Comparison

Gather vs GatherUply

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

Head to head
About

Gather

This app allows you to create private, invite-only groups for your family, friends, or clubs. Easily share plans like dinner or events, and manage shared items like season tickets within your trusted circles. It offers a simple way to coordinate activities without public feeds or algorithms.

Highlights
  • Create private, invite-only circles
  • Share plans in seconds
  • One-tap joining for plans
  • Centralized plan comments
  • Manage shared tickets
  • No public feeds or algorithms
Features
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Gather is a private, invite-only app for the people already in your life. Make a Circle for your family, your friends, your book club, your neighborhood, or your team. Share what you're already doing. Dinner tonight. A hike this weekend. An extra ticket. Coffee after work. The right people see it and tap to join. How Gather works • Post a plan in seconds. A dinner, a walk, a rodeo night, a quick coffee. • Join with one tap. Anyone in the Circle says "I'm in." • Keep it in one place. Comments live on the plan, so nobody digs through a group text for the details. • Private by design. No public feeds, no algorithms, no follower counts. Invite-only. Shared tickets, sorted Gather started as a way for one family to pass around their Houston Rodeo season tickets. Claim a date, confirm the handoff, and everyone knows who has them tonight. It works for any AXS-transferred season pass shared inside a private Circle. Who it's for Families. Friend groups. Book clubs. Sports and activity groups. Neighborhood crews. Anyone who shares season tickets. Free to use A new Circle is free, with room for up to 10 members. Gather Plus adds unlimited Circles and unlimited members for $4.99 a month or $47.99 a year. Posting plans, joining plans, and handing off tickets are never paywalled. No ads. No algorithms. Just your Circle. Gather Plus is an auto-renewable subscription. $4.99 USD per month or $47.99 USD per year (about $4.00 a month). Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation. It renews automatically unless you turn it off at least 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://zuccigather.com/legal/privacy Terms of Use: https://zuccigather.com/legal/terms

About

GatherUply

Features
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GatherUply is the simplest way to organize recurring activities with your friends — pickup football, weekly board game nights, a monthly book club, or anything your group does together on repeat. Set it once, run it every week Create a recurring event (weekly, every other week, or a one-off date) and GatherUply automatically schedules each upcoming session — no manual re-scheduling. See who's actually coming Everyone in the group gets a reminder and can RSVP in one tap. See attendance at a glance so you know if you have enough people before the day arrives. Guests don't need the app Invite people by email — they can RSVP straight from the message, no account or download required. Perfect for one-off invites to friends of friends. Reminders that keep everyone on schedule Automatic reminders before each event, and RSVPs lock a set time before it starts so plans don't change at the last minute. Sign in your way Use your Google or Microsoft account, or sign up with email. Free to use, with no ads.

Screenshots

Gather4 screens
GatherUply4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GatherUply at none against Gather's 2. Gather's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and ads 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. Gather sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. GatherUply asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gather ships an update every 5 days, GatherUply every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Gather versus GatherUply: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGatherGatherUply
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size102 MB72 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperJames YenTechnowobble AB

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Gather

Subscriptions2
  • Gather Plus Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Gather Plus Annual$47.991 Year
None

GatherUply

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gather free?
Gather is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GatherUply free?
GatherUply is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Gather or GatherUply have ads?
Neither Gather nor GatherUply shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gather or GatherUply?
Gather ships an update every 5 days, and GatherUply every 2 weeks. Most recently, Gather was updated on October 31, 2026 and GatherUply on November 6, 2026.

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