Join straight into the app with an invite link
If you have Gather installed, you can join in the app instead of the browser – with your profile, history and the more comfortable controls. The QR code on the game table and shared invitations take you straight in.
Open Gather once
Install Gather and open it once. On first launch you pick a name and an avatar; if you open a link before that, the app asks for them first and then takes you into the room.
Scan the QR code with the camera
Scan the QR code on the game table with the regular camera app and tap the prompt. On iPhone, Gather opens instead of the browser and enters the room.
Or: tap an invitation
If a host sent you a link via “Share invitation”, tap it in the message. It also opens Gather right in the correct room.
Switch from the browser to the app
If you’ve already landed on the join page in your browser, tap “It’s even easier with the Gather app for iPhone” there. The app picks up the room and the host.
Confirm an unknown device
If Gather can’t find the device from the link on your Wi‑Fi, the app asks first (“Unknown Device”). Only tap “Connect” if you trust the host.
Get ready
In the lobby, tap “Ready” – and you’re set.
If the browser opens anyway
If scanning opens the browser rather than the app, use the scanner next to the code field in Gather’s “Play” tab, or type the room code by hand. Both will get you into the app.
On the same Wi‑Fi, the app connects to the host directly. If the host is online, the QR code and invitations go through gathergames.de, and joining also works from another network, over mobile data for example.