Gift vs PlateLicker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gift
This social media platform focuses on genuine connections by allowing users to send "Gifts" to others, celebrating relationships instead of self-promotion. Users can join communities based on interests and discover like-minded individuals. Profiles reflect real connections and what matters to the people in their lives.
- Interest-based communities
- Send "Gifts" to others
- Focus on relationships
- No self-promotion
- User-controlled profiles
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Social media should be social. Gift brings that back. Join communities around your interests. Find your people. See who they really are. On Gift, you can't promote yourself. Instead, you send Gifts to people you care about—photos, videos, links, anything that reminds you of them. They decide what they want to show. Their profile becomes a reflection of their real relationships and what matters to the people in their life. Celebrate others. Find your people. Be yourself.
PlateLicker
This app allows users to share recipes, create collaborative digital cookbooks, and organize potlucks. Connect with other cooking enthusiasts in interactive groups to exchange tips and make every meal a shared adventure.
- Share favorite recipes
- Craft collaborative cookbooks
- Organize potlucks
- Manage guest dishes
- Join interactive cooking groups
- Exchange cooking tips
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Cook Together and Share Recipes! PlateLicker is the ultimate app for recipes and potlucks! Share your favorite recipes, craft collaborative digital cookbooks, and organize potlucks where you can easily manage and approve guest dishes in advance! Join interactive groups where you can connect with fellow cooking enthusiasts and exchange tips. Whether you’re a seasoned chef or a novice in the kitchen, PlateLicker fosters a collaborative cooking experience that brings people together through food. Start your culinary journey today and make every meal a shared adventure!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Gift at none against PlateLicker's 4. Gift also leads on ratings volume (51 vs 12). PlateLicker's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. PlateLicker sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Gift asks for nothing beyond the download.
PlateLicker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 51 and 12 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Gift ships an update every 5 days, PlateLicker every 9 days. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Gift | PlateLicker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (51 ratings) | 5.0 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 51 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, Mac | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 357 MB | 217 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Giffft Inc. | PlateLicker, Inc. |
Customer experience
Gift
PlateLicker
In-app purchases
Gift
No in-app purchases
PlateLicker
- Buy us snacks!$9.99
- Buy us breakfast!$24.99
- Buy us lunch!$59.99
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- Buy us dinner!$99.99
