Comparison

Gathering Grounds Coffee vs Forkboard

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Order ahead
  • Earn rewards
  • Loyalty program
  • Streamlined ordering
  • Skip the line
Features
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Order ahead and earn rewards at Gathering Grounds

About

Forkboard

This app helps you plan your entire week's dinners on a single board, adapting to your tastes, schedule, and existing ingredients. It learns your preferences, suggests meals based on what you have, and generates a smart grocery list.

Highlights
  • Weekly dinner planning board
  • Personalized meal suggestions
  • Ingredient-based meal creation
  • Leftover meal integration
  • Household taste blending
  • Automated grocery list generation
Features
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Decide dinner once. Enjoy your week together. Plan a week around your household’s tastes, the time you have, and ingredients already in your kitchen. Forkboard turns your dinners into recipes and one organized grocery list. ONE TABLE, EVERYONE'S TASTES Family brings up to six taste profiles into one household board. Add profiles for children and partners, including people without their own account. Set dietary preferences, dislikes, and allergens for your table. Always check recipe ingredients and product labels for your needs. A WEEK THAT FITS YOUR LIFE Plan seven dinners around your tastes, dietary preferences, available time, and ingredients. Choose quick nights or leave room for a longer cook. Swap a dinner, hold the ones you want to keep, or choose from saved recipes. FROM BOARD TO TABLE Open a dinner for ingredients, quantities, and step-by-step instructions. Save recipes to return to, mark a dinner cooked, and rate the wins and misses to help shape future suggestions. Nutrition figures are estimates. YOUR GROCERY LIST, ALREADY STARTED Get a list grouped by aisle, with quantities combined and pantry ingredients accounted for. Check off items as you shop or share the list from the app. START WITH WHAT YOU HAVE Track pantry ingredients and use-soon dates. Take a kitchen photo, choose one from your library, or scan a grocery barcode. Review the suggested ingredients before adding them. Photo scans have plan-based limits. A LITTLE PREP, A LIGHTER WEEK Plan breakfasts and lunches ahead with a guided meal-prep session. Choose your meals, work through shopping and cooking, then portion and pack for the days ahead. IN SYNC, ON EVERY SCREEN Plan on iPhone, open your board on iPad, or continue on the web with the same account. FREE TO START Free includes four plans per month, one account, and recipes for one serving. Solo includes 30 plans per month for one account, with recipes for up to two servings. Family includes 60 plans per month shared across up to six profiles, with recipes for up to six servings. Full-week generations and single-dinner swaps count toward the same monthly plan allowance. New accounts receive a 7-day trial with one account, recipes for up to six servings, up to 15 plans and 10 photo scans. Multiple taste profiles and household taste blending require Family. No card is required. The trial does not become a paid subscription; when it ends, your account returns to Free and your boards stay available. Monthly and yearly memberships are available. Prices for your region are shown in the app before purchase. Paid memberships renew automatically unless canceled. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Manage or cancel your membership in your Apple Account subscription settings. Privacy Policy: https://forkboard.app/privacy Terms of Service: https://forkboard.app/terms

Screenshots

Gathering Grounds Coffee4 screens
Forkboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Gathering Grounds Coffee at none against Forkboard's 4. Gathering Grounds Coffee also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). Forkboard's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 10 months). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Forkboard sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Gathering Grounds Coffee asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Gathering Grounds Coffee against 5.0 for Forkboard. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 5 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gathering Grounds Coffee ships an update every 10 months, Forkboard every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Gathering Grounds Coffee versus Forkboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGathering Grounds CoffeeForkboard
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings35 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFrostbyte Technologies, Inc.Forkboard LLC

Customer experience

Gathering Grounds Coffee

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Forkboard

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Gathering Grounds Coffee

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Forkboard

Subscriptions4
  • Solo Monthly$8.991 Month
  • Family Monthly$12.991 Month
  • Solo Yearly$59.991 Year
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  • Family Yearly$99.991 Year

Questions

Is Gathering Grounds Coffee free?
Gathering Grounds Coffee is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Forkboard free?
Forkboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Gathering Grounds Coffee or Forkboard?
Gathering Grounds Coffee and Forkboard are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do Gathering Grounds Coffee or Forkboard have ads?
Gathering Grounds Coffee shows ads; Forkboard does not.
Which is updated more often, Gathering Grounds Coffee or Forkboard?
Gathering Grounds Coffee ships an update every 10 months, and Forkboard every 4 weeks. Most recently, Gathering Grounds Coffee was updated on October 30, 2026 and Forkboard on October 31, 2026.

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