Comparison

Loop vs Gather

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

Head to head
About

Loop

Connect with new people through your existing social circle and shared communities. Discover potential matches by seeing who your friends know and requesting introductions. Facilitates connections based on events, locations, and shared interests.

Highlights
  • Matchmaking through friends
  • Request introductions
  • Event-based groups
  • Location-based groups
  • Community matching
  • Professional matchmaker integration
Features
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Loop is the social network for meeting and matchmaking through friends, events, and communities. On Loop, everyone plays matchmaker for their single friends. Singles can also see who their friends know and ask for intros through the app, removing any social friction and making matchmaking easy. In addition to meeting through friends, people on Loop can meet and matchmake through groups centered around events, locations, professional matchmakers, and other communities. Loop groups for coffee shops, gyms, alumni networks, or parties can help maximize the odds that singles connect with someone who they could have met in real life. Loop is free to download and use. Sign up, indicate if you’re single or just there to set up friends, invite your friends, and start suggesting life changing matches! Our app uses Apple's standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Gather

Discover and plan social gatherings in your city. Find events happening nearby or create your own spontaneous meetups. Invite friends, manage RSVPs, and coordinate your night out.

Highlights
  • Discover local events
  • Plan future events
  • Invite friends
  • Track RSVPs
  • Spontaneous meetup creation
  • City event search
Features
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GATHER is the app that wants to get you to stop scrolling on your phone and start making memories on any night. Gather lets you find out what's going on in your city at the touch of a button. Plan events in advance, invite your friends, track your attendee's RSVPs, and plan out the night via our events. Have nothing to do today and want to change that? Search events near you and find the vibe for the day or make the first move and spontaneously call your gang that you're out and are looking to make your party even larger with the Gather functionality.

Screenshots

Loop4 screens
Gather4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Gather at 100% against Loop's 38%. Gather also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 13) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Loop's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (1K vs 2). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Loop sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per month. Gather asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Gather holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Loop has 1K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of Loop's written reviews are positive against 100% of Gather's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Loop ships an update every 6 weeks, Gather every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Loop versus Gather: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLoopGather
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews37.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB83 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperLOOOPMEIN INC.Cole Smith

Customer experience

Loop

All ratings1,016 ratings
Positive89.9%
Neutral4.0%
Negative6.1%
Written reviews80 reviews
Positive37.5%
Neutral10.0%
Negative52.5%

Gather

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Loop

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes after recent updates
  • Registration screen issues on certain devices
  • Constant log-out problems
  • Unreliable location feature

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to communicate with matches
  • Improved search and filtering options
  • Notification system for match outcomes
  • Tools to help grow matchmaker groups
  • More detailed user profiles

Gather

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

13 purchases

Loop

Subscriptions4
  • Loop Premium (1 Month)$29.991 Month
  • Loop Premium (3 Months)$74.993 Months
  • Loop Premium (6 Months)$119.996 Months
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  • Loop Premium (1 Year)$179.991 Year
One-time9
  • Premium Intro Request$9.99
  • Premium Match Accept$9.99
  • 2 Premium Match Accepts$14.99
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  • 2 Premium Intro Requests$14.99
  • 3 Premium Intro Requests$19.99
  • 3 Premium Match Accepts$19.99
  • Premium Group Unlock$19.99
  • 2 Premium Group Unlocks$34.99
  • 3 Premium Group Unlocks$49.99
None

Gather

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Loop free?
Loop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gather free?
Gather is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Loop or Gather?
Gather is rated higher. Loop averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1K ratings, while Gather averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Loop or Gather have ads?
Gather shows ads; Loop does not.
Which is updated more often, Loop or Gather?
Loop ships an update every 6 weeks, and Gather every 5 weeks. Most recently, Loop was updated on September 30, 2026 and Gather on September 18, 2026.

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