Purposity vs Tribu
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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!
Tribu
Discover local volunteer opportunities with ease. This app connects you to causes you care about, making it simple to find and start contributing to your community. Make a difference with just a few clicks.
- Discover local volunteering
- Connect with causes
- Easy contribution
- Community impact
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Volunteering is just a click away! Find the best possible volunteering opportunities in your area and start contributing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Purposity at 4.3 against Tribu's 3.0. Purposity also leads on ratings volume (94 vs 2). Tribu's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (80% vs 65%). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Purposity holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Purposity has 94 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 65% of Purposity's written reviews are positive against 80% of Tribu's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Purposity ships an update every 2 months, Tribu every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Purposity | Tribu |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (94 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 64.7% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 94 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Purposity | Tribu Public Benefit Company Ltd (CC) |
Customer experience
Purposity
Tribu
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
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- 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
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- Fix filtering by city
Tribu
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Purposity
No in-app purchases
Tribu
No in-app purchases
