CIOF 360 vs GETsidetracked
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CIOF 360
This app connects UK fundraising professionals, offering resources for professional development and education. It facilitates networking and knowledge sharing among members to enhance fundraising practices for causes and communities.
- Professional development resources
- Educational content
- Fundraiser networking
- Knowledge sharing platform
- Membership support
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The Chartered Institute of Fundraising is the professional membership body for UK fundraising. We champion our members’ excellence in fundraising. We support fundraisers through professional development and education. We connect fundraisers across all sectors and skill sets to share and learn with each other. So that together we can best serve our causes and communities both now and in the future.
GETsidetracked
This app provides 54 creative prompts to help users exercise their creative thinking. It offers a fun and user-friendly way to overcome creative blocks with various techniques and methods.
- 54 creative prompts
- Random prompt generation
- Browse prompts
- User-friendly interface
- Creative thinking techniques
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This app is designed to help you think creatively with a series of 54 prompts. Tap or shake for a random “GET” or browse through them to find the one that catches the moment. Many people see creative thinking as the preserve of a minority of ‘creatives’ or artists. They think you either have the gift or you don’t. They don’t imagine they have it. Nothing could be further from the truth. Creativity is for everyone. It’s a muscle everyone can exercise and it strengthens with use. There are quite simple processes and creative-thinking techniques that anyone can use. Then the process of creative thinking invariably encounters blocks on the way. It’s common to get stuck. But there are methods you can use to overcome them. The 54 prompts in this app are a mix of those processes, techniques and methods distilled down into a fun and user-friendly format.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: CIOF 360 at Free against GETsidetracked's $1.99. GETsidetracked's advantage is iOS requirement (12.4 vs 16.4). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
CIOF 360 is free to download; GETsidetracked costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CIOF 360 | GETsidetracked |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Institute of Fundraising | Joel Baker |
In-app purchases
CIOF 360
No in-app purchases
GETsidetracked
No in-app purchases
Questions
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