Comparison

Kickstarter vs Proposit

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Discover creative projects globally
  • Pledge to projects
  • Receive project updates
  • Track backings
  • Join a global creative community
Features
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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.

About

Proposit

This app helps you structure your arguments, making conversations clearer and more productive. It breaks down complex ideas into atomic claims, allowing others to respond directly to your reasoning. AI assists in structuring your thoughts without writing them for you.

Highlights
  • Structure arguments explicitly
  • Break down complex ideas
  • Respond to reasoning, not people
  • AI-assisted drafting
  • Publish and share arguments
Features
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Proposit is where beliefs are given logic and discourse becomes productive. Most conversations lose the thread: the point is buried in prose, the reply attacks the person instead of the reasoning, and nobody can tell which premise the whole thing rests on. Proposit makes the structure of an argument explicit — the claims, how they connect, what each rests on — so you can publish it, and others can respond to the reasoning itself. WHY IT WORKS Social feeds reward the loudest voice. Proposit rewards the clearest — an argument's structure is out in the open, so anyone can see it, agree with it, or take it apart piece by piece. • Easier to follow. Complex arguments break down into atomic claims, so the logic is something you read, not something you reconstruct. • Better responses. Feedback has to engage the actual reasoning — you accept or reject specific claims and the links between them, so replies stay on substance instead of turning personal. • Sharper thinking. Building an argument with its logic built in, not bolted on afterward, forces the gaps and leaps into the open — for author and reader alike. AI THAT HELPS, NEVER SPEAKS FOR YOU Proposit's AI can turn an essay, a post, or a rough idea into a first structured draft, and guide you with questions as you refine it. It never writes the argument for you. The reasoning is always yours. Whether you're thinking through a hard decision, teaching how to reason, or debating something that matters, Proposit gives your ideas a backbone — and everyone a clearer way to disagree.

Screenshots

Kickstarter4 screens
Proposit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Proposit at 100% against Kickstarter's 33%. Proposit also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Kickstarter's advantage is ratings volume (59K vs 4) and chart position (#202 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

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

Proposit 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 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Kickstarter's written reviews are positive against 100% of Proposit's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kickstarter ships an update every 4 weeks, Proposit weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Kickstarter versus Proposit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKickstarterProposit
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (59K ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews32.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings59K — better4
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#202 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size129 MB49 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperKickstarter, PBCBrian Cefali

Customer experience

Kickstarter

All ratings59,049 ratings
Positive95.4%
Neutral1.6%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews1,693 reviews
Positive32.5%
Neutral8.2%
Negative59.3%

Proposit

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Proposit

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Kickstarter

No in-app purchases

None

Proposit

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kickstarter free?
Kickstarter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Proposit free?
Proposit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Kickstarter or Proposit?
Proposit is rated higher. Kickstarter averages 4.8 out of 5 from 59K ratings, while Proposit averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Kickstarter or Proposit have ads?
Kickstarter shows ads; Proposit does not.
Which is updated more often, Kickstarter or Proposit?
Kickstarter ships an update every 4 weeks, and Proposit weekly. Most recently, Kickstarter was updated on November 1, 2026 and Proposit on October 25, 2026.

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