GroupApp Communities vs Gather Communities
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GroupApp Communities
Stay connected with your communities wherever you are. This app lets you follow discussions, track events, and get important notifications from your groups on the go.
- Community discussions
- Event tracking
- Push notifications
- Mobile access
- Creator tools
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If you are a member or creator of a community hosted on GroupApp, our mobile app allows you to keep up with ongoing community discussions, keep tabs on upcoming events, and receive notifications from your community while on the move.
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 rating: Gather Communities at 4.7 against GroupApp Communities's 4.2. Gather Communities also leads on review sentiment (96% vs 69%) and update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). GroupApp Communities's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Gather Communities sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $30.00 per year. GroupApp Communities asks for nothing beyond the download.
Gather Communities holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gather Communities has 201 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of GroupApp Communities's written reviews are positive against 96% of Gather Communities's.
GroupApp Communities ships an update weekly, Gather Communities every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GroupApp Communities | Gather Communities |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (17 ratings) | 4.7 (201 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.2% of reviews | 95.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 | 201 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GroupApp LLC | GCS Publishing, Inc |
Customer experience
GroupApp Communities
Gather Communities
In-app purchases
GroupApp Communities
No in-app purchases
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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