Comparison

Fidelity Charitable vs The Donors Fund

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

The Donors Fund

This app provides bank-like technology to manage charitable donations, consolidating them into a single tax-deductible receipt. It offers easy access to over 1.5 million verified charities with no minimums or fees.

Highlights
  • Charitable donation management
  • Consolidated tax-deductible receipt
  • Access to 1.5M+ verified charities
  • Hassle-free tracking and organization
  • No minimums or fees
Read full description

Manage your charity giving - hassle free. We offer the ultimate bank-like technology for all your charitable giving. It will track and organize all your charitable donations into one tax-deductible receipt at year’s end. Sign up is free and takes under 60 seconds. Once you’ve signed up, deposit your charity giving for easy access to over 1.5 million verified charity organizations, and start donating to any charity of your choice. No minimums. No annual fees, no transaction fees, no hidden fees – no fees whatsoever. The tracking and hassle – that’s on us. You’re truly - free to give.

Screenshots

Fidelity Charitable4 screens
The Donors Fund4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: The Donors Fund at 100% against Fidelity Charitable's 23%. The Donors Fund also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.6) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Donors Fund holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 24 and 28 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of Fidelity Charitable's written reviews are positive against 100% of The Donors Fund's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fidelity Charitable ships an update every 5 weeks, The Donors Fund every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Fidelity Charitable versus The Donors Fund: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFidelity CharitableThe Donors Fund
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (24 ratings)5.0 (28 ratings) — better
Positive reviews22.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2428 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
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 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFidelity InvestmentsThe Donors Fund Inc

Customer experience

Fidelity Charitable

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

The Donors Fund

All ratings26 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

The Donors Fund

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Fidelity Charitable

No in-app purchases

None

The Donors Fund

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fidelity Charitable free?
Fidelity Charitable is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Donors Fund free?
The Donors Fund is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Fidelity Charitable or The Donors Fund?
The Donors Fund is rated higher. Fidelity Charitable averages 3.6 out of 5 from 24 ratings, while The Donors Fund averages 5.0 from 28 ratings.
Do Fidelity Charitable or The Donors Fund have ads?
Neither Fidelity Charitable nor The Donors Fund shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fidelity Charitable or The Donors Fund?
Fidelity Charitable ships an update every 5 weeks, and The Donors Fund every 3 weeks. Most recently, Fidelity Charitable was updated on November 1, 2026 and The Donors Fund on November 3, 2026.

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