FoundersCard vs Grateful Giving
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FoundersCard
Manage your membership benefits, including business, travel, and lifestyle perks. Access your digital card for in-person redemption and stay informed about upcoming events.
- Discover and access member benefits
- Redeem benefits in-person with digital card
- RSVP to upcoming events
- Access business, travel, and lifestyle perks
- Stay updated on events
Read full descriptionHide full description
Easily discover, access, and redeem your FoundersCard member benefits and keep updated on upcoming events while on the go. FoundersCard Members may RSVP to upcoming events, access their digital FoundersCard for in-person benefit redemption, then access and redeem most of your business, travel and lifestyle benefits.
Grateful Giving
Easily share gratitude and support charitable causes. Discover nonprofits, find local charities, and send messages of thanks to make a real impact.
- Nonprofit database exploration
- Local charity discovery
- Support favorite causes
- Send gratitude messages
- Simple and impactful giving
Read full descriptionHide full description
Grateful Giving makes sharing gratitude and giving easy and impactful. Explore our nonprofit database, find new charities near you, support your favorite causes, and say thanks by sending messages of gratitude.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Grateful Giving at 100% against FoundersCard's 52%. Grateful Giving also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). FoundersCard's advantage is ratings volume (1.5K vs 4) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, update cadence, 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.
Grateful Giving holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FoundersCard has 1.5K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of FoundersCard's written reviews are positive against 100% of Grateful Giving's.
FoundersCard ships an update every 3 weeks, Grateful Giving every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FoundersCard | Grateful Giving |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.5K ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 51.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.5K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 153 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FoundersCard LLC | Grateful Giving Foundation |
Customer experience
FoundersCard
Grateful Giving
Bugs and requests
FoundersCard
Reported bugs
3 issues- App not loading or crashing on latest iOS devices
- Offers and discounts not working as advertised
- Membership benefits not activating properly
Requested features
4 requests- Dark mode option
- Improved app stability and performance
- Easier cancellation process
- More transparent and consistent benefits
Grateful Giving
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
FoundersCard
No in-app purchases
Grateful Giving
No in-app purchases
