Comparison

Gogoro® vs SoCatch

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

Head to head
About

Gogoro®

Manage your electric scooter's performance, customize its features, and find charging stations. Track your rides, optimize energy usage, and receive instant diagnostics for maintenance. Earn rewards and use your phone as a smart key for convenience and security.

Highlights
  • Find battery swap stations
  • Customize scooter appearance and sounds
  • Optimize energy efficiency and regenerative braking
  • Instant diagnostics and maintenance alerts
  • Track ride stats and energy usage
  • Use phone as a smart key with security features
  • Earn rewards and collect badges
Features
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Welcome to your Gogoro® journey! Join our Gogoro Rewards program to start earning and redeeming Gogoro Smart Points for battery service fee deductions with no upwards limit, as well as other extra bonuses! Wherever you ride, you’re always in control. Find batteries fast. Optimize performance. Customize your ride. Remember where you parked. Use your app as a key. Get rewards. Push the latest updates. The Gogoro® App keeps you constantly synced to your Smartscooter™ so that you have the freedom and flexibility to get more out of every ride. - Find Batteries The Gogoro® App locates GoStation™ kiosks all over the city. Find batteries nearby or ride to a GoStation near your destination. Smart power management makes riding worry-free. - Make it yours You’re one of a kind. Every ride should be one of a kind. Personalize your Smartscooter™ with dynamic dashboard colors, light patterns, and custom sound effects. Ride “different” every day. - Maximize your Power Use the Gogoro® App to set your energy efficiency. Optimize your riding style by tuning how much energy you save with regenerative braking. Keep track of energy efficiency with our secondary dashboard*. Tools for getting greater distance when you need it. - Instant Diagnostics Hit the road with confidence. The Gogoro® App is constantly tracking the status of your Smartscooter™. If any maintenance issues are detected, we’ll alert you immediately and - if needed - even help you to reserve an appointment to get it serviced right away. - Riding Snapshot or Advanced Dashboard Capture stats from every trip. See top speed, longest commutes, energy use, and CO2 savings at a glance. And for the riding enthusiasts, use your phone as a secondary dashboard for real-time, in-ride details on your performance, efficiency, power, and physics*. - Convenience and Confidence Use your phone or supported wearable as your smart key. Lock, unlock, and open the trunk with a press of a button (and 256-bit digital security). Want even more security? Enable Security Boost Protection*, so that even if somebody has your key, they can’t ride off without your fingerprint or personal PIN. - Collect Badges Gogoro makes riding every day even more fun. Your first swap? A new top speed? Join a group ride? Earn badges along the way and unlock hidden functions, themes, and rewards. The more you ride, the more you earn. - Always Up-to-Date Keep your Smartscooter™ always up-to-date with the press of a button. New features, as soon as they’re available. Not exactly your traditional scooter, or much of anything else on two wheels. * Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. * Currently available on supported models only

About

SoCatch

This application allows users to remotely view and control H.264+H.265 DVR systems. It supports live viewing, time and event searches, and PTZ control for IP cameras.

Highlights
  • Live view
  • Time and event search/play
  • PTZ control
  • Zoom functionality
  • Relay control
  • Backup files to device
Features
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SoCatch is a new version of iWatch DVR 2 which is a H.264+H.265 DVR remote viewer. It can be viewed in non-landscape or landscape mode after filling in IP, port, username, and password. Features: - Live view - Time search and play - Event search and play - PTZ control - Zoom - Relay control - Backup files to advice - connection to IP camera

Screenshots

Gogoro®4 screens
SoCatch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: SoCatch at 2.9 against Gogoro®'s 2.6. SoCatch also leads on ratings volume (67 vs 5) and review sentiment (21% vs 11%). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

SoCatch holds the better App Store score, 2.9 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SoCatch has 67 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 11% of Gogoro®'s written reviews are positive against 21% of SoCatch's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gogoro® ships an update every 5 weeks, SoCatch every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Gogoro® versus SoCatch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGogoro®SoCatch
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.6 (5 ratings)2.9 (67 ratings) — better
Positive reviews10.6% of reviews20.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings567 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size223 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGogoro TAIWAN limitedJesse Stone

Customer experience

Gogoro®

All ratings5 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%
Written reviews66 reviews
Positive10.6%
Neutral13.6%
Negative75.8%

SoCatch

All ratings67 ratings
Positive41.8%
Neutral6.0%
Negative52.2%
Written reviews131 reviews
Positive20.6%
Neutral8.4%
Negative71.0%

Bugs and requests

Gogoro®

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

SoCatch

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes when using time search feature
  • Inability to connect to cameras over cellular data
  • Stops working after recent updates
  • Compatibility issues with iPhone 7 and newer

Requested features

4 requests
  • Update to support newer devices and iOS versions
  • Improve stability and reliability
  • Add support for push notifications and motion detection
  • Enhance user interface and visual design

In-app purchases

None

Gogoro®

No in-app purchases

None

SoCatch

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gogoro® free?
Gogoro® is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SoCatch free?
SoCatch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Gogoro® or SoCatch?
SoCatch is rated higher. Gogoro® averages 2.6 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while SoCatch averages 2.9 from 67 ratings.
Do Gogoro® or SoCatch have ads?
Neither Gogoro® nor SoCatch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gogoro® or SoCatch?
Gogoro® ships an update every 5 weeks, and SoCatch every 3 weeks. Most recently, Gogoro® was updated on October 6, 2026 and SoCatch on October 16, 2026.

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