Cofactor vs Gate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cofactor
Improve your well-being by monitoring the specific nutrients in your meals, going beyond simple calorie counting. Receive a personalized nutrition plan and use AI to instantly analyze food from photos, understanding its impact on your health.
- Personalized wellness nutrition plan
- AI-powered instant food analysis via photo
- Track macro and micronutrients
- Monitor impact on physical, hormonal, and gut health
- Customized plan based on wellness questions
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Optimize your health by tracking the actual nutrients in your food, not just the calories. PERSONALIZED NUTRITION PLAN Get a custom nutrition plan centered around health and wellness tailored to your goals and your body's needs. INSTANT ANALYSIS Take a picture of your food, let AI analyze the nutrients, and see how the food you eat affects your health. TRACK WHAT MATTERS Tracking just the calories you eat is outdated. Cofactor helps you track the key nutrients you need to support your physical, hormonal, and immune health. HOW TO USE EAT WELL: 1. Answer wellness questions to create a plan for you 2. Take a picture of your food 3. Track your nutrient analysis NOTE: Cofactor does not offer medical advice. Please conduct your own research and consult with a medical professional before following a wellness plan. We offer a free trial for new users. After the trial has ended, a subscription is required to use Cofactor. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Privacy policy: https://michaelrbautista.github.io/appstoreprivacy/
Gate
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Your alarm goes off, and your apps are gated. Enjoy a screen-free morning or take some steps, and your apps will be open by the time you are back at your front door. HOW IT WORKS: The Gate goes up at your chosen start time. It comes down once you've gotten your steps, or at your chosen end time - whichever is first. All up to you: which apps you'd like gated, your desired schedule, and the number of steps. Set your schedule: Choose which days of the week you want Gated. You can always adjust later. Pick when the gate goes up, and when it should come down if you haven't hit your step goal. That way, you can still have a screen-free morning. How long of a walk? Set how many steps you'd like to take before the Gate comes down. 100 is completing your morning routine. 2,000 is a twenty-minute stroll around the neighborhood. 7,000 is an entire workday. WHY GATE What happens after your alarm is where your morning actually goes. Waking up early is great, but it's easy to spend the 40 minutes after your alarm scrolling. Gate closes the gap between your alarm and actually starting your day. Some days you may not want to go for a walk, and that's okay. Your apps are gated until you hit your step count or until your set time for the Gate to come down - that way, you can still have a screen-free morning. HOW IT WORKS Choose your apps. Anything you'd rather not open first thing. Choose your goal. Anywhere from 100 to 20,000 steps, set separately for each day of the week. Choose your mornings. A rise time, a come-down time, and rest days where nothing is locked. Then walk. The gate comes down the moment you reach your goal when you tap Check my steps on the block screen or open a blocked app, and on its own within roughly fifteen to twenty minutes in the background. WHAT'S IN IT A step ring on the home screen that changes with the morning - waiting, holding, open, done. A Lock Screen Live Activity, so you can see how far you've come without unlocking. An optional alarm that rings the moment the gate goes up. Snoozing it doesn't move the gate. A month log. The mornings you made, in a row you can read at a glance. A hold-to-open override — ten seconds, no questions asked. It's counted, not judged. One notification a day, when the gate opens. Never a reminder, never a nudge, never a streak. QUIET BY DESIGN No streak notifications. No badges. No leaderboards. No confetti. Gate speaks before something is about to happen and stays out of the way afterward. Miss a morning, and nothing is broken — the next one starts clean. PRIVACY No analytics. No ads. No tracking. No third-party code of any kind. Privacy Policy: https://pointeddesigns.com/gate/privacy Terms of Use: https://pointeddesigns.com/gate/terms REQUIREMENTS iPhone running iOS 26 or later. Gate asks for Screen Time to hold your apps, and Motion & Fitness to count your steps. SUBSCRIPTION Gate is $3.99 per month or $24.99 per year, both with a 7-day free trial, or $50 once for lifetime access. If a subscription ends, Gate stops arming new gates and unlocks your apps.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Gate at every 3 days against Cofactor's every 9 days. Cofactor's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). 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. Cofactor sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Gate sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Cofactor ships an update every 9 days, Gate every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cofactor | Gate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (130 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 130 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Michael Reeves Bautista | Pointed Designs LLC |
In-app purchases
Cofactor
- Weekly Pro$4.997 Days
- Weekly Pro$6.997 Days
- Weekly Premium$9.997 Days
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- Monthly Pro$9.991 Month
- Discounted Yearly Subscription$19.991 Year
- Yearly Discount3 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Yearly Premium$29.991 Year
- Yearly Pro$29.991 Year
- Yearly Pro3 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Annual pro7 Days trial$49.991 Year
Gate
- Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Annual7 Days trial$24.991 Year
- Lifetime$49.99









