Fidelity Charitable vs GiveCampus Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fidelity Charitable
Manage your charitable giving on the go. This app allows you to open a Giving Account, recommend grants to your favorite organizations, and track the status of your contributions and future recommendations. It also provides tools to manage your investment selections and account details.
- Open a Giving Account
- Recommend grants
- Monitor grant status
- View investment selections
- Set up recurring grants
- Nominate NPO Successor
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The free Fidelity Charitable ® app lets you: --Open a Giving Account --Recommend grants --Monitor the status of grants and contributions --See future one-time and recurring grant recommendations Easy ways recommend a grant; --From a list of previously supported organizations --By looking up a new organization --Set up future, one-time, or recurring grant recommendations Other convenient features: --View your current Giving Account investment selections. --Change Giving Account name --NPO Successor Nomination To learn more about Fidelity Charitable, go to FidelityCharitable.org. Fidelity Charitable is the brand name for the Fidelity Investments® Charitable Gift Fund, an independent public charity with a donor-advised fund program. Various Fidelity companies provide services to Fidelity Charitable. The Fidelity Charitable logo is a service mark, and Fidelity Charitable and Fidelity are registered service marks, of FMR LLC, used by Fidelity Charitable under license. Giving Account is a registered service mark of the Trustees of Fidelity Charitable. Fidelity Charitable Privacy Policy: https://www.fidelitycharitable.org/legal/privacy-policy.html
GiveCampus Connect
This application allows GiveCampus administrators to accept in-person donations via swipe, chip, or tap using a paired card reader. It integrates with GiveCampus campaigns and giving forms to streamline the donation process.
- Accept swipe, chip, and tap payments
- Pair with GC Connect card reader
- Integrate with GiveCampus campaigns
- Use with GiveCampus giving forms
- Streamline in-person donations
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Accept gifts in-person easier than ever before! With this app you can pair your GC Connect card reader with your GiveCampus campaigns and giving forms. Using the app with your GC Connect reader, you’ll be able to accept gifts via swipe, chip or tap. We’re excited to hear what you think about the app! The app is only accessible by GiveCampus admins.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: GiveCampus Connect at 4.7 against Fidelity Charitable's 3.8. GiveCampus Connect also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). Fidelity Charitable's advantage is ratings volume (22 vs 6). On price, update cadence, ads 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.
GiveCampus Connect holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 6 respectively.
Fidelity Charitable ships an update every 5 weeks, GiveCampus Connect every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fidelity Charitable | GiveCampus Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (22 ratings) | 4.7 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 222 MB | 75 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fidelity Investments | GiveCampus, Inc |
Customer experience
Fidelity Charitable
GiveCampus Connect
In-app purchases
Fidelity Charitable
No in-app purchases
GiveCampus Connect
No in-app purchases
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