Comparison

MySurrey vs Gander Social

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Job, Event, and News listings
  • Youth-friendly amenity finder
  • Location of local facilities
  • Add events to calendar
  • Share city news and events
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

MySurrey4 screens
Gander Social4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MySurrey ships an update every 7 months, Gander Social fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
MySurrey versus Gander Social: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMySurreyGander Social
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (2 ratings)2.1 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews30.8% of reviews72.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings27 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.616.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB64 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperCity of SurreyGander Social Inc.

Customer experience

MySurrey

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive30.8%
Neutral7.7%
Negative61.5%

Gander Social

All ratings7 ratings
Positive28.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative71.4%
Written reviews75 reviews
Positive72.0%
Neutral1.3%
Negative26.7%

In-app purchases

None

MySurrey

No in-app purchases

None

Gander Social

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MySurrey free?
MySurrey is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gander Social free?
Gander Social is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MySurrey or Gander Social?
Gander Social is rated higher. MySurrey averages 1.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Gander Social averages 2.1 from 7 ratings.
Do MySurrey or Gander Social have ads?
Neither MySurrey nor Gander Social shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MySurrey or Gander Social?
MySurrey ships an update every 7 months, and Gander Social fortnightly. Most recently, MySurrey was updated on October 7, 2026 and Gander Social on October 28, 2026.

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