Direct Affect vs YourChange
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Direct Affect
This platform helps non-profits connect with supporters by sharing news, events, and direct messages. It allows supporters to manage charitable giving, accept or decline associations, and receive personalized updates based on their interests. The app facilitates seamless donations and matching gift programs at no cost.
- Community engagement platform
- Direct messaging with supporters
- Event calendar sharing
- Donor advised fund integration
- Matching gift program facilitation
- Personalized news feed
- NPO database access
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Direct Affect: The Non-profit Community Engagement Platform Direct Affect is a community engagement mobile app and platform designed to help non-profit organizations better engage and communicate with their supporters. The free platform empowers non-profit organizations (NPOs) to easily and securely share news and event calendars while engaging their supporters or “members" via direct, relevant messaging that highlights their charitable impact. NPOs are able to efficiently manage supporter participation in their community and supporters are able to accept or decline association with the organization. The platform is integrated with a donor advised fund solution that enables supporters to easily organize their charitable activity and efficiently manage the funds they have designated for charitable giving. Contributions to the member’s donor advised fund may be donated instantly to NPOs via the mobile App at no cost. Direct Affect will also facilitate matching gift programs for members whose employers offer them. From a donation perspective, the platform provides supporters with a quick and easy way to give at the moment they feel compelled to do so. Member donations are seamless and record keeping is centralized for ongoing gift planning and annual tax reporting. Furthermore, Direct Affect helps individuals engage with multiple NPOs by efficiently connecting them via a single supporter-centric interface. Supporters will be able to customize the frequency and nature of the messages and news they receive from each non-profit of which they are a member. Based upon the supporter’s individual interest or “cause” profile, relevant subject matter news and news about the NPOs with which they are associated is delivered via a curated news feed. As the first true supporter-centered non-profit platform, Direct Affect enables more efficient communication and meaningful engagement between members and the NPO’s they support. Direct Affect will also provide a direct link to a database of vetted NPO’s, prioritized by individual members’ area(s) of interest. With Direct Affect, supporters get a highly personalized, fully integrated charitable engagement and donation system. • Plan • Engage • Direct • Affect
YourChange
This app enables users to automatically donate the spare change from their purchases to a chosen non-profit organization. It also allows for instant, one-time donations and provides analytics to track giving trends and build community connections.
- Round up purchases for donations
- Make instant one-time donations
- Track donation trends and analytics
- Connect with donors globally
- Support qualified non-profits
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-YourChange allows users to round up every purchase and donate the difference to an organization of their choice. Every contribution, big or small, is a building block for change. -Receive roundup donations -Users can choose to round up their purchases on connected accounts and donate the difference to an organization of their choice. -Receive instant, one-time donations -Contributors can choose to give an instant donation of an amount to an organization of their choosing at any time. -Track donation trends & analytics -Use in-app analytics to track giving trends to gain a better understanding of your organization. -Build stronger connections -Expand your community of giving. Donors can connect with your organization from anywhere globally. *This app may only be used by qualified non-profits including 501(c)(3) organizations.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: YourChange at 52 against Direct Affect's 6. 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. 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 Direct Affect against 4.9 for YourChange. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: YourChange has 52 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Direct Affect ships an update monthly, YourChange every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Direct Affect | YourChange |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better | 4.9 (52 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 52 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 114 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Direct Affect, Inc. | Your Change LLC |
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In-app purchases
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No in-app purchases
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No in-app purchases









