Met Opera vs GAPFF
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Met Opera
Access rush ticket lotteries and purchase regular tickets for Metropolitan Opera performances. Discover productions, browse the calendar, and secure exclusive discounts. Digital tickets are delivered directly within the app.
- Enter rush ticket lotteries
- Purchase regularly priced tickets
- Access exclusive discounts
- Buy same-day or advance tickets
- Digital ticket delivery
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The official Metropolitan Opera app is the only way to access rush ticket lotteries for every Met performance. You can also purchase regularly priced tickets for any production at the Metropolitan Opera House in Lincoln Center, and gain access to exclusive discounts on select performances throughout the year. Don’t know which opera to see? Use the app to learn about every production this season, and peruse the performance calendar to see what’s on stage on a day that works for you. Features: • Enter rush ticket lotteries for your chance to purchase $25 tickets • Purchase regularly priced tickets instantly • Access exclusive discounts on select performances • Purchase same-day tickets, or book in advance • Digital tickets are delivered directly in the app, so you never have to worry about misplacing an email or a paper ticket.
GAPFF
This app helps you plan your festival weekend by browsing schedules, building a personal lineup of favorite films and events, and navigating venues. Access your passes and QR codes for entry.
- Browse full schedule by day
- Explore screenings, panels, and parties
- Build personal film and event lineup
- Interactive map of venues and transport
- Access festival passes and QR codes
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Grove & Pines Film Festival is a queer film festival on Fire Island: three days of short films, features, documentaries, panels, and special events at iconic venues across Cherry Grove and The Pines. Plan your festival weekend your way. Browse the full schedule by day and explore screenings, panels, and parties. Build your personal lineup. Heart the films and events you don't want to miss and keep your favorites in one easy place, so your festival itinerary is always one tap away. Catch the right ferry. The Sayville ferry schedule for Cherry Grove and The Pines is built in, with the next boat right on your Home screen. Save your ferries and your trip is always one glance away, including the last ferry added for festival nights. Find your way around Fire Island. Explore the interactive map to find venues, restaurants, bars, shops, places to stay, and the ferries, with photos and details for each. Save the map for offline use, since cell service can be spotty on the island. Businesses that support the festival are marked so you can find them easily. Your passes, ready at the door. Sign in to view your pass QR code for entry at events, and compare day passes, weekend passes, and premium festival options.
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Verdict
Met Opera and GAPFF both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of GAPFF's written reviews are positive against 57% of Met Opera's. GAPFF also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Met Opera's advantage is ratings volume (4K vs 7) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Met Opera against 5.0 for GAPFF. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Met Opera has 4K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 57% of Met Opera's written reviews are positive against 100% of GAPFF's.
Met Opera ships an update fortnightly, GAPFF every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Met Opera | GAPFF |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (4K ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4K — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 92 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc. | Grove & Pines Film Festival Inc. |
Customer experience
Met Opera
GAPFF
Bugs and requests
Met Opera
Reported bugs
3 issues- Seats available online not shown in the app
- Online ticket purchase not working
- App does not recognize member status
Requested features
2 requests- Alphabetical list of what's on for the season
- Allow login with ID number like website
GAPFF
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Met Opera
No in-app purchases
GAPFF
No in-app purchases
