Comparison

Purposity vs OutreachCircle

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

Head to head
About

Purposity

Connect with local individuals and organizations facing immediate needs. Receive weekly notifications about verified requests, contribute directly to meet those needs, and witness the tangible impact of your generosity through direct thank you messages and personal stories.

Highlights
  • Receive weekly local need notifications
  • View hand-crafted stories from those in need
  • Meet local needs quickly
  • Receive direct thank you messages
  • 100% donation transparency
  • Track your impact and past contributions
Features
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What’s living on purpose? If you knew a kid down the street had holes in his shoes or a neighbor’s home burned down, chances are you’d help, right? But, it’s hard to know the needs of real people in your community. Until now. Reimagine doing good from the ground up. It should be fun, fast, easy, transparent, local and inspiring - all rolled into one. It should become a lifestyle. Purposity makes it simple. Here’s how it works. - Receive one weekly notification linking you to a local need from a verified school or nonprofit. - Be inspired by hand-crafted stories from someone working directly with the individual in need. - Meet a local need in less than a minute. - Get a thank you message directly from those you’ve impacted. - Know your impact since 100% of your donation goes to meeting the need. - Visit the stories tab for inspirational content and updates. - Relive the stories of those you’ve helped. They live on your wall. - Choose where to help, whether it’s next door or across the country! Grow yourself towards living on purpose. That’s Purposity. As seen in Forbes!

About

OutreachCircle

This app helps you support campaigns, causes, or organizations by leveraging your personal network. Easily learn about candidates, register for events, volunteer, and donate. Engage friends through social media or direct messages to spread the word and make a difference.

Highlights
  • Support campaigns and causes
  • Learn about candidates
  • Register for events
  • Volunteer opportunities
  • Donate to causes
  • Engage friends via social media
  • Send personalized messages
Features
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OutreachCircle makes it easy to support your favorite campaign, cause or organization. Anytime, anywhere. And because friends trust friends, OutreachCircle harnesses the power of your personal network to spread the word, friend-to-friend. Say you are supporting a candidate for senate. OutreachCircle is your home base to learn about the candidate, register to attend local events, volunteer, donate and more. You can even engage your friends through social media or sending them a personalized text or email. All from the comfort of your own home, on your own time. Making a difference should be easy. OutreachCircle is here to help. With OutreachCircle, doing good has never been so easy.

Screenshots

Purposity4 screens
OutreachCircle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: OutreachCircle at free against Purposity's free with in-app purchases. OutreachCircle also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). Purposity's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (94 vs 11). On price, review sentiment, 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

Purposity holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Purposity has 94 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 65% of Purposity's written reviews are positive against 67% of OutreachCircle's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Purposity ships an update every 2 months, OutreachCircle fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Purposity versus OutreachCircle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPurposityOutreachCircle
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (94 ratings) — better4.0 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews64.7% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings94 — better11
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB97 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperPurposityVotercircle Inc

Customer experience

Purposity

All ratings94 ratings
Positive77.7%
Neutral5.3%
Negative17.0%
Written reviews34 reviews
Positive64.7%
Neutral8.8%
Negative26.5%

OutreachCircle

All ratings11 ratings
Positive72.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative27.3%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Bugs and requests

Purposity

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • Apple Pay not accepted
  • App freezes
  • App force quits
  • App cannot execute when meeting a need
  • Team needs not accurately reflecting
Show 7 more
  • Monetary value contributed not updating
  • App crashes at start up
  • Organizations followed don't show up
  • Cannot connect to network
  • App will not connect
  • App keeps shutting down when trying to open
  • Stuck at forgot password screen

Requested features

6 requests
  • Update review dates
  • Make optional donation button darker
  • Design with veteran needs in mind
  • Control credit card data storage
  • Improve transparency of costs/items
Show 1 more
  • Fix filtering by city

OutreachCircle

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Purposity

No in-app purchases

None

OutreachCircle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Purposity free?
Purposity is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is OutreachCircle free?
OutreachCircle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Purposity or OutreachCircle?
Purposity is rated higher. Purposity averages 4.3 out of 5 from 94 ratings, while OutreachCircle averages 4.0 from 11 ratings.
Do Purposity or OutreachCircle have ads?
Neither Purposity nor OutreachCircle shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Purposity or OutreachCircle?
Purposity ships an update every 2 months, and OutreachCircle fortnightly. Most recently, Purposity was updated on November 2, 2026 and OutreachCircle on November 3, 2026.

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