Comparison

OnHand vs Something Good

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

Head to head
About

OnHand

This app connects users with local causes and environmental initiatives to make a positive impact. It offers curated missions, climate-positive pledges, and tracks your contributions, allowing you to earn points and grow a virtual forest.

Highlights
  • Find local causes and missions
  • Take climate-positive pledges
  • Track volunteer hours and CO2e reduction
  • Earn Hero Points and climb leaderboards
  • Grow a virtual forest with completed missions
  • Connect with your team for impact
Features
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OnHand makes it easy for people to do more good in the world. We’re the social and environmental impact app for employees everywhere. We’re helping you learn and take action on the issues that really matter by connecting those in need with those who want to give. FIND LOCAL CAUSES CURATED FOR YOU Take part in local and remote missions around the topics of youth mentoring, food poverty, homelessness, elderly help, and loads more. Choose how you make a difference today! TAKE CLIMATE-POSITIVE PLEDGES Wash your clothes at 30°C, eat vegan for a week, go plastic-free… we’re giving you the tools to fight the climate emergency using our ever-growing list of sustainable lifestyle pledges. SHOUT ABOUT YOUR IMPACT Earn Hero Points for every good deed you do, climb a leaderboard, and show off to your friends! The OnHand app has automated volunteer and CO2e reduction tracking, with impact pages to shout about the good you’re doing. GROW YOUR OWN FOREST Every good deed you do helps to grow a forest. Not only do you get to make a real difference in your local community, we’ll plant a tree for every 10 missions you complete. It’s simple to get started: Download the app Verify your details Join your team to start completing missions! Make the impact you want with mini missions that suit you. Make a global impact, fight the climate crisis, and meet your responsible business goals. It really is that easy. Do good and feel great today.

About

Something Good

Features
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When everything feels overwhelming, it’s easy to forget that not everything is bad. Something Good gives you small, real moments of perspective. Without pressure, noise, or expectations. Just open the app and tap Something Good. - What you’ll find: • Small, real reminders that good things still exist • Gentle shifts in perspective • Calm, simple moments you can return to anytime No feeds. No streaks. No pressure. - From you, earlier: • Write a message to yourself. Something kind, honest, or grounding. • Later, it comes back to you. - Features • Tap to receive something good • Save messages that resonate with you • Send notes to your future self • Optional gentle notifications • Share your favourite messages with a loved one - Designed to feel different • No toxic positivity • No productivity pressure • No overwhelming features Just something small. When you need it. Take a moment. There’s still good. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

OnHand4 screens
Something Good4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: OnHand at none against Something Good's 2. Something Good's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Something Good sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per year. OnHand asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

OnHand ships an update fortnightly, Something Good every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
OnHand versus Something Good: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOnHandSomething Good
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews93.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.113.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size95 MB81 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBEONHAND LIMITEDJoao Carlos Macedo Salvado Alves

Bugs and requests

OnHand

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Login crashes and app shutdown
  • Impact feature causes app crash
  • Registration completion failures
  • App crashes during startup
  • Functionality issues in version 9.5.0

Requested features

8 requests
  • Improved search bar for missions
  • Better filtering options for actions
  • Enhanced mission descriptions with more detail
  • Custom team league table functionality
  • More consistent point system
Show 3 more
  • Improved navigation for locating missions
  • More mission availability in regional areas
  • Optional photo uploads for sensitive missions

Something Good

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

OnHand

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Something Good

Subscriptions1
  • Something Good Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$2.991 Year
One-time1
  • Something Good Pro - Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is OnHand free?
OnHand is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Something Good free?
Something Good is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do OnHand or Something Good have ads?
Neither OnHand nor Something Good shows ads.
Which is updated more often, OnHand or Something Good?
OnHand ships an update fortnightly, and Something Good every 3 weeks. Most recently, OnHand was updated on October 9, 2026 and Something Good on October 3, 2026.

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