Comparison

Benevity vs Grateful Giving

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

Head to head
About

Benevity

Support causes you care about and participate in company initiatives. Log volunteer hours, donate via various payment methods, and track positive actions in real-time. Discover opportunities tailored to your location, skills, and interests.

Highlights
  • Discover opportunities to do good
  • Donate via payroll, credit card, PayPal, Apple Pay
  • Track volunteer time in real-time
  • Log in with Touch ID/Face ID
  • Support company initiatives
Features
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There’s no better time to do good than the moment you’re inspired! With the Benevity app, you can support the causes you care about, and participate in your company’s initiatives, right from the palm of your hand. Whether you’re logging volunteer time at an event, donating during a disaster or tracking positive actions in real-time, it’s easy to do good no matter where you are. To get started your company must be a Benevity client and have authorized the use of this app. Features and options are subject to program availability and company configurations. The Benevity app empowers you to: • Discover opportunities to do good based on your location, skills and interests. • Donate whenever you feel inspired, through payroll, credit card, PayPal, Apple Pay or your Giving Account rewards. • Track volunteer time right at the event and in real time. • Log in with Touch ID/Face ID, so you don’t need to remember passwords. • And more! About Benevity Benevity, a certified B Corporation, is the leader in global corporate purpose software, providing the only integrated suite of community investment and employee, customer and nonprofit engagement solutions. A finalist in Fast Company’s 2020 World Changing Ideas Awards, many iconic brands rely on Benevity’s cloud solutions to power their purpose in ways that better attract, retain and engage today’s diverse workforce, embed social action into their customer experiences and positively impact their communities. With software that is available in 20 languages, Benevity has processed more than 5 billion dollars in donations, 32 million hours of volunteering time, 210,000 positive actions and awarded one million grants to 251,000 nonprofits worldwide.

About

Grateful Giving

Easily share gratitude and support charitable causes. Discover nonprofits, find local charities, and send messages of thanks to make a real impact.

Highlights
  • Nonprofit database exploration
  • Local charity discovery
  • Support favorite causes
  • Send gratitude messages
  • Simple and impactful giving
Features
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Grateful Giving makes sharing gratitude and giving easy and impactful. Explore our nonprofit database, find new charities near you, support your favorite causes, and say thanks by sending messages of gratitude.

Screenshots

Benevity4 screens
Grateful Giving4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Grateful Giving at 100% against Benevity's 14%. Grateful Giving also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.8) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). Benevity's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and ratings volume (29 vs 4). 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Grateful Giving holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Benevity has 29 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of Benevity's written reviews are positive against 100% of Grateful Giving's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Benevity ships an update monthly, Grateful Giving every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Benevity versus Grateful Giving: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBenevityGrateful Giving
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (29 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews14.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings29 — better4
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB153 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperBenevity, Inc.Grateful Giving Foundation

Customer experience

Benevity

All ratings28 ratings
Positive39.3%
Neutral7.1%
Negative53.6%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive14.3%
Neutral7.1%
Negative78.6%

Grateful Giving

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Benevity

No in-app purchases

None

Grateful Giving

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Benevity free?
Benevity is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Grateful Giving free?
Grateful Giving is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Benevity or Grateful Giving?
Grateful Giving is rated higher. Benevity averages 2.8 out of 5 from 29 ratings, while Grateful Giving averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Benevity or Grateful Giving have ads?
Neither Benevity nor Grateful Giving shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Benevity or Grateful Giving?
Benevity ships an update monthly, and Grateful Giving every 2 weeks. Most recently, Benevity was updated on November 6, 2026 and Grateful Giving on November 11, 2026.

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