MySurrey vs Gander Social
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MySurrey
This app serves as a central hub for city services, consolidating existing tools and introducing new features for residents. It provides access to job and event listings, local amenities, and news updates, making it easier to engage with the community.
- Job, Event, and News listings
- Youth-friendly amenity finder
- Location of local facilities
- Add events to calendar
- Share city news and events
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This app is a one-stop-shop for Surrey residents that will include existing mobile apps from the City like Rethink Waste and Surrey Request, as well as introduce new services. This app is the first of its kind for municipalities in BC. Features include: •Job, Event and News listings •Youth-friendly listings of the closest skate parks, youth centres, pools and arenas •Location of the closest libraries, off-lease dog parks, tennis courts, water parks, arenas with information including hours of operation and features available at that location •Ability to easily add city events to their smartphone calendar and share city events and news stories over email or social media.
Gander Social
A social networking app that allows users to customize their feed based on location and interests. It prioritizes free expression within Canadian legal boundaries and keeps user data hosted on Canadian servers. The app supports text, galleries, and videos, with features to save favorite content and assess news source credibility.
- Customizable feed by location and interest
- Content moderation under Canadian law
- User data hosted on Canadian servers
- Support for text, galleries, and videos
- Save favorite posts to custom boards
- News reputation scores and bias ratings
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Say hello to Gander – Your feed, Your rules. Want to see what's happening in Calgary before Cleveland? Done. A feed that puts content that matters to you front and centre. – Moderated under the Charter. Free expression matters. So do boundaries. Gander follows Canadian laws to protect you. – Hosted in Canada. Your data stays here, on sovereign servers. Choose where you post. Move any time – Text, galleries and videos, oh my. Prefer videos? Cool. Rather read? Also cool. Switch between classic posts and full-screen content with a tap, and save your mind from meltdown with algorithms that aren't designed to play with your dopamine. – Save what you love. Pin your favourite posts in custom boards so you can share content IRL, or have that recipe on hand that you’ll totally never make. – News links with reputation scores, built-in. See where your news comes from and who's behind it. Our built-in tools show you bias ratings, source credibility, and fact-check results - so you can decide what makes sense to you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Gander Social at 2.1 against MySurrey's 1.0. Gander Social also leads on review sentiment (72% vs 31%) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 7 months). On price, ads, 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.
Gander Social holds the better App Store score, 2.1 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 31% of MySurrey's written reviews are positive against 72% of Gander Social's.
MySurrey ships an update every 7 months, Gander Social fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MySurrey | Gander Social |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) | 2.1 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 30.8% of reviews | 72.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | City of Surrey | Gander Social Inc. |
Customer experience
MySurrey
Gander Social
In-app purchases
MySurrey
No in-app purchases
Gander Social
No in-app purchases









