Volunteer Connection vs marks
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.
marks
Effortlessly track schoolwork with a clean interface designed for students. Access real-time assignments, grades, and perform what-if grade calculations without navigating cluttered portals.
- What-if grade calculations
- Real-time assignment and grade checks
- Cleaner interface than school portals
- Encrypted local data storage
- Effortless schoolwork tracking
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marks is the best way to keep up with school. View what-if grades, assignments, and other important information in a faster, cleaner interface designed for students. You'll be able to: - Get the school information you need without digging through a cluttered portal - Access what-if grades for any assignment - Check your latest assignments and grades real-time We take privacy very seriously. Your Infinite Campus session data is encrypted via iron-webcrypto and stored locally on your device. We log no information about you, not even your name. You can also permanently remove your session via the official Infinite Campus website/User Menu/Current Devices/Select "marks"/Log Off. If you have any ideas, questions, or feedback, please email me at devin78988@gmail.com TERMS: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ PRIVACY POLICY: https://marks.cx/privacy
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Verdict
Volunteer Connection and marks both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 88% of marks's written reviews are positive against 47% of Volunteer Connection's. marks also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). Volunteer Connection's advantage is ratings volume (3.3K vs 91). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Volunteer Connection against 4.6 for marks. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Volunteer Connection has 3.3K ratings behind it against 91, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 47% of Volunteer Connection's written reviews are positive against 88% of marks's.
Volunteer Connection ships an update every 2 months, marks every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Volunteer Connection | marks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3.3K ratings) — better | 4.6 (91 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 47.3% of reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.3K — better | 91 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 85 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Digital Cheetah Solutions, Inc. | BENAN LIU |
Customer experience
Volunteer Connection
marks
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
marks
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Volunteer Connection
No in-app purchases
marks
No in-app purchases
