Carrot. vs Stepping Forward LA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Carrot.
Connect with friends authentically and earn digital currency for your engagement. Answer daily questions or pose your own, rewarding friends with earned coins. Experience real value for social interaction.
- Connect with friends authentically
- Earn digital currency (Carrot Coin)
- Answer daily questions
- Post and send questions with rewards
- Reward friends with coins
- Transfer coins to external wallet
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Tired of social media? Dig deeper. Carrot allows you to connect with friends authentically, at any time, and earn digital currency while you do it! Answer a new question each day and earn EVERY time. Entice friends to answer your clever questions and reward them with coins you’ve earned. Carrot is a social messaging app that allows users to post & send questions with digital currency attached. The Daily Dig® is a question sent to all Carrot app users for a daily opportunity to earn. Digital currency are Carrot Coin tokens minted on the Polygon blockchain and can be used in-app as rewards, or transferred out of the app to an external wallet. You and your friends get REAL VALUE for app engagement! So what’s the hold-up? Start Digging today! Terms of service: https://www.digcarrot.com/terms-of-service/
Stepping Forward LA
This app empowers young adults transitioning out of foster care to achieve successful adulthood. It provides resources and support to help them reach their full potential.
- Empower foster youth
- Support successful transition
- Reach full potential
- Resources for adulthood
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Stepping Forward LA's mission is to empower young adults aging out of foster care to transition successfully to adulthood and reach their fullest potential.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Stepping Forward LA at none against Carrot.'s 8. Carrot.'s advantage is ratings volume (344 vs 47). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Carrot. sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Stepping Forward LA asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Carrot. against 4.9 for Stepping Forward LA. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Carrot. has 344 ratings behind it against 47, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 95% of Carrot.'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Stepping Forward LA's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Carrot. | Stepping Forward LA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (344 ratings) | 4.9 (47 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 94.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 344 — better | 47 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 120 MB | 103 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Carrot Group Inc | SFLA Test |
Customer experience
Carrot.
Stepping Forward LA
Bugs and requests
Carrot.
Reported bugs
2 issues- Account deletion difficulties
- Harassment incidents
Requested features
5 requests- Better explanation of app features
- More frequent image posting/sharing
- Ability to post more digs per day
- Dislike button
- Dark mode option
Stepping Forward LA
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Carrot.
- Creator Plus - Monthly14 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Enterprise Plus - Monthly14 Days trial$19.991 Month
- Creator Plus - Annual2 Months trial$19.991 Year
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- Enterprise Plus - Annual2 Months trial$199.991 Year
- Buy Coins - $0.99$0.99
- Purchase 10,000 Coins$0.99
- Purchase 100,000 Coins$9.99
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- Purchase 1,000,000 Coins$99.99
Stepping Forward LA
No in-app purchases
