Kickstarter vs BLAB.
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.
BLAB.
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One challenge a day. Everyone answers the same one. No engagement algorithm deciding what you see. BLAB. is a small social network built on a single idea: instead of posting into the void, you answer today's challenge, the same one everyone else is answering. "Roast the tool you use the most." "Confess something you do but never admit." "Say an uncomfortable truth about your job." FIVE MODES Every answer has a style: Confession, Roast, Unpopular opinion, Idea or Advice. Each challenge comes with its mode; on a free topic you pick it. The mode sets the tone, and the tone changes everything. TWENTY WORLDS Nothing to join: Developers, Photography, Music / DJs, Fitness, Startups, Marketing, Video games, Sports, Food, Wellbeing, Film and TV, Travel, Books and comics, Pets, Money, Design and art, AI, Work, People and Daily life. Each world has its own challenge, colour and people. Nothing to answer today? Post on a free topic. FIVE WAYS TO REACT Like, That's me, Brutal, Useful and Saving this. Press and hold to see what each means. What you save lands in your profile. CHECK-IN Talking about a film, series, book, comic, game, dish, drink, album, podcast or place? Tap Check-in, find it and attach it with your own stars. Its cover shows in your answer, and anyone can open it or save it in Raved. Music opens on Apple Music or Spotify, whichever you use. PINS, QUOTES, POLLS, YOUR WEEK Drop a pin to say where you are. Quote any answer with your own take. See who reacted and what each gave. With Pro, add a poll: two to four options, 24 hours, one vote each. Every Sunday, "Your week" sums up your answers, reactions, readers, new followers and your place in the ranking. The daily reminder comes at the hour you choose. A RANKING WORTH CLIMBING Filter it by scope — global, people you follow, your country, or any world — and by time: today, 7 or 30 days. Reactions you give yourself don't count. Next to it, Recommendations: what people checked in and their average rating. KEEP THE STREAK Answer every day and your streak grows. Miss a day and it starts over. That's the whole game. BUILT SMALL ON PURPOSE No intrusive ads or advertising tracking. Clearly labelled sponsored challenges. No engagement algorithm: Today shows the daily challenge and everything people answered, newest first, your languages ahead of the rest. Nothing is boosted to keep you scrolling. · Report or block anyone from any post or comment. · Mute the words you would rather not read. · Decide who can reply to each answer: everyone, people you follow, or nobody. · Add a photo or a GIF, describe your photos for VoiceOver, and translate answers in other languages with one tap. · Share any answer, or your profile, as a link, an image, or an Instagram Story sticker over the background colour you pick. · Export everything you wrote, or delete your account for good, from inside the app. SPONSOR A CHALLENGE Brands can propose a challenge for a day, from Settings → Sponsor a challenge or on blab.day/sponsor: pick the day and where it shows (one country, up to five, or worldwide). We review it, you pay it in the app, and it replaces the daily challenge for 24 hours there, with your logo, a link to your website and a clear "Sponsored by" label. You get a report with reach, answers, reactions and visits. Never who took part. BLAB. PRO — optional Short video and polls in your answers, and a PRO badge next to your name. Pro and sponsored challenges are what pay for the servers. Everything else is free, forever. BLAB. Pro is an auto-renewable subscription, monthly or yearly. Payment is charged to your App Store account at confirmation of purchase and renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Privacy: https://getblab.app/privacy Terms: https://getblab.app/terms Apple EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Kickstarter at none against BLAB.'s 5. Kickstarter also leads on chart position (#166 vs unranked). BLAB.'s advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 weeks). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. BLAB. sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Kickstarter asks for nothing beyond the download.
Kickstarter ships an update every 4 weeks, BLAB. every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 26, 2026.
| Parameter | Kickstarter | BLAB. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (59K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 32.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 59K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | #166 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 129 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Kickstarter, PBC | beatLabs |
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
BLAB.
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Kickstarter
No in-app purchases
BLAB.
- BLAB. Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
- Pro Yearly$22.991 Year
- Sponsored challenge$9.99
- Sponsored day · 5 countries$19.99
- Sponsored day · worldwide$39.99









