EA Connect vs RateSpot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
EA Connect
Stay connected with friends and favorite gaming franchises outside of gameplay. Chat with your team, send quick messages, and receive real-time notifications. Find and connect with friends across different gaming platforms.
- Cross-platform friend finding
- Real-time chat notifications
- Quick message templates
- Connect with favorite franchises
- Optimized for specific game titles
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With EA Connect, you can stay connected to your friends & favorite franchises, even when you’re away from the game. Your entire EA friends list is now in one place, across PC, console & mobile platforms. SEE WHO’S READY TO PLAY At a glance, see who's online, what they're playing, and who is looking to form a team. JUMP INTO GAMES WITH FRIENDS FASTER Get instant, real-time alerts when a friend invites you to a game or sends you a message. Favorite your best friends and get notified the moment they start a game, so you can jump straight into the action together. CHAT ANYTIME, ANYWHERE Take conversations on the go with all your friends. Strategize, share tips, or make plans for your next session. SHARE YOUR MOOD & AVAILABILITY Use status notes & emoji to show your friends exactly what you're up to, whether you're ready to team up or otherwise busy. FIND MORE PEOPLE TO PLAY WITH Connect with players no matter where they play. Find your next teammate with tailored friend recommendations, or search by EA ID, Steam, PlayStation, XBOX network username, or a Nintendo Account. Send a friend request and join forces.
RateSpot
Discover and share trusted local places and online pages. Leave detailed reviews with scores, photos, and bills to help others make informed decisions. Build a profile, earn badges, and climb leaderboards by contributing to the community.
- Discover nearby places
- Leave detailed reviews with scores
- Add photos and bills to reviews
- Follow trusted reviewers
- Earn rank and collect badges
- Explore as a guest or sign in
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RateSpot helps you find places and pages worth trusting — and share what you actually experienced. Discover nearby Search the map or browse categories to find top-rated restaurants, gyms, shops, and online pages around you. Rate what’s real Leave honest reviews with detailed scores. Add photos and a bill so others can trust what you saw, not just a star. Follow the people you trust See reviews from real users, mark what’s helpful, comment, and follow reviewers whose taste matches yours. Earn your rank Build a profile, collect badges, and climb the leaderboard as you rate and help the community. Browse first, join when you’re ready Explore as a guest. Sign in with Apple or Google to rate, save favorites, message, and keep your reviews. Made for everyone RateSpot is available in English and Arabic. RateSpot is free to use. Some features require an account and location access so we can show nearby places.
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Verdict
EA Connect and RateSpot both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of RateSpot's written reviews are positive against 21% of EA Connect's. RateSpot also leads on update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). EA Connect's advantage is ratings volume (294 vs 1). On price, rating, 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
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 EA Connect against 5.0 for RateSpot. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: EA Connect has 294 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 21% of EA Connect's written reviews are positive against 100% of RateSpot's.
EA Connect ships an update fortnightly, RateSpot weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | EA Connect | RateSpot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (294 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 294 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Electronic Arts | SANA AL-RABEEA FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND GENERAL TRADE SERVICES LTD. PRIVATE COMPANY |
Customer experience
EA Connect
RateSpot
In-app purchases
EA Connect
No in-app purchases
RateSpot
No in-app purchases
