Volunteer Connection vs Noggin App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Volunteer Connection
Manage your volunteer activities with the American Red Cross. This app allows registered volunteers to easily register for shifts, update contact details, and submit hours. It's designed to enhance engagement and streamline the volunteer experience.
- Register for shifts
- Update contact information
- Submit volunteer hours
- Manage volunteer activity
- Enhance volunteer engagement
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American Red Cross volunteers, the Volunteer Connection app is now available! The mobile app is for existing volunteers only. Manage your activity with the American Red Cross conveniently via the new app! Hold the power of Volunteer Connection in the palm of your hand! Volunteers can use the app to register for shifts, update contact information, submit hours, and other tasks typically managed in Volunteer Connection, the organization's volunteer management system. Now, all of which can be done with the tip and swipe of a finger! Over 200,000 American Red Cross volunteers help ensure the organization prevents and alleviates human suffering every day. Many respond to disasters, teach life-saving skills to their communities, or support ongoing activities with their skills and talents. The mobile app will allow existing American Red Cross volunteers to become more engaged with the organization, helping enhance the overall volunteer experience with the organization. Note: This app is for General Volunteers only at this time. Youth and Prospective Volunteers will not have access to the app, until further notice or until their intake process with their respective region is complete. If you are not a registered volunteer and interested in becoming involved with the American Red Cross, please visit www.redcross.org today! If you are having problems, please use the link above for assistance.
Noggin App
Access a comprehensive platform for integrated safety and security management. It offers tools for crisis management, public safety, environmental health, physical security, and business continuity. Effectively manage incidents, threats, risks, hazards, and compliance across any organization.
- Crisis and emergency management
- Public safety solutions
- Environmental health and safety
- Physical security management
- Business continuity planning
- Incident and risk management
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Use this app to access Noggin, the world’s leading platform for integrated safety and security management. Noggin provides solutions for crisis and emergency management, public safety, environmental health and safety, physical security management, and business continuity. The platform provides all the information and tools needed to effectively manage incidents, threats, risks, hazards and compliance across any organization. * This is not the Noggin OCA app. If you are looking for the OCA app, please search the store for “Noggin OCA”. * Use this app to access your Noggin solution. You will need the domain of your Noggin site, plus your username and password. Don’t have a Noggin site? Get one at www.noggin.io
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Volunteer Connection at 4.7 against Noggin App's 3.3. Volunteer Connection also leads on ratings volume (3.3K vs 15) and review sentiment (47% vs 39%). 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.
Volunteer Connection holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Volunteer Connection has 3.3K ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of Volunteer Connection's written reviews are positive against 39% of Noggin App's.
Volunteer Connection ships an update every 2 months, Noggin App every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Volunteer Connection | Noggin App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3.3K ratings) — better | 3.3 (15 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 47.3% of reviews — better | 38.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.3K — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 85 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Digital Cheetah Solutions, Inc. | Noggin Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
Volunteer Connection
Noggin App
Bugs and requests
Volunteer Connection
Reported bugs
4 issues- Cannot log hours due to calendar issues
- App support center no longer exists
- Cannot find needed training in the app
- App does not recognize saved login credentials
Requested features
4 requests- Add total hours worked in hours manager
- Improve search functionality and consistency
- Allow updating availability directly in the app
- Add ability to favorite/comment on recent activity posts
Noggin App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Volunteer Connection
No in-app purchases
Noggin App
No in-app purchases
Questions
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