Instaraise vs Hour
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Instaraise
This app simplifies fundraising by allowing users to manage their accounts, import contacts, and send messages to engage donors. Raise funds efficiently with its intuitive interface.
- Manage fundraising accounts
- Import contacts
- Send text messages
- Engage donors
- Raise funds effortlessly
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Easily manage your own InstaRaise account with our fundraising app! Import contacts, send texts, engage donors, and raise funds effortlessly with Instaraise.
Hour
This app helps users of fundraising campaigns quickly send text notifications to their contacts and monitor replies. It streamlines communication for event organizers and participants.
- Send quick text notifications
- Contact management
- Response tracking
- Fundraising campaign support
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The Hour-A-Thon Quicktext app is designed for users of Hour-A-Thon fundraising campaigns to quickly text notifications to specified contacts in their phone and track responses.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Instaraise at 3.8 against Hour's 3.0. Instaraise also leads on review sentiment (92% vs 52%). Hour's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On price, ratings volume, ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Instaraise holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 80 and 150 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of Instaraise's written reviews are positive against 52% of Hour's.
Instaraise ships an update every 6 weeks, Hour every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Instaraise | Hour |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (80 ratings) — better | 3.0 (150 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.1% of reviews — better | 51.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 80 | 150 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 15.3 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Joint Marketing Solutions LLC | Buynow AF, LLC |
Customer experience
Instaraise
Hour
Bugs and requests
Instaraise
Reported bugs
4 issues- Login issues
- App is buggy
- App is poorly made
- App filled with template images
Hour
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Instaraise
No in-app purchases
Hour
No in-app purchases
