Project Rainbow vs IPPFA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Project Rainbow
This free on-demand video app offers educational and informative multimedia content for children and families. Developed as a Cook County initiative, it partners with cultural institutions and award-winning teachers to inspire and educate.
- On-demand video content
- Educational multimedia resource
- Partnerships with cultural institutions
- Content from award-winning teachers
- Family-friendly
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Project Rainbow is a free, on-demand video app from Cook County that brings together more than two dozen world-class cultural institutions, museums, nonprofits, and community partners in one place. Designed for children and families, it offers engaging, educational multimedia content that helps users discover, learn, and explore together. Created to inform, inspire, and make a lasting impact, Project Rainbow also features content developed with the guidance of award-winning educators, including Illinois state-certified teacher evaluators. Their expertise helps ensure the platform delivers meaningful learning experiences that are both high-quality and family-friendly.
IPPFA
This app helps active public service professionals track expected pension benefits and access crucial information for financial and tax planning. It is designed for firefighters, law enforcement, emergency services, Chicago teachers, and IMRF employees.
- Track anticipated pension benefits
- Access financial planning information
- Access tax planning information
- Designed for public service professionals
- Information for IMRF employees
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A free new app developed by the Illinois Public Pension Fund Association (IPPFA) allows active firefighters, law enforcement officers, emergency services personnel, Chicago teachers, and employees covered by the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) to track their anticipated pension benefits and receive important information that can help with future financial and tax planning.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Project Rainbow at none against IPPFA's shown. Project Rainbow also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 13 months) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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 Rainbow against 5.0 for IPPFA. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Project Rainbow ships an update every 2 months, IPPFA every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on June 20, 2026 and June 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Project Rainbow | IPPFA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.2 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Cook County Government | IPPFA |
Customer experience
Project Rainbow
IPPFA
In-app purchases
Project Rainbow
No in-app purchases
IPPFA
No in-app purchases
Questions
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