Impact Network vs Gather
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Impact Network
This app connects physicians with pharmaceutical promotion research. Members provide real-time insights on how promotional efforts influence prescribing behavior, helping to shape the future of the healthcare industry. Participants receive honorariums for their contributions.
- Real-time feedback on pharmaceutical promotion
- International physician panel
- Country and specialty tailored experience
- Generous honorarium packages
- Influence healthcare industry future
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Impact Network is the healthcare industry’s leading pharmaceutical promotion research organization. Our international panel of physicians helps us understand how pharmaceutical promotion efforts influence prescribing behavior. Using the latest mobile technology, our physicians provide their valuable insight on the impact of pharmaceutical promotion as it occurs. This ‘real time’ approach sets our organization apart from all others in the industry. As an Impact Network member, you will provide your expertise and insights via our mobile app to help influence the future of the healthcare industry. The app is tailored for your specific country and specialty. We also provide international support to make your experience in our study easy and enjoyable. In return for their participation, physicians receive a generous honorarium package and opportunities to earn additional honorarium through various research projects. For more information about Impact Network, please download this app and tap register@impactrx.com on the log in screen to send us an email. We will contact you with additional information about our program.
Gather
Facilitates collaborative, user-centric education and training for adult learners. Create invitation-based groups for mentorship, peer connections, and expert access. Offers self-study materials, group challenges, and live interactions with reporting tools.
- Collaborative learning experiences
- Invitation-based groups
- Mentorship and peer connections
- Access to subject matter experts
- Self-study materials
- Group challenges
- Live interactions
- Reporting and analytics
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Gather-ed is an innovative mobile application designed to provide highly collaborative, user-centric education and training experiences. Used by thousands of adult learners, Gather-ed provides the opportunity to create small, invitation-based groups of motivated participants seeking mentorship, peer connections, and access to subject matter experts. Each group provides participants with self-study materials, group challenges, and opportunities for live interactions with group members. Every program is also supported with robust reporting and analytic tools.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Gather at 100% against Impact Network's 50%. Gather also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.5). Impact Network's advantage is ratings volume (43 vs 2). 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.
Gather holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Impact Network has 43 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Impact Network's written reviews are positive against 100% of Gather's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on July 6, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Impact Network | Gather |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (43 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 43 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | ImpactRx, Inc. | HealthCourse, Inc. |
Customer experience
Impact Network
Gather
In-app purchases
Impact Network
No in-app purchases
Gather
No in-app purchases
