ChallengeUp vs Donate Your Gift
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ChallengeUp
This app helps you build new habits, improve self-care, or break bad ones with a structured, short-term challenge system. Focus on achieving goals within 7 to 60 days to experience lasting change without the pressure of lifelong commitment.
- Short challenge system (7-60 days)
- Create custom challenges
- Track progress visually
- Receive goal reminders
- Share progress on social media
- Access useful challenge tips
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A challenge isn't about "changing your life in a month." It's about "trying 30 days and seeing what happens." ChallengeUp is an app for short challenges: ready-made ones from 7 to 90 days, custom ones for any length. No endless "lifelong" trackers, no promises of a "new you." Just a clear format: pick a challenge, cross the finish line, see the result. WHAT'S INSIDE 10 ready-made challenges, free. From "no sugar" to "sleep before midnight," from "read every day" to "learn a foreign language." Each one comes with a clear description — what to do, why, and what to expect. Build your own in 30 seconds. Name, duration, frequency, reminders — and you're ready. No required fields, no endless setup screens. A finish line that motivates. Every challenge ends. It's not the "forever habit" that wears you out by week three. It's a defined distance with a finish — and the feeling of "I did it." Progress cards for social media. Share your wins with people who matter — close ones, friends, followers. Get support when you need it, and lock in the result by saying it out loud. The cards are drawn so they're a pleasure to share. No ads. Ever. Not in the free version, not anywhere else. ChallengeUp Plus When the free version isn't enough: — Unlimited active challenges (up to 3 in free) — Expanded catalog of exclusive challenges, with more added over time — Duration up to 1000 days — nearly three years of practice, for those who want to go long — Home screen widget — Additional colors and customization — Support for an independent dev team WHY A CHALLENGE Most habit trackers are built on the idea of a "forever" habit — you should brush your teeth or meditate every day for the rest of your life, and a single miss breaks everything. This rarely works, because the brain isn't built for infinite distances. According to Lally et al. (2009), a stable habit forms in about 66 days, not the often-cited 21. A short challenge is a way to cover that distance without burning out: with a visible finish, and the right to stop if it's not for you. ChallengeUp is an independent app. We're not building "another habit tracker." We're building the app we'd want to use for our own challenges: no fluff, no features for the sake of features, no pointless push notifications. Just what works. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://challengeupapp.com/privacy2026
Donate Your Gift
Request donations to your chosen charities for birthdays and other gift occasions instead of receiving physical gifts. Easily manage your charity list and send donation requests to friends and family via text or email. Organize charities into groups for targeted giving.
- Request charity donations for gifts
- Manage favorite charities
- Send donation requests via text/email
- Categorize charities into groups
- Selectively send charity groups
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Donate Your Gift allows you to ask for donations to your favorite charities from family members and friends for your birthday or any another gift-giving occasion rather than getting gifts. You can maintain your list of charities and selectively send them to your donors via text or email. You can also categorize your charities under groups and send only a specific group to your donors.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Donate Your Gift at none against ChallengeUp's 2. ChallengeUp's advantage is ratings volume (41 vs 2) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.2). On price, rating 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. ChallengeUp sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per year. Donate Your Gift asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for ChallengeUp against 5.0 for Donate Your Gift. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ChallengeUp has 41 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | ChallengeUp | Donate Your Gift |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (41 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 89.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 41 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone — better | — |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 85 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LIKE WRONG LLP | Chandrakant Gopalan |
In-app purchases
ChallengeUp
- Plus (Annual)$14.991 Year
- Plus Lifetime$39.99
Donate Your Gift
No in-app purchases
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