BASEMENT NY vs GAPFF
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BASEMENT NY
Discover upcoming events and exclusive mix series from a vibrant club community. Explore resident artist profiles and stay updated on all happenings.
- Upcoming club calendar
- Access mix series
- Resident artist profiles
- Community updates
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See the full upcoming club calendar, access the BASEMENT and ARCHIVES mix series and learn more about our residents
GAPFF
This app helps you plan your festival weekend by browsing schedules, building a personal lineup of favorite films and events, and navigating venues. Access your passes and QR codes for entry.
- Browse full schedule by day
- Explore screenings, panels, and parties
- Build personal film and event lineup
- Interactive map of venues and transport
- Access festival passes and QR codes
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Grove & Pines Film Festival is a queer film festival on Fire Island: three days of short films, features, documentaries, panels, and special events at iconic venues across Cherry Grove and The Pines. Plan your festival weekend your way. Browse the full schedule by day and explore screenings, panels, and parties. Build your personal lineup. Heart the films and events you don't want to miss and keep your favorites in one easy place, so your festival itinerary is always one tap away. Catch the right ferry. The Sayville ferry schedule for Cherry Grove and The Pines is built in, with the next boat right on your Home screen. Save your ferries and your trip is always one glance away, including the last ferry added for festival nights. Find your way around Fire Island. Explore the interactive map to find venues, restaurants, bars, shops, places to stay, and the ferries, with photos and details for each. Save the map for offline use, since cell service can be spotty on the island. Businesses that support the festival are marked so you can find them easily. Your passes, ready at the door. Sign in to view your pass QR code for entry at events, and compare day passes, weekend passes, and premium festival options.
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Verdict
BASEMENT NY and GAPFF are too close to call on the numbers: across 9 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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 BASEMENT NY against 5.0 for GAPFF. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 7 respectively.
BASEMENT NY ships an update every 3 weeks, GAPFF every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BASEMENT NY | GAPFF |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 92 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | BASEMENT | Grove & Pines Film Festival Inc. |
Customer experience
BASEMENT NY
GAPFF
In-app purchases
BASEMENT NY
No in-app purchases
GAPFF
No in-app purchases
