MixerCloud vs GateMate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MixerCloud
Connect with professionals globally for skill-building and project collaboration. This platform fosters innovation through diverse teams and offers opportunities for career growth and learning.
- Global professional networking
- Project collaboration
- Skill-building opportunities
- Community-led initiatives
- Career growth support
- Diverse team building
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MixerCloud: Meet Professionals. Build Projects. Grow Together. MixerCloud is a professional networking community designed to help you build meaningful connections, collaborate on projects, join conversations, and attend networking events. Whether you're a professional, entrepreneur, student, creative, recruiter, or business leader, MixerCloud helps you connect with people who share your interests and goals. Build Your Professional Network Discover professionals locally and around the world. Expand your network, connect with like-minded individuals, and build relationships that can lead to new opportunities, partnerships, mentorships, and career growth. Join Conversations That Matter Participate in public chats, professional discussions, and community conversations focused on technology, business, entrepreneurship, career development, design, startups, and more. Engage with professionals who share your interests and learn from diverse perspectives. Collaborate on Projects Create or join projects designed to help members build skills, gain experience, and bring ideas to life. Whether you're launching a startup, building a portfolio, forming a study group, or working on a community initiative, MixerCloud makes collaboration simple. Attend Networking Events Discover professional networking events, industry mixers, workshops, and community gatherings. Connect online and in person while growing your professional network and expanding your opportunities. Grow Your Career Develop new skills, build meaningful relationships, discover opportunities, and collaborate with professionals from a wide range of industries and backgrounds. MixerCloud is designed to help you take the next step in your personal and professional journey. Key Features: • Professional networking • Public chats and conversations • Project collaboration • Local and global communities • Networking events and mixers • Career development opportunities • Professional discovery and connections Download MixerCloud today and start networking, collaborating, and growing. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
GateMate
Connect with people at events and travel hubs in real-time. Create or join private live rooms to chat, share photos, and see who's attending. Discover public rooms nearby or find fellow travelers with overlapping itineraries.
- Join live rooms via code or QR scan
- Live attendee list with profiles
- Room-specific chat with photos/clips
- Discover public rooms by category
- Find travelers with overlapping itineraries
- Create private, temporary rooms
- Private record of past events and connections
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GATEMATE — LIVE ROOMS FOR REAL EVENTS GateMate is a mobile app for social and professional networking among travelers, event-goers, and neighbors. Step into a private live room — a "GateLink" — with a 6-letter code or a QR scan, and everyone who walks in shows up in the same chat, the same photo wall, and the same live attendee list. Whether it's a rooftop meetup, a wedding after-party, a watch party, a conference breakout, or a long layover at DFW, GateMate turns the place you're already going into a room you can actually talk to. ————————————————— WHAT YOU CAN DO ————————————————— • STEP INTO A ROOM IN SECONDS Scan the QR poster on the door or type the 6-letter code. No profile gauntlet, no friend requests, no waiting to be accepted. • SEE WHO'S HERE RIGHT NOW A live list of the people actually in the room, with faces. Tap anyone to see their profile, follow them, or send a message. • CHAT LIVE WITH THE ROOM Every room has its own chat — messages, photos and short clips, before, during and after the night. Hosts can pin the plan so nobody misses it. • FIND LIVE ROOMS NEAR YOU See public rooms happening around you right now, by category — Music, Tech, Sports, Food, Art, Nightlife. • MEET YOUR ITINERARY TWIN Add your upcoming flight and GateMate finds other travelers whose itineraries overlap yours at the same airport. A 30-minute overlap is all it takes. • LOUNGES AND TRIPS Check into a DFW lounge, coordinate meetups, and keep a private group thread with the people you're travelling with. • OPEN YOUR OWN PRIVATE ROOM Starting a pregame, a birthday or a table? Open a private room in one tap, share the code with your people, and it closes itself after four hours. Private rooms never appear on the map or in the live list. • STORY-READY INVITES Turn any room into a shareable invite card — Bold, Minimal or Photo Banner — with a scannable QR to step in. • YOUR NIGHTS, PRIVATELY After the night ends, GateMate keeps a private record of where you were, who you met and what you saved. It is visible to you alone, and you can delete any night in one tap. ————————————————— PRIVACY-FIRST BY DESIGN ————————————————— • Rooms are private by default — only people with the code get in. • Room chat goes dark about 12 hours after the last person arrives. • Your location is never shown to another member, and GateMate never tracks you in the background. • You control your visibility inside every room, and you can go invisible. • Block and report anyone, from any message or profile. • No public follower counts, no algorithmic feed, no ads, no data selling. Full privacy policy: https://gatemate.net/privacy-policy ————————————————— WHO IT'S FOR ————————————————— • Frequent flyers with layovers looking for company at the gate • People at rooftop meetups, watch parties, weddings and tours • Conference-goers who want a live backchannel for their session • Neighborhoods hosting block parties, markets and run clubs • Travelers who want a low-key way to meet people in the same city Rooms are opened by verified partner venues and hosts. Anyone can suggest a place from inside the app. ————————————————— SUPPORT ————————————————— Questions? Email support@gatemate.net or visit https://gatemate.net/support Terms of Use: https://gatemate.net/terms Privacy Policy: https://gatemate.net/privacy-policy © 2026 QAlytics LLC (dba GateMate™). All rights reserved.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: GateMate at free against MixerCloud's freemium. GateMate also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17). MixerCloud's advantage is ratings volume (27 vs 3). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. MixerCloud sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and GateMate sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for MixerCloud against 5.0 for GateMate. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MixerCloud has 27 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
MixerCloud ships an update every 5 days, GateMate every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MixerCloud | GateMate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (27 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 27 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 148 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | MixerCloud LLC | QAlytics LLC |
Customer experience
MixerCloud
GateMate
In-app purchases
MixerCloud
- MixerCloud Pro$9.991 Month
- MixerCloud Pro$79.991 Year
GateMate
- GateMate+ Monthly$4.991 Month
- GateMate+ Annual$39.991 Year
- GateMate Night Pass$2.99









