Comparison

Impact Miner vs Candesco

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

Head to head
About

Impact Miner

Earn on-chain rewards by completing social and environmental tasks. Choose from physical or digital bounties to earn Impact Points and tokens on the Solana blockchain, improving your impact ranking.

Highlights
  • P2P impact platform
  • Earn on-chain rewards
  • Physical bounties
  • Digital bounties
  • Impact Points and tokens
  • Solana blockchain integration
  • Impact ranking system
Features
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Impact Miner is a impact P2P platform that enables people to earn on-chain rewards while helping social and environmental causes. Users choose to do either physical bounties near them or digital bounties online to get rewarded with Impact Points and tokens on Solana blockchain and improve their impact ranking.

About

Candesco

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Candesco is a virtual engagement app inspired by light, digital energy and global connection. Turn on the light, start a virtual mining cycle, collect CNDS, use boosts, unlock badges, invite friends and follow your progress in the Candesco network. Candesco includes profile progression, referral and friend features, leaderboard rankings, daily rewards, Scratch rewards, badge milestones and optional ad boosts. Your activity powers your progress: Keep the light on, grow your network and collect CNDS through virtual in-app progression. The goal of Candesco is simple: collect CNDS, grow your network and become part of a global community inspired by light. Candesco — To light the whole world.

Screenshots

Impact Miner4 screens
Candesco4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Impact Miner at none against Candesco's shown. Candesco's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.1). On price, 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

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

Impact Miner ships an update every 3 weeks, Candesco fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Impact Miner versus Candesco: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterImpact MinerCandesco
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.113.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size99 MB83 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAtlantis DaoZarko Arsic

In-app purchases

None

Impact Miner

No in-app purchases

None

Candesco

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Impact Miner free?
Impact Miner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Candesco free?
Candesco is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Impact Miner or Candesco have ads?
Candesco shows ads; Impact Miner does not.
Which is updated more often, Impact Miner or Candesco?
Impact Miner ships an update every 3 weeks, and Candesco fortnightly. Most recently, Impact Miner was updated on October 25, 2026 and Candesco on October 22, 2026.

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