CupLift vs Fly with Pelican
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CupLift
This platform connects individuals with opportunities to improve their communities. Users can create and find projects for volunteering, fundraising, donations, and work experience.
- Create community service projects
- Find volunteer hour opportunities
- Organize fundraising events
- Facilitate donations and sponsorships
- Connect with crowd volunteer efforts
- Access work experience opportunities
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Join the movement to revitalize your Community! CupLift is a one source platform that provides opportunities and resources for communities globally. Create community service projects, community service hour opportunities, fundraising events, donations, sponsorship, grants, crowd volunteer efforts, and work experience through CupLift.
Fly with Pelican
This platform allows individuals to create fundraisers for their passions, whether artistic, athletic, or otherwise. Supporters can directly contribute to help individuals invest in equipment or dedicate more time to their pursuits. It offers an effortless way to start a fundraiser and gain support.
- Create passion-based fundraisers
- Direct supporter contributions
- Share fundraiser links
- Get discovered on the app
- Secure payment processing via Stripe
- Platform fee applied
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Every passion has a story. Tell yours to the world and get support to take it to new heights! Whether you're an artist, musician, athlete, or even a birdwatcher, your Pelican Page is where you tell your passion's story however you want, from who you are and why you do what you do to your goals, plus photos or videos of your work. Getting started is simple, and there's no cost to set up. Create your Pelican Page by answering a few questions about your passion's story, then connect Stripe for secure payments. From there, share your link anywhere, or get discovered right in the app. People can support you once or monthly, and their support goes right to you. We want you to focus on your passion, and only that! Here to support instead? Discover passions from around the world, read the stories behind them, and support the ones that inspire you. Your support takes their passion to new heights! We believe every passion deserves to reach its potential, and we'd love to welcome you to the flock. Where will your passion take you?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Fly with Pelican at none against CupLift's shown. Fly with Pelican also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 5 months) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). CupLift's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for CupLift against 5.0 for Fly with Pelican. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 5 respectively.
CupLift ships an update every 5 months, Fly with Pelican every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | CupLift | Fly with Pelican |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 101 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Clift, LLC | Flywithpelican Inc. |
Customer experience
CupLift
Fly with Pelican
In-app purchases
CupLift
No in-app purchases
Fly with Pelican
No in-app purchases
