Vivup vs Open Hearts
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Vivup
Access your health and wellbeing benefits with a single tap. Discover ways to get fit, save money on products, and manage stress and anxiety. Stay updated with messages and content from your benefits provider.
- Access health and wellbeing benefits
- Discover fitness and savings opportunities
- Learn stress and anxiety management
- View provider messages and content
- Direct in-app registration
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Welcome to Vivup, the gateway to your health, wellbeing, and happiness Access your benefits with a single tap. Simply select the schemes or initiatives within Welcome to Vivup, the gateway to your health, wellbeing, and happiness the benefits section and see how you can become fit and healthy, save money on the latest products, and learn how to cope with stress and anxiety The App also provides you with access to your benefits providerβs messages and helpful content from our curators You can register directly within the App, but note your benefits provider needs to be a member of Vivup. For more information, please visit https://www.vivup.co.uk
Open Hearts
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Open Heart gives people a calm place to share what is on their mind, browse public confessions, and connect with others through supportive interaction. Browse the latest and trending posts, filter by categories such as relationships, family, school, regret, and life, and choose whether sensitive content should be visible. You can explore as a guest or sign in to participate more fully. With an account, you can create anonymous or named confessions, react to posts, comment, request contact when allowed, manage your profile, and keep track of notifications in your inbox. Authors can follow their own submissions and see whether their confessions are pending or approved. Open Heart also includes moderation tools for trusted staff. Admins and moderators can review pending confessions, manage reports, and help keep the community safe and respectful. Key features: - Browse public confessions as a guest - Sign in to react, comment, post, and request contact - Create anonymous or named confessions - Filter posts by category and sensitive content preference - View latest and trending feeds - Track notifications and profile details - Staff moderation tools for review and community safety Open Heart is built for honest expression, thoughtful reading, and safer community discussion.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Vivup at none against Open Hearts's shown. On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Vivup ships an update monthly, Open Hearts every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vivup | Open Hearts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 14.1% of reviews | β |
| Update frequency | Monthly β better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No β better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | β |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod β better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 β better | 16.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Vivup | Lavu Mweemba |
Bugs and requests
Vivup
Reported bugs
40 issues- App crashes frequently
- App freezes
- Blank white screens on opening
- Network errors when accessing sections
- Login issues, including being signed out repeatedly
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- App not working after iOS updates
- Cannot log in
- App forgets device after closing
- 2FA code issues
- Payment screen shows blank white screen
- Cannot access gift cards
- Links do not work
- App resets when leaving
- Benefits not loading or showing
- Back button functionality issues
- Order history shows 'no orders'
- Orders don't show up in the app
- Top ups on supermarket cards are slow
- Cannot find reloadable cards for shopping
- UI is abysmal
- Ask us anything support has no free text
- Benefit or service pages show nothing
- Takes a long time to load information
- Cannot claim rewards due to missing icon
- App doesn't work or website inaccessible
- Payment never works
- Cannot view benefits on iOS
- App signs out without warning
- Cannot log in at all
- App no longer works
- Random errors when loading pages
- Blank start page
- Cannot click on anything after logging in
- Eternal loading icon
- App glitches
- App doesn't work after recent iOS update
- No 'back' option
- Quote disappears after leaving payment screen
- App logs out when switching to banking app
- Default back to payment page during banking verification
Requested features
15 requests- Allow auto-fill and saving of payment details
- Introduce Apple Pay and Google Pay
- Option to reload gift cards
- Improve navigation with a back button
- Faster top-up times for supermarket cards
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- Ability to track physical card top-ups
- Consolidate voucher options
- Improve customer service responsiveness
- Allow credit card payments
- Add face/fingerprint recognition for login
- Make app more user-friendly
- Remember login credentials
- Allow users to select favourites
- Fix banking verification issues
- Make app work on iOS devices
Open Hearts
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Vivup
No in-app purchases
Open Hearts
No in-app purchases








