Kickstarter vs Picdance
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kickstarter
Explore and support innovative projects across various creative fields. Discover groundbreaking ideas in games, technology, art, and more. Pledge to projects that inspire you and stay updated on their progress.
- Discover creative projects globally
- Pledge to projects
- Receive project updates
- Track backings
- Join a global creative community
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Discover, back, and bring bold ideas to life. The Kickstarter app connects you with groundbreaking projects across games, publishing, technology, comics, and film. Whether you’re passionate about design, gadgets, stories, or innovation, there’s something for everyone. Use the app to: • Browse creative projects from around the world • Pledge to projects that align with your passions • Stay in the loop with updates and reminders • Follow your backings in one place • Join a global movement that fuels ideas worth sharing Start discovering today and help the next big idea take off.
Picdance
Create and share pixel art with friends using a unique smart pixel phone case. Explore a new world of pixel-style gameplay and connect with others through innovative features.
- Pixel art creation
- Smart pixel phone case integration
- New gameplay unlocking
- Social sharing
- Pixel-style world exploration
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This is a pixel-style new world, unlocking new gameplay by connecting the smart pixel phone case
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Picdance at none against Kickstarter's shown. Picdance also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Kickstarter's advantage is ratings volume (59K vs 1) and chart position (#169 vs unranked). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Picdance holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kickstarter has 59K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Kickstarter ships an update every 4 weeks, Picdance every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kickstarter | Picdance |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (59K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 32.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 59K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #169 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 129 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kickstarter, PBC | 建波 叶 |
Customer experience
Kickstarter
Picdance
Bugs and requests
Kickstarter
Reported bugs
5 issues- Explore tab broken in latest update
- Notifications not working correctly
- Activity feed not updating
- Issues with submitting surveys through the app
- Clunky UI, especially when updating pledges
Requested features
6 requests- Allow filtering backed projects by status (received, active, closed)
- Ability to follow creators directly in the app
- Improve comments section (threading, search, etc.)
- Add an archive/delete function for completed/cancelled projects
- Introduce a read/unread project status
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- Allow users to block problematic creators
Picdance
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Kickstarter
No in-app purchases
Picdance
No in-app purchases
