GATES Connect vs Channel Summit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GATES Connect
Connect with Asia's largest tech distribution community, featuring over 30,000 vendors, distributors, and partners. Plan your schedule and arrange meetings effectively before and during the Gates Connect Summit.
- Networking with 30,000+ tech professionals
- Event agenda building
- Meeting scheduling
- Access to vendors, distributors, SIs, VARs
- Summit event management
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Join Asia's largest Tech Distribution Community, with over 30000 Vendors, Distributors, SIs, and VARs. Before and during the Gates Connect Summit, use this to build your agenda, and setup productive meetings. Welcome to Chandigarh, for the GATES INDIA ICT CHANNEL SUMMIT 2026.
Channel Summit
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Channel Summit provides the best environment for channel buyers, consumer technology & IT brands to do business and forge new partnerships. Channel Summit events are a high-value opportunity to engage potential business partners through a highly focused series of pre-arranged one-to-one meetings via the ChannelHub platform. Our 'invitation-only' format with a cap on both exhibitor and delegate numbers ensures a safe, relaxed and focused event for all our attendees.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: GATES Connect at every 2 days against Channel Summit's weekly. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
GATES Connect ships an update every 2 days, Channel Summit weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 11, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GATES Connect | Channel Summit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | GATES APAC | SeAL - Online Solutions |
In-app purchases
GATES Connect
No in-app purchases
Channel Summit
No in-app purchases
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