# Purposity — Live on Purpose.

> Facilitates local, transparent, and direct charitable giving to verified needs. (iPhone/iPad app by Purposity.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/purposity/id1439261020 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Purposity](https://appshunter.io/developer/1439261019)
- Category: Social Networking, Lifestyle
- Price: Free
- Rating: 4.30/5 from 94 App Store ratings · 34 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.1 · 72 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2018-11-20
- Data updated: 2026-08-28
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/purposity/id1439261020/reviews.md

## What is Purposity?

What’s living on purpose? 

If you knew a kid down the street had holes in his shoes or a neighbor’s home burned down, chances are you’d help, right? But, it’s hard to know the needs of real people in your community. Until now. 

Reimagine doing good from the ground up. It should be fun, fast, easy, transparent, local and inspiring - all rolled into one. It should become a lifestyle. Purposity makes it simple. 

Here’s how it works. 

- Receive one weekly notification linking you to a local need from a verified school or nonprofit. 
- Be inspired by hand-crafted stories from someone working directly with the individual in need.
- Meet a local need in less than a minute.
- Get a thank you message directly from those you’ve impacted. 
- Know your impact since 100% of your donation goes to meeting the need. 
- Visit the stories tab for inspirational content and updates.
- Relive the stories of those you’ve helped. They live on your wall. 
- Choose where to help, whether it’s next door or across the country!

Grow yourself towards living on purpose. That’s Purposity. 

As seen in Forbes!

## Key features

- Receive weekly local need notifications
- View hand-crafted stories from those in need
- Meet local needs quickly
- Receive direct thank you messages
- 100% donation transparency
- Track your impact and past contributions

## Recent user reviews (10 of 34)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/purposity/id1439261020/reviews.md

### 2/5 — Looked so promising

*2023-05-04*

I was so excited to hear about this app given the story behind it and the potential to make such a big difference. However, the app has a lot of flaws - a large one being that there are two payment methods as options on the screen to donate for each cause and one of them is never actually accepted (Apple Pay). I’ve reached out through their website to try to ask if this and other specific glitches will be fixed, but never heard back. So disappointing since this is something I was hoping my whole company could get behind.

### 2/5 — Great Causes, Prompt Support, Terrible UI

*2023-02-12*

I have given plenty of needs and think this is the premier idea for a direct relief application in the modern era. Anytime there is an issue with functionality, the team responds promptly. That being said it lacks significantly in user experience. Frequently the application freezes, force quotes, or simply cannot execute when meeting a need. It has the option for Apple Pay, but when selecting it says that the functionality is not supported. It took months for team needs to accurately reflect nets met and monetary value contributed, but I cannot reliably confirm it updates as when I can contribute to a team, it does not appear to update in real time. Once these bugs are resolved it could be transformative in direct relief and I can imagine it transforming from just direct relief to subscription based giving for ongoing empowerment and sustaining contributions to great causes.

### 2/5 — Reviews

*2022-12-14, version 1.4.0*

Need to update reviews to more current dates so you can see how people feel about this app TODAY.

### 3/5 — Make the “Optional” donation button darker

*2020-11-19*

I love this app and love helping out. I’m also glad that I can now donate to Purposity to help them continue. What I don’t like is how the “optional” donation button is already set at 15% and is a very slight shade different from the other options, so you can barely tell what’s selected. It almost seems like it was designed that way, which is unfortunate coming from a charity organization. These tactics have no place for a charity organization. Hopefully, this was done unintentionally.

### 3/5 — Scam?

*2020-06-30*

I received an email from support. Apparently they had a bug and apologized for the problem and refunded my account and fixed the issue.  I appreciate their response and owning up to the problem.  

I donated and set up for meet 10 needs.  So I donated to my first “story” money taken from my bank.  I log in a few days later and the app says you haven’t met anyone’s needs yet please help.  It keeps asking for money!!!!

**Developer response:** We are always looking to improve your experience with Purposity! We would love to hear more about your experience, can you send us an email? hello@purposity.com

### 2/5 — Great idea, poor execution

*2020-04-24, version 1.1.16*

App crashes when I try to view messages. Can’t view needs of local organizations. The organization I was following yesterday no longer appears in my list. This app needs help.

### 4/5 — Love the purpose of this organization. Apps crashing

*2020-04-24*

I’ve been using this app for a year and it’s been fantastic. 

Recently after updating the App crashes at start up. It’s totally unusable for me at the moment. Deleted and re-downloaded, still no luck. IPhoneX running latest IOS

### 4/5 — Love this!

*2020-04-23*

The app bad mission are great! I love the idea of community and individuals coming together to make a real needed difference. The only reason this isn’t five stars is the buggy app. The organizations I follow don’t show up so it makes it hard at times to discover needs. Otherwise fantastic work.

### 1/5 — Doesn’t work

*2020-04-23, version 1.1.16*

Couldn’t connect to my network but my network was perfectly fine and working for all other apps. Also tried it on LTE didn’t work. Please fix really want to use this app it’s a great idea if it worked

### 5/5 — Help

*2020-04-23, version 1.1.16*

I am SO HAPPY to find this. I’ve been wanting something like this for some time now. 

It won’t let me sign up- letting me there is a network issue. How can I resolve that?

## Frequently asked questions about Purposity

### What does Purposity do?

Purposity connects users with verified local needs from schools and nonprofits. It allows you to see stories of individuals in need and contribute directly to help them, making charitable giving fast, easy, and transparent.

### How does Purposity ensure donations go to the right place?

The app works with verified schools and nonprofits to identify needs. It ensures 100% of your donation goes directly to meeting the specific need you choose to support, and you receive a thank you message directly from those impacted.

### Is Purposity free to use?

Yes, the app is free to download and use. While the app itself is free, it facilitates monetary donations to meet the needs of individuals and organizations.

### Who is Purposity for?

This app is designed for individuals who want to make a tangible difference in their local communities by easily supporting verified needs. It's for those who value transparency and want to see the direct impact of their generosity.

### How can I see the impact of my donations?

You can see the impact of your donations through direct thank you messages from the recipients and by viewing their stories. The app also allows you to revisit the stories of those you've helped, which are saved on your personal wall.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.1.4 — 2026-08-27

The OpenArc launch!

### 2.1.3 — 2026-07-09

- New preferences onboarding flow
- QR-code and share link fixes
- Impact Funds: a new way of giving
- Subscription enhancements

### 2.1.2 — 2026-05-06

- Introducing Subscriptions
- Make real change with Impact Funds
- Other fixes and improvements

### 2.1.1 — 2026-01-21

Design updates
Cart improvements

### 2.1.0 — 2025-12-10

Holidays update!
With this update we included a new Checkout Cart experience, you can now met many needs at once.
We also added roll-up needs.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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