Kickstarter vs Shift4 4Sight
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.
Shift4 4Sight
Access company news, product resources, and connect with a global community. Find contact information for support, sales, and career opportunities. Share best practices and provide product feedback.
- Company news and updates
- Product and service resources
- Collaboration channels
- Best practice sharing
- Product feedback
- Contact directory
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4Sight by Shift4 is the source for the latest company news and product and service resources and tools for our global community of customers, sales partners, investors and employees. On this app, you will find: • Company News and Updates: Stay informed with the latest happenings, product announcements, and other updates from Shift4 Payments. • Collaboration Channels: Connect with other users in our social and news channels that allow best practice sharing, feedback on products, etc. • Contact Shift4: 4Sight by Shift4's directory allows customers, sales partners and others to find the right point-of-contact for anything from product support to investor relations to career opportunities to suggestions for new product features.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Shift4 4Sight at none against Kickstarter's shown. Shift4 4Sight also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Kickstarter's advantage is ratings volume (59K vs 5) and chart position (#167 vs unranked). On price, rating, update cadence 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Kickstarter against 4.8 for Shift4 4Sight. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kickstarter has 59K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Kickstarter ships an update every 4 weeks, Shift4 4Sight fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kickstarter | Shift4 4Sight |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (59K ratings) | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 32.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 59K — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #167 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 129 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kickstarter, PBC | Shift4 |
Customer experience
Kickstarter
Shift4 4Sight
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
Shift4 4Sight
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Kickstarter
No in-app purchases
Shift4 4Sight
No in-app purchases
