Project Orphans vs My Forest Child
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Project Orphans
Connect with your sponsored child through frequent updates, messaging, and photo sharing. View detailed child profiles, learn about their life and location, and discover giving opportunities to support them. Stay connected across any distance, anytime.
- View child profiles with stats and story
- Send and receive messages and photos
- Access giving opportunities
- Get updates on school progress
- Learn about child's location and local info
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Project Orphans Mobile App is a quick and easy way to communicate with your sponsored child(ren). With a variety of features, you can connect with your sponsored child(ren) on a whole new level! Get frequent updates, write and receive messages, give gifts, and more. You may be worlds apart, but with the Project Orphans App you can stay connected anywhere, anytime. • With our child profiles, you can view personal stats, learn your child’s story, stay up-to-date with their school progress, browse past and recent photos, message your child, and access giving opportunities. • Our chat function allows you to instantly share personal messages and photos with your sponsored child. • Learn more about where your sponsored child lives, the current time & weather, and the mission of Project Orphans with our Uganda snapshot feature. Download the Project Orphans App today and go mobile with your sponsorship For more information visit us at projectorphans.org
My Forest Child
This app educates users about the climate crisis and encourages action. It features a carbon footprint calculator, updates on climate campaigns, and a fact feed. Users can also donate to tree planting projects and access a climate action game.
- Carbon Footprint Calculator
- Donation options for tree planting
- Climate campaign updates
- Climate and Nature fact feed
- Climate Action game access
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The planet is facing a climate crisis and every living being can feel its effects. Every year, we consume more resources than the planet can produce which means that we are using those allocated for future generations. The continuing and worsening climate crisis robs every one of their future. All over the world, the youth are making their voices heard. They are demanding for action and are asking everyone to take part in the solution. They have demonstrated their commitment to solving this issue and are asking for adults and fellow children to do the same. They are asking governments and business leaders to listen and take action. We must save the planet to save the children. Save The Children along with the children and young people from Asia co-created and co-developed the concept of My Forest Child application & website. Our pilot countries for this initiative include Nepal and Pakistan. As part of the co-creation process, Save the Children ran a series of children & youth consultation sessions through Digital Hangouts to engage children and youth on co-creating and co-developing the mobile and web applications. Mobile application features: - Donation options that primarily support tree planting projects - A Carbon Footprint calculator - Updates on Red Alert for Climate campaign - A Climate and Nature fact feed - Climate Action game (by registering, you will be allowed to login to the game. Game link is a separate app)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Project Orphans at 5 against My Forest Child's 1. On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Project Orphans against 5.0 for My Forest Child. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Project Orphans has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Project Orphans ships an update every 3 months, My Forest Child every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Project Orphans | My Forest Child |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 74 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Project Orphans, Inc. | Savethechildren |
Customer experience
Project Orphans
My Forest Child
In-app purchases
Project Orphans
No in-app purchases
My Forest Child
No in-app purchases
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