Comparison

BART vs Gammel

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

BART

This application enhances communication and information access for emergency services personnel. It provides tools for team coordination, message feeds, and resource location, aiming to improve response times and safety.

Highlights
  • Pager message feed
  • Message centre
  • Parallel notifications (SMS, email, push)
  • Member qualifications
  • Rostering and availability
  • Mapping and geolocation
  • Incident routing
Features
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Are you a volunteer or professional emergency services worker? Stay connected with your team and find the information you need quickly and easily with BART. Don’t let limited budgets and resources stop you from doing the work that keeps your community safe! Bringing together a range of information critical to the event at hand, BART facilitates stronger communication between teams, safer working environments and quicker response times. BART helps teams communicate better: - Pager message feed (for approved members) - Message centre - Parallel SMS, email and push notifications - Member qualifications - Rostering, availability and attendance BART makes it easy to find the right information: - Mapping and geolocation - Incident routing - Resource locations (using map layers) - Estimated arrival time to headquarters Please note you must be registered for BART to use this Application. Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

About

Gammel

Track the ages of loved ones, including babies, pets, and anniversaries, with customizable widgets for your devices. Visualize milestones and special dates with beautiful designs and smart framing.

Highlights
  • Customizable widgets for Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Apple Watch
  • Multiple widget styles and photo display options
  • Automatic conversion of pet ages to animal years
  • Anniversary tracking with traditional naming
  • Widget Playground for previewing designs
  • iCloud sync across Apple devices
  • Birthday and anniversary notifications
Features
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Gammel is the age tracker for puppies, babies, anniversaries, and everyone else you love - with beautiful widgets for your Home Screen, Lock Screen, Apple Watch, and Mac. Puppies, dogs, cats, babies, toddlers, anniversaries - all in one place, always a glance away. BEAUTIFUL NEW WIDGETS Gammel 2.0 brings a completely redesigned widget system, built to make the people and pets you love the centrepiece of your devices. - 7 photo widget styles: Badge, Fade, Embossed, Instant, Gallery, Magazine, and the retro-CRT Terminal - 5 dashboard widget styles to show multiple ages at once - Every widget can override the app theme with one of 11 colour palettes, or pull its tint straight from the photo - Smart subject detection frames faces and pets automatically, so widgets always look their best - Available on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac - Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Standby FOR PET OWNERS Just got a puppy or kitten? Gammel shows their age in weeks, then months, then years - and automatically converts it to their animal age in dog or cat years. FOR PARENTS Never do sleep-deprived maths again. Gammel shows your baby's age in the most appropriate way - weeks, then months, then years - so you always know exactly how old they are. FOR ANNIVERSARIES Track how long you've been married, together, or in any relationship. Select Wedding as your anniversary type and Gammel will show you the traditional anniversary name - Paper, Silver, Gold, and more. WIDGET PLAYGROUND Not sure which style suits your photo? The new in-app Widget Playground lets you preview every style, size, and theme with your own data before you add it to your Home Screen. APPLE WATCH Filter items by type directly on your wrist, with filters that persist between sessions. A subtle sync indicator keeps you informed when iCloud is updating your data. EVERYTHING ELSE - Add children, grandchildren, friends, family, and pets - anyone whose age matters to you - Assign photos to any person, pet, or anniversary directly from Photos, Safari, or any app using the iOS Share Sheet - Get notified on birthdays and anniversaries with flexible notification scheduling - Filter your dashboard by people, pets, or events - and show or hide archived items - Group and favourite to keep your most important people front and centre - Search across names, groups, and item types to quickly find who you're looking for - Archive entries to preserve their history - Crop and personalise photos - Shortcuts support for power users - Your data syncs across iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac via iCloud "During the first few years of my son's life I would need to know his age in weeks, then months, and I was always having to stop and think and do maths in my head. I created Gammel so I could have a widget on my phone as a quick and easy reminder." - Luke, developer of Gammel

Screenshots

BART4 screens
Gammel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: BART at Free against Gammel's $1.99. BART also leads on rating (3.0 vs 1.0) and review sentiment (60% vs 50%). On ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

BART is free to download; Gammel costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BART holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of BART's written reviews are positive against 50% of Gammel's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
BART versus Gammel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBARTGammel
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews59.6% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEMERG SOLUTIONS PTY LTDLuke Johnson

Customer experience

BART

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews47 reviews
Positive59.6%
Neutral19.1%
Negative21.3%

Gammel

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

BART

No in-app purchases

None

Gammel

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BART free?
BART is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gammel free?
Gammel costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BART or Gammel?
BART is rated higher. BART averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Gammel averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do BART or Gammel have ads?
Neither BART nor Gammel shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BART or Gammel?
BART ships an update every 6 weeks, and Gammel every 6 weeks. Most recently, BART was updated on October 20, 2026 and Gammel on October 24, 2026.

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