Comparison

Compassion UK vs KindnessMinute

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

Head to head
About

Compassion UK

Stay connected with children in poverty through inspiring stories, films, and prayer requests. Easily communicate with your sponsored child by sending messages and gifts, and receive important reminders.

Highlights
  • Latest news and stories
  • Inspiring films
  • Prayer requests
  • Connect with sponsored child
  • Send messages and gifts
  • Birthday reminders
  • Letter notifications
Features
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The Compassion UK App keeps you up to date with the latest news, stories and prayers from Compassion’s work with children in poverty. What’s more, it’s a new, easy way to connect with your sponsored child whilst on the go. On the app you can read inspiring stories from children who are overcoming poverty, be moved by the latest Compassion films and discover prayer requests and news from our work around the world. From the ease of your phone, you can explore your relationship with your sponsored child. Write messages and send gifts when you’re out and about. Receive helpful birthday reminders and letter notifications straight to your phone. The Compassion UK App gives you the option to receive helpful reminders about your sponsored child (e.g. their upcoming birthday) and about Compassion’s work (e.g. prayer requests and local events). You have full choice and control of receiving notifications about your sponsored child and/or Compassion’s work and can update these at any time.

About

KindnessMinute

Features
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INVITATION to join the KINDNESS MINUTE Movement this free app contains relaxation music and healing sounds, displaying randomly one of the 500+ quotes from many key figures. ​ - Reminder notifications - Relaxation timer - Procedural relaxation music - Key figures inspirational quotes - Arty sync vizualisations - Live attendee counters and more... This communication is from a few people from different organizations and different countries who know each other, who came together intent on doing something to try to help create a real change in the world. We have no ownership of this initiative, just stewardship, and we are reaching out to high-minded organizations and thought leaders who people listen to in order to create this echo of smaller meditation projects, and even large smaller projects, as a grandaddy of them all. This is a planetwide initiative to spend a minute every day focusing on kindness. Inspired by the Silent Minute in Britain during WW2, we look forward to millions if not billions of people participating at 6:00 pm in every time zone. Scientific studies on the power of thought to affect the material world are already convincing enough for distant healing to be taught in medical schools. And, if our effort results in kindness welling up in the world we’ll be providing evidence of the power of collective thought so that it can be employed to achieve other ends. And, of course, we will be contributing to current efforts for science to recognize the existence of non-material reality. Since kindness is love-in-action and love is the greatest unifying power, in creating a kinder world we make it a more loving world. This is the visionary goal, where millions of people uniting their minds and hearts, acting in concert, will already be a step in that direction. May this mark the beginning of a real change of our collective heart filling with kindness and love! With love and high hopes from our circle of light to yours, Dr Jude Currivan, Janice Dolley, Colum Hayward, David Lorimer, Tuvi Orbach, Suzanne Taylor, Dr Anne-Marie Voorhoeve

Screenshots

Compassion UK4 screens
KindnessMinute4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: KindnessMinute at every 6 days against Compassion UK's every 2 months. KindnessMinute also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). On price, 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Compassion UK ships an update every 2 months, KindnessMinute every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
Compassion UK versus KindnessMinute: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCompassion UKKindnessMinute
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews65.4% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size148 MB186 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCOMPASSION UK CHRISTIAN CHILD DEVELOPMENTMINDLIFE UK LTD

In-app purchases

None

Compassion UK

No in-app purchases

None

KindnessMinute

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Compassion UK free?
Compassion UK is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is KindnessMinute free?
KindnessMinute is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Compassion UK or KindnessMinute have ads?
Neither Compassion UK nor KindnessMinute shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Compassion UK or KindnessMinute?
Compassion UK ships an update every 2 months, and KindnessMinute every 6 days. Most recently, Compassion UK was updated on November 2, 2026 and KindnessMinute on November 3, 2026.

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