Checkmate vs IGOTIN
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Checkmate
Discover your compatibility with others by answering questions about yourself and scanning friends. This app uses advanced technology to calculate your long-term odds together, helping you find your best match.
- Answer personality questions
- Scan friends for compatibility
- Calculate long-term odds
- Discover best matches
- Powered by Nobel Prize technology
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1. Answer questions about who you are and what you care about 2. Scan someone 3. Calculate your long-term odds together Powered by the Nobel Prize-winning technology behind the Marriage Pact. ▶ 157,300,000+ matches evaluated so far Scan anyone you want... until we change our minds (; Who's your best match? Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
IGOTIN
Connect with future and current college students on a campus-based social platform. Find roommates, join group chats, and discover scholarships and career opportunities within your school's community. Verify with your school email for exclusive access to campus life discussions.
- Create and join college communities
- Connect with future classmates
- School-specific group chats
- Find roommates and make friends
- Discover scholarships and internships
- Find career-building jobs
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Create, join, and grow real college communities — all centered around your school. IGOTIN is a campus-based social platform built for real college life. From the moment you get accepted, you can connect with future classmates, join school-specific group chats, and start building your college network early. Got into college? Meet the Class of 2030, find a roommate, make friends, and join group chats for every school you’ve been accepted to. Verify with your school email to unlock exclusive campus communities and ask real students questions about housing, classes, and campus life. More than just chat. On IGOTIN, students also discover scholarships, internships, and career-building part-time jobs — all shared and recommended within their own school communities. Whether you’re an incoming freshman or planning your next career step — this is where your campus life comes together. Terms of Use: https://terms.igotin.app/service Privacy Policy: https://terms.igotin.app/privacy Apple EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
Checkmate and IGOTIN both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 54% of IGOTIN's written reviews are positive against 31% of Checkmate's. IGOTIN also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Checkmate sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days and IGOTIN sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
IGOTIN holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 995 and 2.4K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 31% of Checkmate's written reviews are positive against 54% of IGOTIN's.
Checkmate ships an update every 2 days, IGOTIN every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Checkmate | IGOTIN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (995 ratings) | 4.7 (2.4K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 31.1% of reviews | 53.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 995 | 2.4K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 112 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Marriage Pact | Bondit Community Inc. |
Customer experience
Checkmate
IGOTIN
User reviews
Checkmate
From 995 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🤩 Fun and interactive app
- 👍 Great UI/UX design
- 💡 Interesting concept of personality matching
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent bugs and glitches
- 📵 Account/login issues
- 🤖 Inaccurate compatibility results
- 🚫 Inability to delete account or change answers
IGOTIN
From 2.4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Useful for making early connections
- 🙌 Helpful for finding roommates and friends
- 💡 Good for attending college events
Room to improve
- 💰 Expensive subscription required to access most features
- 🚫 Restricted access to chats and channels without paying
- 🤔 Limited functionality compared to free alternatives
Bugs and requests
Checkmate
Reported bugs
4 issues- Unable to receive verification codes
- Inability to answer new questions due to errors
- Onboarding issues and lost progress
- Compatibility scans not working for many users
Requested features
5 requests- Add MBTI or personality type feature
- Allow users to search and add friends
- Implement a 'send all' option for questions
- Add privacy controls for scan updates
- Improve retrospective analysis of compatibility
IGOTIN
Reported bugs
2 issues- Issues with finding and accessing school-specific communities
- Reported problems with accessing any features without paying
Requested features
2 requests- Allow access to more schools without subscription
- Improve search functionality to find schools easily
In-app purchases
Checkmate
- Checkmate Gold$6.997 Days
- Checkmate Gold$39.991 Year
IGOTIN
- College Membership$14.991 Month
- Membership$0.99
- Today Circle$0.99
- Lifetime Membership$2.99
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- Membership$3.99
- Lifetime Membership$4.99
- Lifetime Plus Membership$14.99
