Comparison

Common Change vs LendLoop

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

Head to head
About

Common Change

This app helps individuals pool money with trusted contacts to provide financial support to those in need. It aims to reduce economic isolation and insecurity by fostering community-based giving.

Highlights
  • Pool money with trusted contacts
  • Provide financial support to those in need
  • Reduce economic isolation
  • Foster community-based giving
  • Secure financial sharing
Features
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Common Change provides solutions to eliminate personal economic isolation and insecurity by helping compassionate and concerned people to pool money with those they know, to share with people in need of financial support.

About

LendLoop

Easily track items you lend to or borrow from friends and family. Set return dates and receive friendly reminders to ensure everything comes back on time. Works offline and offers flexible sign-in options.

Highlights
  • Track lent and borrowed items
  • Set return dates
  • Send shareable loan links
  • Receive friendly reminders
  • Offline access to loans
  • Sign in with Apple or Google
  • Create lending groups (crews)
Features
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Know who has your stuff—and when it should come back. LendLoop keeps one-to-one lending simple. Track what you lend to a friend, family member or neighbor, and what you borrow from them. TRACK EVERY LOAN Add an item, choose a return window, and connect the other person directly or with a share link. Keep the item, person and due date together in one clear record. SHARE A LINK Send a loan link with the iPhone share sheet. The other person can open the link and accept the loan so you both have the details. FRIENDLY REMINDERS LendLoop sends reminders when an item is due soon or overdue. Open Loans to see what needs attention. READY WHEN YOU’RE OFFLINE On iPhone, view your last synced items and active loans without a connection. SIGN IN YOUR WAY Use Sign in with Apple or Google. Lending within a group? Start a crew from Profile. Share more, buy less.

Screenshots

Common Change2 screens
LendLoop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: LendLoop at daily against Common Change's every 23 months. Common Change's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, rating, 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Common Change against 5.0 for LendLoop. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Common Change has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Common Change ships an update every 23 months, LendLoop daily. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Common Change versus LendLoop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCommon ChangeLendLoop
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 23 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.515.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB7 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperRelational Tithe, IncTrip Fish

Customer experience

Common Change

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

LendLoop

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Common Change

No in-app purchases

None

LendLoop

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Common Change free?
Common Change is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LendLoop free?
LendLoop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Common Change or LendLoop?
Common Change and LendLoop are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 6 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Common Change or LendLoop have ads?
Neither Common Change nor LendLoop shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Common Change or LendLoop?
Common Change ships an update every 23 months, and LendLoop daily. Most recently, Common Change was updated on October 17, 2026 and LendLoop on October 26, 2026.

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