Kudos® vs EZ Thanks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kudos®
This platform facilitates employee recognition and strengthens corporate culture through peer-to-peer acknowledgments and flexible rewards. It aims to boost morale, engagement, and teamwork with features for giving recognition, sending feedback, and sharing updates.
- Peer-to-peer recognition
- Private feedback
- Flexible rewards
- Company values alignment
- Point redemption for rewards
- Share announcements and photos
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Recognition matters! And now it’s easier than ever to say “thank you.” Kudos® is an employee recognition and culture platform that engages employees and aligns teams for a strong connection to your corporate culture. With peer-to-peer recognition, flexible rewards and tons of great features, Kudos is the fun and effective solution for boosting morale, employee engagement, teamwork and ROI! The iOS app allows you to: - Give meaningful recognition on the go - Send and receive private feedback - Communicate with your peers - View your KQ and company values - Redeem points for rewards - Share announcements, updates, photos and more! *A Kudos account is required to use this app. Thank Different®.
EZ Thanks
Easily send appreciation to colleagues with photos, videos, and messages. View public recognition feeds, like and comment on posts, and track your own received recognitions. Managers can also award points and access budgets.
- Send recognition to individuals or teams
- Attach photos, videos, and messages
- View public recognition activity
- Like and comment on recognitions
- Track received recognitions
- Managers can award points and use budgets
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The EZ Thanks app makes sending recognition to your coworkers fun, fast and easy. * Send a recognition to an individual or a team. * Attach photos, videos and personal messages of appreciation to recognitions you send. * View the public recognition activity across your organization, your team and those you follow. * Enhance a public recognition by liking it and adding your comments. * View all of the recognitions you have received. * Managers can access discretionary budgets and send recognitions with points. * Provides a link to your program’s full recognition website. All features on the full site are completely accessible on your mobile device. * To use the EZ Thanks app, you must be a participant in a company sponsored recognition program utilizing the app’s parent website technology.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Kudos® at 3.2 against EZ Thanks's 2.6. Kudos® also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (50% vs 31%). EZ Thanks's advantage is ratings volume (47 vs 11). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Kudos® holds the better App Store score, 3.2 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 47 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Kudos®'s written reviews are positive against 31% of EZ Thanks's.
Kudos® ships an update every 3 weeks, EZ Thanks every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Kudos® | EZ Thanks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (11 ratings) — better | 2.6 (47 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 30.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 47 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Kudos | BI Worldwide |
Customer experience
Kudos®
EZ Thanks
In-app purchases
Kudos®
No in-app purchases
EZ Thanks
No in-app purchases
