Comparison

Benevity vs Max Pain

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

Max Pain

This app acts as an on-device accountability coach, verifying your fitness efforts through Apple Health data. Choose your coach's personality and intensity to stay motivated for workouts or deep work sessions. It requires a one-time purchase and no subscription.

Highlights
  • On-device accountability coach
  • Verifies fitness via Apple Health
  • Customizable coach personalities
  • Adjustable intensity levels
  • Supports any Apple Health compatible device
  • One-time purchase, no subscription
Features
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MAX PAIN is an on-device accountability coach for people who are done negotiating with themselves. Any Fitness hardware is compatible as long as it logs information into Apple Health App. Pick how it talks to you — Drill Sergeant, Firm Coach, or Southern Belle — then set the intensity. Higher means louder, harsher, less mercy. Apple's Health app verifies real effort (time + calories). Miss the standard and the app doesn’t pretend you showed up. Designed around Apple watch but any device that logs information into Apple health app works! IF a work out is not detected it’s time to move! Match the frame and do the work. Built for gym days, deep-work blocks, and the mornings you’d rather snooze forever. No account. No subscription. One purchase — then it’s yours. Help yourself be accountable.

Screenshots

Benevity4 screens
Max Pain4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Max Pain at 100% against Benevity's 14%. Max Pain also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.8) and update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly). Benevity's advantage is price (Free vs $1.99) and ratings volume (28 vs 2). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Benevity is free to download; Max Pain costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Max Pain holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Benevity has 28 ratings behind it against 2, 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 Max Pain's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Benevity ships an update monthly, Max Pain every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Benevity versus Max Pain: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBenevityMax Pain
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating2.8 (28 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews14.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings28 — better2
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB3 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperBenevity, Inc.Anthony Rivera

Customer experience

Benevity

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

Max Pain

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Benevity

No in-app purchases

None

Max Pain

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Benevity free?
Benevity is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Max Pain free?
Max Pain costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Benevity or Max Pain?
Max Pain is rated higher. Benevity averages 2.8 out of 5 from 28 ratings, while Max Pain averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Benevity or Max Pain have ads?
Neither Benevity nor Max Pain shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Benevity or Max Pain?
Benevity ships an update monthly, and Max Pain every 4 days. Most recently, Benevity was updated on October 24, 2026 and Max Pain on October 31, 2026.

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