Comparison

Active Giving vs Treekly

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

Head to head
About

Active Giving

This app allows users to track their runs and bike rides, and log past workouts. It connects activities to charitable giving and encourages social sharing to inspire others. Users can link their Strava accounts and participate in team challenges.

Highlights
  • GPS activity tracking
  • Manual workout logging
  • Social media sharing
  • Strava account integration
  • Team challenges
  • Charitable giving integration
Features
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Turn every run, walk, and workout into real-world impact. Active Giving is a fitness app that lets your movement plant trees,restore kelp forests, and remove plastic from our oceans. Get your daily exercise in while doing something meaningful for the planet. How it works Download the app, log your first activity (with built-in GPS tracking, or import your last workout), and see the environmental impact you've unlocked. Share your accomplishments with your friends and inspire them to move for a cause too. Create an Active Giving account to unlock the full set of features: • Strava sync: connect your Strava account to Active Giving to automatically sync activities across both platforms. • Apple Health integration: pull your workouts from Apple Watch, iPhone, and other trackers directly into your Active Giving impact. • Team challenges: exclusive challenges built for virtual events, company wellness programs, and community-led initiatives. • Impact leaderboards: see how you and your team stack up, and celebrate wins together. • Impact history: track every tree planted, every kilogram of plastic removed, every kelp forest supported. Press "Active Giving is a movement that gives people the opportunity to achieve something huge, while simply getting their daily exercise hit." Fashion Week Magazine Why our Active Givers love the idea Lauren: "With Active Giving, my workouts evolve from activity that's good for me to activity that's good for the world. I've been given a renewed sense of purpose that fuels my workouts as a driving force for positive change." Rene: "I'm an Active Giver because running is my passion. It connects people no matter their gender, religion, or origin. We run together." Ricarda: "Doing yourself a favor by moving your body AND doing good for this planet. Everybody should join. It's so easy to do good. What else are we waiting for?" Every step counts. Every ride matters. Every activity you log becomes real-world impact. #beactivedogood #activegiver Connect with us: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/active.giving/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/activegiving/ Email: info@activegiving.de

About

Treekly

This app rewards you with trees for achieving a daily step goal. By walking over 5,000 steps for 20 consecutive days, you earn a free tree. Track your progress, sync with fitness devices, and contribute to reforestation efforts.

Highlights
  • Earn trees by walking 5000+ steps daily
  • Receive a free tree after 20 days of consistent walking
  • Automatic step tracking via phone pedometer
  • Sync with fitness trackers and smartwatches
  • Monitor your Climate Impact Score
  • Create and join groups for competition
  • Contribute to mangrove tree planting globally
Features
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Turn footsteps into forests. With Treekly, you earn trees by maintaining a daily walking habit of over 5000 steps. Take a positive step today for a healthier future on a happier planet. Complete 5,000 steps over 20 days and you will receive a tree for FREE. The app uses your phone's built-in pedometer to automatically register your daily step count. You can also connect to a fitness tracker or a compatible smartwatch to improve tracking accuracy. FEATURES: Walk to earn trees in your own virtual forest See your Climate Impact Score grow Create and join groups for some healthy competition Compete with co-workers with Treekly Business Sync your steps with apps like Apple Health, Fitbit and Google Fit. We are planting mangrove trees in 6 global planting sites: Madagascar, Brazil, Kenya, Mozambique, Indonesia and Haiti. Mangrove trees are known to be incredibly effective against climate change, storing 4x times more carbon than tropical rainforests. With your help, the Treekly Forest is set to rapidly reach our first target of 5 million trees. Join our Treekly community to start turning your footsteps into forests today!

Screenshots

Active Giving4 screens
Treekly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Treekly at 4.7 against Active Giving's 4.3. Treekly also leads on ratings volume (85 vs 3). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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

Treekly holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Treekly has 85 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 58% and 58% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Active Giving ships an update every 2 weeks, Treekly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Active Giving versus Treekly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterActive GivingTreekly
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (3 ratings)4.7 (85 ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.7% of reviews58.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings385 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.1 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB80 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperActive Giving GmbHTreekly Group

Customer experience

Active Giving

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive57.7%
Neutral11.5%
Negative30.8%

Treekly

All ratings77 ratings
Positive89.6%
Neutral3.9%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews62 reviews
Positive58.1%
Neutral11.3%
Negative30.6%

Bugs and requests

Active Giving

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Treekly

Reported bugs

47 issues
  • Doesn't sync actual data
  • Underestimates step count
  • Steps don't count over 5,000 threshold
  • Won't let me create an account (Apple/Google sign in)
  • Last update broke the app, won't load
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  • Steps go missing
  • Sync with Apple is glitchy
  • App dies, requires frequent deletion/reloading
  • Cannot see anything on homepage after update
  • Not logging activity after update
  • Lost progress syncing to new step counter
  • App hasn't been loading for weeks
  • Trees disappeared
  • Lost all planted trees
  • Progress not synced
  • Constantly having to reconnect
  • Does not open since recent updates
  • Buggy 3rd party connections
  • Intermittently syncs data
  • Shows zero steps when Apple Health shows many
  • Big grey box underneath the Days after upgrade
  • App no longer counts steps unless physically opened
  • Lost at least half the planted trees
  • Poor interface
  • App takes a long time to register steps
  • Doesn't sync with Fitbit
  • Refuses to recognise steps
  • Constantly asks to log into Fitbit
  • Hasn't worked for weeks, even with update
  • Repeatedly asks to reconnect to Fitbit, then still doesn't work
  • Regularly requires reconnecting to Garmin
  • App makes no reference to saving or planting trees
  • Does not tell me how many trees I have planted
  • Challenges do not appear to happen
  • Settings are basic (thinks goal is 5000 steps)
  • Some days it does not seem to capture steps correctly
  • Impact score changes never make sense or align to steps
  • App has been playing up for days and won't open
  • Recent update started asking for irrelevant data from Fitbit
  • App is slow to load profile
  • Groups not loading
  • Issues when first linking app to Fitbit
  • Impact score jumping all over the place with no explanation
  • Doesn't always record steps
  • If app not opened daily, doesn't record steps
  • Only records some steps on some days
  • Needs app to be open at all times to trace steps

Requested features

10 requests
  • Allow purchasing bonus packs as gifts
  • Offer different subscription options
  • Allow users to buy bonus packs as gifts
  • Convert cycling miles to steps
  • Tailor setup to individual circumstances
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  • Allow CO2 footprint testing
  • Plant trees locally (e.g., UK)
  • Pair with organizations like Woodland Trust
  • Update impact score to be tailored to individual
  • Make subscription visible in app

In-app purchases

None

Active Giving

No in-app purchases

None

Treekly

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Active Giving free?
Active Giving is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Treekly free?
Treekly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Active Giving or Treekly?
Treekly is rated higher. Active Giving averages 4.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Treekly averages 4.7 from 85 ratings.
Do Active Giving or Treekly have ads?
Neither Active Giving nor Treekly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Active Giving or Treekly?
Active Giving ships an update every 2 weeks, and Treekly every 3 weeks. Most recently, Active Giving was updated on October 25, 2026 and Treekly on October 30, 2026.

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