOcoin on unique items in the app. Redeem your BAOverse items for their real world counter parts next time you visit. Keep exploring to level up and unlock more characters and exclusive perks.
Gemmy
Record your favorite meals, review each bite, and create a personalized food journal. Track your culinary experiences and discover new tastes.
- Save favorite dishes
- Rate every bite
- Build a food diary
- Track taste preferences
- Personalized food journal
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Save the dishes you love, rate every bite, and build a food diary that actually reflects your taste.
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Verdict
BAOverse and Gemmy are too close to call on the numbers: across 7 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
BAOverse ships an update every 2 weeks, Gemmy every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BAOverse | Gemmy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 86 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BAO London Ltd | GEMMY INC LTD |
In-app purchases
BAOverse
No in-app purchases
Gemmy
No in-app purchases
