Comparison

Volunteer Connection vs Day ’N Deed

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Register for shifts
  • Update contact information
  • Submit volunteer hours
  • Manage volunteer activity
  • Enhance volunteer engagement
Features
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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.

About

Day ’N Deed

This app unifies meeting notes, tasks, lists, calendars, and a private journal. Capture ideas, review next steps, and manage your day efficiently. It offers AI-powered summaries and transcriptions for meetings, alongside personal journaling and shared lists.

Highlights
  • Capture tasks by typing or speaking
  • Record and transcribe meetings
  • Integrate with iOS calendars
  • Create and share lists
  • Private, encrypted journaling
  • AI-powered summaries and suggestions
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Turn the things you say into the things you do. Day ’N Deed brings meeting notes, shared tasks, lists, calendars and a private journal together on iPhone and iPad. Capture an idea, review the next steps and keep your day moving. CAPTURE, THEN FOLLOW THROUGH Type or speak several tasks at once. Review suggested titles, dates, priorities and repeat settings before saving. Organize work with projects and teams, assign one or several people, and choose shared completion or individual responsibilities. Keep discussions and reminders beside the work. MAKE MEETINGS USEFUL Record conversations you have permission to record, or import audio. Review transcripts, summaries and suggested actions. Replay the original recording on the device that saved it, or listen with a narrator voice. Recording can continue while the phone is locked or another app is open; calls and other microphone interruptions can pause capture. Day ’N Deed does not capture live calls from another app on the same iPhone. PLAN AROUND YOUR DAY View calendars enabled in iOS settings, including Apple and Google accounts. Review task time blocks before adding them to a writable calendar. Optional Brief Me and Weekly summaries help you revisit selected appointments, tasks and follow-ups. Track private commitments with their owners, dates and source passages. SHARE THE EVERYDAY LIST Keep groceries, packing lists and reusable checklists private or share them with connected people. Add sections and quantities, check items off together and link a list to a recurring task. Previously loaded lists queue offline edits until you reconnect. KEEP REFLECTION PERSONAL Write or dictate in your private journal, track goals and record focus sessions. Journal entries are encrypted on your device and protected by Face ID, Touch ID or your device passcode. Optional end-to-end encrypted journal sync uses your private recovery code. Journal entries are never shared with task or team collaborators. CHOOSE WHEN TO USE AI Manual tools work without AI. Cloud processing requires consent, a connection and available service capacity. Selected text goes to OpenAI for summaries, suggestions and narration. With separate permission, cloud transcription sends meeting audio to ElevenLabs, with OpenAI fallback. On-device transcription is available on supported devices. Review suggestions before saving or sharing them. FREE, LITE AND FULL Free includes manual tools, 10 introductory AI requests and 10 cloud transcription minutes once per account. Lite includes 100 AI requests and 5 cloud transcription hours per UTC calendar month, without rollover. Full has no monthly AI-request or cloud-minute cap. Shared service capacity can temporarily pause processing on any plan. Quick task and list parsing has a separate allowance of up to 300 parses per account per UTC day. Meetings can use multiple requests; new narration uses allowance. Saved results and cached narration need no new request. On-device transcription uses no cloud minutes. Recordings are limited to approximately 90 minutes and 20 MB for cloud uploads. No automatic overage charges. Optional monthly or annual subscriptions are purchased in the app. Apple shows localized prices, trial eligibility and renewal terms before purchase. Annual plans are billed upfront. Payment is charged to your Apple account; subscriptions renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in Apple account settings. Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://dayndeed.com/privacy

Screenshots

Volunteer Connection4 screens
Day ’N Deed3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Volunteer Connection at none against Day ’N Deed's 4. Volunteer Connection also leads on ratings volume (3.3K vs 1). Day ’N Deed's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Day ’N Deed sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Volunteer Connection asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Day ’N Deed holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Volunteer Connection has 3.3K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Volunteer Connection ships an update every 2 months, Day ’N Deed every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Volunteer Connection versus Day ’N Deed: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVolunteer ConnectionDay ’N Deed
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3.3K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews47.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings3.3K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDigital Cheetah Solutions, Inc.1Fisher Group, LLC

Customer experience

Volunteer Connection

All ratings3,274 ratings
Positive92.2%
Neutral3.3%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews55 reviews
Positive47.3%
Neutral5.5%
Negative47.3%

Day ’N Deed

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Day ’N Deed

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Volunteer Connection

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Day ’N Deed

Subscriptions4
  • Day ’N Deed Lite$9.991 Month
  • Day ’N Deed Full7 Days trial$19.991 Month
  • Day ’N Deed Lite Annual$89.991 Year
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  • Day ’N Deed Full Annual7 Days trial$189.991 Year

Questions

Is Volunteer Connection free?
Volunteer Connection is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Day ’N Deed free?
Day ’N Deed is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Volunteer Connection or Day ’N Deed?
Day ’N Deed is rated higher. Volunteer Connection averages 4.7 out of 5 from 3.3K ratings, while Day ’N Deed averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Volunteer Connection or Day ’N Deed have ads?
Neither Volunteer Connection nor Day ’N Deed shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Volunteer Connection or Day ’N Deed?
Volunteer Connection ships an update every 2 months, and Day ’N Deed every 8 days. Most recently, Volunteer Connection was updated on November 11, 2026 and Day ’N Deed on November 10, 2026.

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