Gathering Grounds vs Gathering Grounds Coffee
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gathering Grounds
Streamline your coffee and food orders with this app. Place orders in advance, bypass queues, and pay conveniently. Earn loyalty rewards with every purchase.
- Order ahead
- Skip the line
- Pay with Apple Pay
- Earn rewards
- Effortless coffee runs
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Gathering Grounds makes your coffee and food runs effortless. Order ahead, skip the line, pay with Apple Pay, and earn rewards. Download now and enjoy great coffee without the wait.
Gathering Grounds Coffee
Order your favorite coffee and treats ahead of time and get rewarded for your loyalty. This app streamlines your coffee runs, allowing you to skip the line and earn points with every purchase.
- Order ahead
- Earn rewards
- Loyalty program
- Streamlined ordering
- Skip the line
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Order ahead and earn rewards at Gathering Grounds
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Gathering Grounds at none against Gathering Grounds Coffee's shown. Gathering Grounds also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 10 months) and ratings volume (21 vs 3). Gathering Grounds Coffee's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 — 5.0 for Gathering Grounds against 5.0 for Gathering Grounds Coffee. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gathering Grounds has 21 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Gathering Grounds ships an update every 2 months, Gathering Grounds Coffee every 10 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Gathering Grounds | Gathering Grounds Coffee |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (21 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Per Diem Subscriptions, Inc. | Frostbyte Technologies, Inc. |
Customer experience
Gathering Grounds
Gathering Grounds Coffee
In-app purchases
Gathering Grounds
No in-app purchases
Gathering Grounds Coffee
No in-app purchases
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