Comparison

Fidelity Charitable vs Giving by Funraise

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Open a Giving Account
  • Recommend grants
  • Monitor grant status
  • View investment selections
  • Set up recurring grants
  • Nominate NPO Successor
Features
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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

About

Giving by Funraise

Manage your charitable contributions and fundraising pages in one place. Track donation history, edit recurring gifts, and access tax summaries. Connect with nonprofits you support and stay informed about your impact.

Highlights
  • View and manage donations
  • Edit recurring donations
  • Manage payment methods
  • View and manage fundraising pages
  • Resend donation receipts
  • Historic donation summaries
Features
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Giving by Funraise connects donors with nonprofits and gives donors access to their donation information. All kinds of nonprofits use Funraise to collect donations and manage donor relationships. When you donate to a charity that uses Funraise, you have access to your donation data through Giving by Funraise. APP FEATURES • View & manage your donations • Edit your recurring donations & payment methods • View & manage your fundraising pages • Resend yourself a donation receipt email • Send yourself a historic donation summary VIEW & MANAGE DONATIONS When you donate to a charity that uses Funraise’s platform, you have access to your donation data using the Giving by Funraise app. View a list of organizations you’ve donated to, as well as a list of donations for each organization. EDIT RECURRING DONATIONS & PAYMENT METHODS Edit your recurring subscription details including amount, frequency, and payment method. You can also cancel or create new subscriptions in the app. VIEW & MANAGE FUNDRAISING PAGES If you have an individual fundraising page for a nonprofit organization that uses Funraise, you can view and edit the details of your fundraising page in the app. RESEND DONATION RECEIPTS Did you lose that donation receipt from a year ago? No problem; resend a donation receipt email to yourself anytime. HISTORIC DONATION SUMMARY Get ready for tax season with a full donation summary that includes all your donations by year for a particular charity. Just click to send yourself an email with your donation summary PDF.

Screenshots

Fidelity Charitable4 screens
Giving by Funraise4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Giving by Funraise at free against Fidelity Charitable's free with in-app purchases. Giving by Funraise also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Fidelity Charitable's advantage is review sentiment (23% vs 0%) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fidelity Charitable ships an update every 5 weeks, Giving by Funraise every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Fidelity Charitable versus Giving by Funraise: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFidelity CharitableGiving by Funraise
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (24 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews22.6% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings24 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size222 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFidelity InvestmentsFunraise

Customer experience

Fidelity Charitable

All ratings22 ratings
Positive68.2%
Neutral4.5%
Negative27.3%
Written reviews53 reviews
Positive22.6%
Neutral7.5%
Negative69.8%

Giving by Funraise

All ratings7 ratings
Positive42.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative57.1%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Fidelity Charitable

Reported bugs

38 issues
  • Latest update crashes immediately after launch
  • App crashes immediately after launch
  • App references to update which doesn’t work in App Store
  • Feedback screen hangs
  • Current version crashes
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  • Not able to log in
  • App no longer working
  • Broken login
  • Can’t log in
  • Face ID not available
  • Stuck in security credentials step
  • Feedback screen is blank
  • Update lost my password
  • App doesn’t recognize login credentials
  • Login prob
  • App errors out when retrieving accounts
  • App Stopped Working!
  • App errors out
  • App Hangs on User Agreement page
  • Constantly forgets who I am
  • Next to impossible to sign in using fingerprint
  • App NOT Working
  • Cannot activate FaceID
  • Submit button in Feedback section not working
  • Touch ID broken
  • Crashes on open
  • App crashing after TouchID login
  • Login issues
  • App blows up on login
  • Crashes consistently upon loading
  • Crashing on login
  • Can't get past login screen
  • App crashes after login attempt
  • App freezes when scheduling future or recurring grants
  • Not ready for prime time
  • Stopped working with latest upgrade
  • Keyboard will not disappear
  • App won't accept user ID and password

Requested features

9 requests
  • Update the green “Contribute” button to match the main Fidelity app style and rename it “Transact.”
  • Tapping “Transact” should open a simple menu that lets users contribute or donate from any page
  • Allow editing scheduled/recurring donations within the app
  • Let me invest in FBTC, the Fidelity Bitcoin Trust
  • Add Touch ID support
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  • Add ability to grant from a specific fund like you are able to do online
  • Add the full website capability in the app, most importantly document manager (confirmations, statement and check images)
  • See history of donations to a charity within the app
  • Ability to contribute to my account from the app

Giving by Funraise

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Fidelity Charitable

No in-app purchases

None

Giving by Funraise

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fidelity Charitable free?
Fidelity Charitable is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Giving by Funraise free?
Giving by Funraise is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Fidelity Charitable or Giving by Funraise have ads?
Neither Fidelity Charitable nor Giving by Funraise shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fidelity Charitable or Giving by Funraise?
Fidelity Charitable ships an update every 5 weeks, and Giving by Funraise every 3 months. Most recently, Fidelity Charitable was updated on November 1, 2026 and Giving by Funraise on November 3, 2026.

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