Comparison

impact.com vs Rakuten

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

impact.com

This app allows publishers to manage their brand partnerships on the go. View campaign performance reports, discover and connect with thousands of brands, and find trending products to promote. It streamlines the process of finding, applying for, and managing brand collaborations.

Highlights
  • View campaign performance reports
  • Discover 4,000+ brands
  • Find best-selling products
  • Search 1,000+ campaigns
  • Manage brand proposals and invitations
Features
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For over a decade, impact.com has been the go-to destination for publishers to forge new partnerships. Now you can manage those partnerships anywhere, anytime with our mobile app! VIEW REPORTS AT A GLANCE Gain full transparency into your campaign's performance, identify which content or products resonate best with their audience, and drive better results using detailed reports and dashboards. DISCOVER 4,000+ BRANDS IN OUR MARKETPLACE Collaborate with the world's top brands—many that are exclusive to our platform. Filter brand searches using keyword, rates, commission, and more, and easily evaluate prospective partners with transparent profiles. FIND BEST-SELLING PRODUCTS THAT RESONATE WITH YOUR AUDIENCE Scroll through top-selling and trending products and access storefronts curated for you. Here you'll find products that speak with your audience. Grab the link and get promoting—or apply to partner in seconds. SEARCH 1,000+ CAMPAIGNS TO FIND YOUR NEXT GREAT BRAND PARTNER Filter by brand, category, compensation type, and more to find brand campaigns that will be a natural fit for you and your audience. Apply and negotiate terms, and upload any content you've agreed to create — all in the app. MANAGE AND MONITOR BRAND PROPOSALS AND INVITATIONS Manage your incoming partnership requests and outgoing proposals in seconds.

About

Rakuten

Features
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Introducing Rakuten Link Builder by Rakuten Advertising! Designed for today’s creators, influencers, and publishers, Rakuten Link Builder gives you the flexibility to monetize your content from anywhere. Effortlessly create deep links for partnered brands, helping you earn commissions with speed and ease. This streamlined tool empowers you to create sharable links at any time, ensuring you never miss an earning opportunity. SAVE TIME: Quickly create affiliate links from your phone, copied to your clipboard. LINK ON-THE-GO: Find products while browsing an advertiser’s website or app and generate a link. EARN COMMISSION QUICKLY: Drive earnings as you share monetizable links with your audience in real time.

Screenshots

impact.com4 screens
Rakuten3 screens

Verdict

The call

impact.com and Rakuten are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
impact.com versus Rakuten: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterimpact.comRakuten
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (40 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews22.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings40 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size116 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperImpact Tech, Inc.Rakuten Marketing LLC

In-app purchases

None

impact.com

No in-app purchases

None

Rakuten

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is impact.com free?
impact.com is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rakuten free?
Rakuten is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do impact.com or Rakuten have ads?
Neither impact.com nor Rakuten shows ads.

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