Comparison

AchieveUp vs GCENA

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

Head to head
About

AchieveUp

Connect with like-minded individuals to form groups focused on personal, professional, and health goals. Find or create mastermind, accountability, or support groups tailored to your interests and time zone. Features include group chat, commitment tracking, and a meeting scheduler.

Highlights
  • Find or start goal-oriented groups
  • Groups for career, health, personal growth, and more
  • Commitment tracker for accountability
  • Meeting scheduler with time zone support
  • Group chat for communication
  • Virtual assistant for group management
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AchieveUp is the app to help you find and start groups that will help you achieve your dreams. It’s designed to make it easy for you to connect with like-minded people in a mastermind group, accountability group or support group to help you reach your personal, professional, and health goals. Find or start groups in various categories such as Career and Business, Community and Environment, Education, Fun and Recreation, Personal Growth, Physical Health, Money and Finance, Relationships, and Spirituality. Whether you're looking to build new skills, improve your health, connect with others, or explore your spirituality, AchieveUp can help by showing you groups to join or members to invite that are in your time zone and language first. After you sign up you can customize your profile and list your availability so group founders can invite you to join their group or search the directory for the perfect group and apply to join. Once you're a member of a group, you'll have access to a range of features designed to help you stay organized, accountable, and connected including the group chat to communicate with fellow members. One unique feature is the commitment tracker. Group members can share commitments with the group and set due dates to help increase accountability. Members can provide reactions and comments on each other's commitments to help each other stay accountable. As a group founder you can invite new members from the directory or share the invitation link. New members are asked to complete a brief application via chat, giving you control over who joins your group. Your group profile can include rules for the group to follow and you can set a limit on the number of members if you choose. Groups can be private or listed in the directory and you can even restrict access by age. The meeting scheduler allows you to schedule meetings with various recurring options and will display the meeting time in each person's individual time zone. Our virtual assistant, Ada, is here to help you manage your groups and achieve your goals. Whether you're looking to improve your career and business prospects, give back to society, learn new skills, or simply connect with like-minded people, AchieveUp has everything you need to get started. So why wait? Download the app today and start achieving your goals!

About

GCENA

Features
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Come home. The internet is loud. Strangers talk over you. Messages go places you never meant them to go. You smile in a crowd and still feel alone. GCENA was built as a house. Not a stage. Not a street. A house. In a house, you decide who has a key. You decide which room is quiet. You decide when you go outside, and when you come back in. That is what this app is. A quiet room for when you need to be alone. Locked rooms for the people you really trust. A wall for your life. And a square you can walk into when you want the world — then leave when you have had enough. SAFE SPACE — YOU AND CIEL Open the door and sit down. Ciel is here. She was made to care for every person who walks in, with no judgment and no performance. Tell her the thing you have been carrying. Tell her you are tired. Ask her how to study, how to cook, how to breathe through a hard day. Call her by name when your friends are in the room, and she will come sit with you. You do not have to be okay to be welcome here. INNER CIRCLE — THE PEOPLE YOU TRUST This is not for strangers. Your messages, your voice, your video — these rooms are for the people you chose. The ones you would let into your real house. Nobody wandering in off the street gets to read what you say to the people you love. You pick who comes in. You can close the door. KEEPSAKE — YOUR WALL This is your life on the wall of your own home. Photos. Little videos. Words you want to keep. Make it beautiful. Make it messy. Make it yours. You decide what the house shows. CAMPFIRE — WHEN YOU WANT THE CROWD Some days you want people. Stories. Reels. A little warmth from the square. Campfire is that place. Step out. Look around. Then come home. You are never stuck outside. WE CARE. WE PROTECT. WE LISTEN. We built GCENA to protect every single person who enters. You control this house. You choose your people. You choose what you share. You can block, report, delete a post, delete a message, or delete the whole account. And if you want something in your account that is not here yet — write to us. Tell us what you wish this house had. We will listen. A real person reads those messages. This app was not made to ignore you. FROM THE HEART I did not build GCENA to be famous. I built it because I know the feeling of needing a door that closes. A table with trusted faces. A quiet room where you can speak and not be laughed at. A companion named Ciel who stays when the night is long. If nobody has told you this in a while, let me say it: You matter. Your moments matter. The people you trust deserve a private table. You deserve a house that keeps strangers outside. Come in. Make this house yours. We will take care of you. With love, the person who made GCENA Write to us anytime: support@gcena.com GCENA is Safe Space with Ciel, Keepsake, Campfire, and Inner Circle. Campfire may show ads so the rest of the house can stay free — never in Safe Space, Inner Circle, or calls. Premium does not remove Campfire ads. Ciel is a caring companion, not a doctor or therapist. Messages are not end-to-end encrypted. If you are in immediate danger, contact local emergency services. GCENA is for people 13 and older. Sign in with Apple is available. Keepsake, Campfire, chat, and calls stay free. Premium is €2.99/month: unlimited Ciel after 30 free replies per Safe Space mode, unlimited Inner Circle writing help after 30 free drafts, and 5,000 Fun Points/month. Paid emoji likes do not need Premium. Token packs grant 500; 1,200+100; 2,200+300; or 4,700+800. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at purchase. Subscriptions renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in Apple Account settings. Privacy: https://gcena.com/privacy/ Terms: https://gcena.com/terms/ Community: https://gcena.com/community/

Screenshots

AchieveUp4 screens
GCENA4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AchieveUp at none against GCENA's 5. AchieveUp also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.5). On price, ads and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. GCENA sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. AchieveUp asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
AchieveUp versus GCENA: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAchieveUpGCENA
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB118 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPavels Gurskisgerald Cena

In-app purchases

None

AchieveUp

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

GCENA

Subscriptions1
  • GCENA Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
One-time4
  • 500 Tip Tokens$0.99
  • 1,300 Tip Tokens$2.99
  • 2,500 Tip Tokens$3.99
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  • 5,500 Tip Tokens$8.99

Questions

Is AchieveUp free?
AchieveUp is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is GCENA free?
GCENA is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do AchieveUp or GCENA have ads?
Both AchieveUp and GCENA show ads.

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