Comparison

Action for Happiness vs RandomKindness

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

Head to head
About

Action for Happiness

This app provides daily action ideas to boost your mental health and wellbeing. It encourages you to spread happiness to others and join a supportive community focused on positivity and self-care. Monthly themes are based on scientific research to help you cultivate happiness year-round.

Highlights
  • Daily action ideas for happiness
  • Monthly themed action calendars
  • Community for sharing ideas
  • Focus on mental health and wellbeing
  • Science-based happiness strategies
Features
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Boost your happiness and create a kinder world while doing it with the Action for Happiness app. You’ll receive simple, daily action ideas designed to help you support your own mental health and wellbeing and spread more happiness to others around you too. Join a community of positivity and self care that encourages you to create more happiness for yourself and others. Each month’s actions follow a specific theme, all based on the latest scientific research about happiness. Here’s why you’ll love to use Action for Happiness: • Daily nudges to help you feel good - get simple action ideas and inspiration to support your happiness each day. • Discover an exciting calendar every month - Friendly February, Mindful March, Active April, Joyful June, Self-Care September, Optimistic October and much more. So you can keep the happiness going all year long • Our community of kindness - Share your own actions and ideas with others directly in the community and become part of something bigger and even more wonderful. • Easy to use - Simply log in and start your happiness journey today. Find out more and join hundreds of thousands of others in the Action for Happiness movement at: www.actionforhappiness.org Want more happiness in your life? Download the Action for Happiness app today. Together we can create a happier and kinder world :) --- Read our terms and conditions here: www.actionforhappiness.org/app-terms Read our privacy policy here: www.actionforhappiness.org/privacy

About

RandomKindness

This app encourages daily acts of kindness through inspirational messages, positive news, and practical tips. Users can connect with others, share experiences, find local volunteer opportunities, and participate in kindness challenges with rewards.

Highlights
  • Daily inspiration messages with photos
  • Positive news feed
  • Tips for practicing kindness
  • User posts and photo sharing
  • Chat with other users
  • Local volunteering resources
  • Kindness challenges with rewards
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The RandomKindness App is meant to inspire, challenge, connect and provide a resource to help our audience practice kindness daily. It will have daily messages of inspiration with a photo, positive news, provide tips on how to practice kindness, users will be able to post, share photos of the Kindness Krew, chat with other users, provide a resource for local volunteering, offer a kindness challenge with congrats/rewards for achieving milestones for individuals or friends along with the ability to donate money or provide resources.

Screenshots

Action for Happiness4 screens
RandomKindness4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Action for Happiness at 469 against RandomKindness's 2. RandomKindness's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Action for Happiness against 5.0 for RandomKindness. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Action for Happiness has 469 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Action for Happiness versus RandomKindness: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAction for HappinessRandomKindness
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (469 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews99.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings469 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size87 MB46 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperAction for HappinessGloria Heck

Customer experience

Action for Happiness

All ratings469 ratings
Positive99.1%
Neutral0.2%
Negative0.6%
Written reviews216 reviews
Positive99.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.9%

RandomKindness

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Action for Happiness

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Login/submission issues for some users
  • Occasional app crashes or freezes

Requested features

2 requests
  • Improved navigation between content
  • Ability to customize notifications and reminders

RandomKindness

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Action for Happiness

No in-app purchases

None

RandomKindness

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Action for Happiness free?
Action for Happiness is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RandomKindness free?
RandomKindness is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Action for Happiness or RandomKindness?
RandomKindness is rated higher. Action for Happiness averages 4.9 out of 5 from 469 ratings, while RandomKindness averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.

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