Comparison

Guaranteed Karma vs Frontline Maps

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

Head to head
About

Guaranteed Karma

Discover and participate in local volunteer events, tracking your contributions and impact. Earn karma points, climb leaderboards, and unlock rewards for your community service. Connect with friends and nonprofits to make a difference together.

Highlights
  • Find volunteer events by category
  • Track volunteer hours and impact metrics
  • Earn karma points and unlock rewards
  • Connect with friends and nonprofits
  • Save events and get reminders
  • Leaderboard and challenges
Features
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Guaranteed Karma is the app for people who want to make a difference — and see it. Find volunteer events near you, check in when you arrive, and watch your personal impact grow over time. Whether you're planting trees, serving meals, or cleaning up your community, Guaranteed Karma tracks every hour and turns it into a story worth sharing. FIND EVENTS THAT MATTER Browse volunteer opportunities across categories — environment, hunger, education, animals, and more. Save events to your calendar and get reminders so you never miss a chance to give back. TRACK YOUR REAL-WORLD IMPACT See your volunteer hours, CO2 offset, and other impact metrics build up over time. Your profile becomes a living record of everything you've contributed. EARN KARMA & UNLOCK REWARDS Every volunteer hour earns you karma points. Climb the leaderboard, complete challenges, and unlock rewards from the organizations you support. CONNECT WITH YOUR COMMUNITY Join events with friends, follow nonprofits you care about, and be part of a community that's actually doing something. Whether you're a first-time volunteer or a seasoned changemaker, Guaranteed Karma makes it easy to show up — and prove it.

About

Frontline Maps

This app transforms collective action into a dynamic, live map experience. Participate in local campaigns, log your contributions, and visualize your community's growing impact in real-time. Connect with others, join events, and earn rewards from local businesses.

Highlights
  • Live map visualization of collective action
  • Log contributions via GPS or manual entry
  • Report and clean up local trash
  • Join and coordinate group events
  • Track neighborhood and group impact stats
  • Redeem points for local business offers
Features
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Frontline is a free, live map of neighborhood cleanups. Log what you clean up and watch the impact add up alongside everyone else taking part. • Log cleanups with a pin, bag counts or pounds, or a route you walked, and add a photo. • Report trash, then claim it and turn it into a logged cleanup with before-and-after photos. • See cleanups, trash reports, events, partners, and hotspots near you, with stats by zip code, neighborhood, and borough. • Find group-hosted cleanup events, RSVP, and check in with GPS or a join code. • Join or start a group, compete on the leaderboard, and track your group's impact. • Redeem points for offers from partner businesses. Rewards are currently focused on the New York City area, with more markets planned. • Join Trash War, our flagship cleanup map.

Screenshots

Guaranteed Karma4 screens
Frontline Maps4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Frontline Maps at 5.0 against Guaranteed Karma's 4.5. On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Frontline Maps holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Guaranteed Karma ships an update every 2 months, Frontline Maps monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Guaranteed Karma versus Frontline Maps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGuaranteed KarmaFrontline Maps
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings24 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB23 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperDustin KendrickTaylor Johnson

Customer experience

Guaranteed Karma

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Frontline Maps

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Guaranteed Karma

No in-app purchases

None

Frontline Maps

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Guaranteed Karma free?
Guaranteed Karma is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Frontline Maps free?
Frontline Maps is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Guaranteed Karma or Frontline Maps?
Frontline Maps is rated higher. Guaranteed Karma averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Frontline Maps averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Guaranteed Karma or Frontline Maps have ads?
Neither Guaranteed Karma nor Frontline Maps shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Guaranteed Karma or Frontline Maps?
Guaranteed Karma ships an update every 2 months, and Frontline Maps monthly. Most recently, Guaranteed Karma was updated on November 5, 2026 and Frontline Maps on October 31, 2026.

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