Active Giving vs Summitree
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- GPS activity tracking
- Manual workout logging
- Social media sharing
- Strava account integration
- Team challenges
- Charitable giving integration
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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
Summitree
This app encourages physical activity by allowing users to track steps and outdoor activities via GPS. Your movement contributes to environmental projects, like planting trees, and you can participate in team challenges for added motivation.
- GPS tracking for outdoor activities
- Step counting via motion sensors
- Team challenges
- Convert activity to trees/projects
- Manual activity entry
- Fitness tracker integration
- Personal statistics and leaderboards
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Summitree – Your Challenge App for More Activity and Sustainable Impact Move. Get active. Protect the climate – together as a team. With Summitree, every step and every sporting activity becomes a contribution to the environment. Take part in exciting, community-driven challenges, collect kilometers by running, hiking, or cycling, and turn your movement into real trees or other sustainable projects. How it works: • GPS tracking for outdoor activities: When you start running, hiking, or cycling, you can record your route directly via GPS. The app uses a foreground service while you are on the move – always visible and fully under your control. • Step counting via motion sensors: In our step challenges, your smartphone’s motion sensors automatically count your steps – no location data required. You can even keep the app closed, as long as you’ve granted permission for “physical activity.” • Be active together: Compete as a team, motivate each other, and reach your goals. • Create real impact: Transform your activities into trees or other sustainable projects. • Flexible and easy: Use the app anywhere – with automatic GPS tracking, step counting, or synchronization with your fitness tracker. Note: • As soon as an activity recording is started by a user – and only until the user stops the recording – the app may also capture location data in the background or when the phone is locked. For this, the permission for the foreground service is required. Features at a glance: • Join public or company challenges • GPS tracking for running, cycling, and hiking • Step counting via motion sensor (no location usage) • Manual activity entry and integration with supported fitness trackers • Team challenges for more motivation and team spirit • Personal statistics and leaderboards • Overview of your achieved climate impact Permissions notice: Summitree uses: • Location permission & foreground service when you actively start GPS tracking (e.g., for cycling). • Physical activity permission to count steps via your motion sensor – without using location data. All permissions are transparent and can be managed by you at any time. Why Summitree? • Combine health, team spirit, and climate protection • Stay active and set yourself meaningful goals • Be part of a growing community that moves the world together Start now and join the Summitree movement. Together, we give movement a purpose – for you, your team, and our planet.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Active Giving at 58% against Summitree's 29%. Summitree's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Active Giving ships an update every 3 weeks, Summitree every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Active Giving | Summitree |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 57.7% of reviews — better | 29.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 108 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Active Giving GmbH | Summitree GmbH |
Customer experience
Active Giving
Summitree
In-app purchases
Active Giving
No in-app purchases
Summitree
No in-app purchases









