Comparison

Kickstarter vs ActuBene

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

ActuBene

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ActuBene is the social network for volunteers, charities, and organisations who want to measure, share, and grow their real-world impact. Track Your Acts of Kindness Use the deed tracker to log every act of kindness — feeding people, caring for animals, donating, volunteering, cleaning up the environment — and watch your impact grow. Share publicly when you want, or keep moments just for yourself. Log Your Volunteer Hours Add the time you spent on a deed and ActuBene totals it into your volunteer hours for the week, month, and year — the metric that counts for personal goals, applications, and corporate volunteering programmes. Prove Your Impact — Reports & Verified Profile Turn your good into proof. Export a polished Impact Report (PDF) — your deeds, causes, volunteer hours, cities, and categories, with a verification link — ready for CVs, university applications, and grant or funder reporting. Or share your Live Impact Profile: a single, always-current link to your verified impact for your CV or LinkedIn that keeps growing as you do good. Eligible members and organisations also earn a verified badge for added trust. Organisation Accounts Universities, companies, nonprofits, and charities can set up a dedicated organisation account. Share a QR invite link and members create an account and join in seconds — no manual setup. Members' shared activity appears in your organisation feed, and you can export an Organisation Impact Report — sign-ups received, confirmed participants, and volunteer hours mobilised — ideal for CSR programmes, university clubs, NGOs, and charity teams. Members can share their volunteering on LinkedIn and beyond. Create & Join Good Causes Start a community initiative or rally volunteers around one that already exists — local clean-ups, food drives, charity campaigns. Sign up and ActuBene reminds you before it starts and can add it to your calendar, so you never miss it. Your Month & Year of Good See a beautiful, wrapped-style recap of your impact — your deeds, causes, volunteer hours, top category, and your streak — for the month or the full year. Swipe through your story and share the highlights. Share Beyond ActuBene Turn any deed, cause, or your Month/Year of Good recap into a polished branded image and share it to Instagram, WhatsApp, LinkedIn, and beyond — spreading kindness past the app. A Social Network Built for Giving Connect with do-gooders, react to each other's acts of kindness, message one-on-one or in groups, and inspire the people around you to volunteer and give a little more every day. What You Can Do • Log acts of kindness privately with the deed tracker • Record volunteer hours and watch your totals add up • Export a verifiable Impact Report (PDF) for CVs, applications, and funders • Share a Live Impact Profile link for your CV or LinkedIn • Earn a verified badge (eligible members and organisations) • Relive your impact with Month of Good & Year of Good recaps • Share deeds, causes, and recaps as branded image cards to any app • Create or join an organisation account with QR invite links • Export an Organisation Impact Report (sign-ups, participants, hours mobilised) • Create or join Good Causes, with reminders and add-to-calendar • Share deed and cause posts with photos to your social feed • React, comment, and reshare inspiring acts of kindness • Message friends or teammates directly or in group chats • Follow volunteers whose kindness motivates you Whether you're a solo volunteer, a charity coordinator, or a company running a CSR programme — ActuBene helps you track, share, and celebrate every act of good.

Screenshots

Kickstarter4 screens
ActuBene4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: ActuBene at none against Kickstarter's shown. ActuBene also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 4 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). Kickstarter's advantage is chart position (#170 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kickstarter ships an update every 4 weeks, ActuBene every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Kickstarter versus ActuBene: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKickstarterActuBene
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (59K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews32.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings59K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#170 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size129 MB41 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperKickstarter, PBCNikolay Ivanov

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

ActuBene

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Kickstarter

No in-app purchases

None

ActuBene

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kickstarter free?
Kickstarter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ActuBene free?
ActuBene is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Kickstarter or ActuBene have ads?
Kickstarter shows ads; ActuBene does not.
Which is updated more often, Kickstarter or ActuBene?
Kickstarter ships an update every 4 weeks, and ActuBene every 3 days. Most recently, Kickstarter was updated on October 26, 2026 and ActuBene on October 11, 2026.

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