VolunHere vs Softly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VolunHere
Discover volunteer opportunities in your community based on your interests and availability. Connect with local nonprofits and track your contributions to support children and families.
- Find volunteer events
- Filter by time, talents, interests
- Support local nonprofits
- Focus on children and families
- Track participation
- Interactive community involvement
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Volunteering through United Way of Greater Atlanta is a great way to give back to your community and meet your peers. The VolunHere app is an interactive solution that will help you Get Involved and Get Informed on some of the most important issues facing our communities today. Live United by volunteering throughout United Way of Greater Atlanta’s 13-county region. In a few easy steps, you can find volunteer events near you for 100’s of local nonprofit organizations and learn how to help improve the well-being of children and families. Select events based on your time, talents and interests, such as Health, Income and Education. Plus track your participation in a single-view Dashboard. Pick your passion and start volunteering today!
Softly
A private journaling app focused on reflection and emotional well-being. It offers multiple writing styles, a visual emotional calendar, and word pattern analysis. All data is stored locally for complete privacy.
- Multiple writing styles
- Visual emotional calendar
- Word constellation analysis
- Time capsule feature
- On-device data storage
- Face ID protection
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Softly is a private journal for your days. No achievements. No streaks. No productivity metrics. Just you, a word when you want one, and a space that comes back every night to receive you the way you arrived. WRITE HOWEVER FEELS RIGHT Free diary, gratitude in three lines, a mood with a tap of a moon, or an affirmation when you need to hear it. Four ways to leave the day without losing it. YOUR MONTH IN WATERCOLOR Each day lights up with the color of how you felt. A hand-painted emotional calendar — not a bar chart. YOUR CONSTELLATION OF WORDS The words that return most to your writing appear as a constellation that shifts with you. You see patterns without anyone interpreting them for you. TIME CAPSULES Seal a piece of writing today (AES-GCM encrypted). Open it in a month, a year — whenever you're ready to listen to yourself again. TOTAL PRIVACY Everything lives on your device. On-device speech recognition. Face ID for your space. No tracking, no accounts, no server watching. WATERCOLORS THAT BREATHE Each time you return, a new variant of a sprig, flower, or lavender greets you. The notebook changes with you. Softly is for the days you want to write — and for the days you only wanted to open the app. Here, both count.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: VolunHere at 9.0 against Softly's 17.0. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Softly holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
| Parameter | VolunHere | Softly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 100 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | United Way of Greater Atlanta, Inc. | Jean Millan |
Customer experience
VolunHere
Softly
In-app purchases
VolunHere
No in-app purchases
Softly
No in-app purchases









