Kickstarter vs GZERO
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.
GZERO
Connect with a global community of humanists and geopolitical enthusiasts to analyze and discuss world events. This non-toxic space allows for sharing insights, making predictions, and engaging in meaningful conversations about current affairs and future trends.
- Global community for analysis
- Non-toxic discussion space
- Channels for breaking news
- Ask questions to experts
- Make predictions on world events
- Connect with like-minded users
- User profiles and messaging
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Join a global crew of like-minded humanists and geopolitical nerds that are understanding and influencing the dynamics reshaping our world. It’s a nontoxic space for analysis and connection. Start by checking out the channels. News from GZERO is for discussing breaking news; the Space of Many Things is for anything on your mind; and Ask Ian is for questions to Eurasia Group and GZERO Media president and founder Ian Bremmer. Heart comments you appreciate and make a prediction or two of your own. What do you think will happen in a hotspot like Ukraine, the Middle East, or advanced AI? More importantly, why? As you delve into the community, feel free to follow and introduce yourself to your fellow travelers. Fill in your profile, and in the directory you can message other members. Engage with friendly, nontoxic notes and comments — or simply by voting in a poll. Hear from other members, and be heard yourself.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: GZERO at none against Kickstarter's shown. GZERO also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and update cadence (weekly vs every 4 weeks). Kickstarter's advantage is ratings volume (59K vs 11) and chart position (#202 vs unranked). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Kickstarter against 4.8 for GZERO. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kickstarter has 59K ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Kickstarter ships an update every 4 weeks, GZERO weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kickstarter | GZERO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (59K ratings) | 4.8 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 32.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 59K — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #202 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 129 MB | 130 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Kickstarter, PBC | Eurasia Group |
Customer experience
Kickstarter
GZERO
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
GZERO
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Kickstarter
No in-app purchases
GZERO
No in-app purchases
