Giveffect vs Minifig Scan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Giveffect
This app helps nonprofits manage constituents, events, and volunteers. It allows for location-based contact searches and features tools for checking participants in and out, tracking hours, and validating event tickets.
- Constituent management
- Event management
- Volunteer check-in/out
- Location-based search
- Ticket validation (QR code/number)
- Driver's license scanning
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Giveffect is built for nonprofits. This app is designed as a Constituent Management, Events Management, and Volunteer/Participant check-in & check-out tool. Users must have an account with Giveffect to manage their nonprofit organization with this app. Simply login using your account credentials to access your organization's events, volunteers and contact database. Location based search: This app allows administrators to search for contacts in the database based on their location. With your location data, you can query your database for contact addresses within a set radius. If your location is not provided as search parameters, then the spatial query is ignored. Key features include: - Add constituents to your database. - Scan driver's license data via 2D barcode (PDF417) using the camera, or magnetic stripe. - Search constituent database by name or nearby location via GPS coordinates. - Check-in & Check-out Volunteers and Event Participants to track volunteer hours and attendance. - Validate Event tickets manually by ticket number, or automatically by scanning ticket QR codes using the device camera.
Minifig Scan
Scan data codes on LEGO Minifigure boxes to identify the figure inside. This fan-made app helps you discover which minifigure you'll get before opening. It may also provide links to purchase figures online.
- Scan minifigure data codes
- Identify minifigure contents
- Links to purchase products
- Fan-made identification tool
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This is a fan application, LEGO® and the LEGO® logo are trademarks of the LEGO® Group, which does not sponsor, authorize or endorse this app. Find the minifigures you’re looking for and avoid unwanted duplicates. Scan the data codes on supported LEGO® Minifigures boxes to see what’s inside—even several boxes at once. • Keep track of your collection with counters, favorites and personal notes. • Browse minifigures and series, with 360° and stereoscopic views for selected figures. • Prefer a surprise? Blind mode helps you spot duplicates without revealing the characters. • Discover LEGO® news, offers and upcoming releases. • Add widgets to your Home Screen for the minifigure of the day, news and releases. • Make the app your own with dark mode, adjustable scan banners and accessibility options. Scanning requires a supported data code. The in-app help explains where to find it and which codes can be read. Some shopping links are affiliate links. Purchases through these links may support the app with a small commission, at no additional cost to you.
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Verdict
Giveffect and Minifig Scan both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 98% of Minifig Scan's written reviews are positive against 0% of Giveffect's. Minifig Scan also leads on ratings volume (3K vs 2). Giveffect's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Minifig Scan sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Giveffect asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Giveffect against 4.9 for Minifig Scan. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Minifig Scan has 3K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of Giveffect's written reviews are positive against 98% of Minifig Scan's.
Giveffect ships an update fortnightly, Minifig Scan every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Giveffect | Minifig Scan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.9 (3K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 98.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3K — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 95 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Giveffect, Inc. | Francis Bonnin |
Customer experience
Giveffect
Minifig Scan
Bugs and requests
Giveffect
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Minifig Scan
Reported bugs
2 issues- Occasional incorrect figure identification
- Scanning issues with certain Minifig boxes
Requested features
4 requests- Add support for more Minifig series
- Improve scanning for smaller QR codes
- Implement manual code entry option
- Add historical collection data
In-app purchases
Giveffect
No in-app purchases
Minifig Scan
- Buy us a coffee$1.99
- Buy us a minifig$4.99
- Buy us a set$9.99
Questions
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