Comparison

Volunteer Connection vs MC Inventory

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
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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

MC Inventory

This app streamlines household goods inventory for professional movers using LiDAR and AI. It offers familiar item tables, condition codes, and sticker methods for accurate, efficient documentation of pre-existing damage and item details. Exports are official descriptive inventories, ensuring trust from origin to delivery.

Highlights
  • LiDAR scanning for furniture dimensions
  • AI-assisted item naming and damage review
  • Hands-free dictation for item entry
  • Full mover's catalog for furniture and cartons
  • Speed Inventory mode for sticker numbering
  • Standard van-line condition codes and location symbols
  • Signed inventory PDF export with company branding
Features
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MC Inventory, from MovingCommand, is the LiDAR and AI inventory app for moving companies. If your crews run the descriptive inventory the major van lines use, this will feel familiar on day one: the same item tables, the same condition codes, the same location symbols, the same sticker method. We did not reinvent it. We made it faster. Walk the home, tag every piece as it loads, note pre-existing damage, and hand the customer a signed inventory before the truck pulls away. BUILT FOR THE LOAD, NOT THE PRE-QUOTE The inventory is created as the truck loads at origin, signed on the spot, then cross-checked at destination as each number is called off during offload. SCAN A ROOM WITH LiDAR Point the phone and let it measure. Room scanning detects objects and calculates real volume in cubic feet automatically. No tape measure, no guesswork. WALK AND TALK Narrate pieces out loud as the crew works and they land on the inventory live, hands free, right alongside the scan. FOUR WAYS TO TAG A PIECE - Scan: LiDAR captures the room and its objects - Speak: call pieces out hands free while you keep moving - Photograph: snap a piece and let the app identify and name it - Catalog: tap to add from a library of furniture, appliances, electronics, and cartons PRE-EXISTING DAMAGE, ACCURATELY Photograph a piece and the app flags likely pre-existing damage using standard van line location symbols and condition codes. Every suggestion is yours to confirm, edit, or reject before it is recorded. Nothing reaches the inventory without a crew member agreeing to it, because an un-noted scratch becomes a claim and a fabricated one is worse. PERMANENT PER-PIECE NUMBERING Every piece gets one permanent number that never changes and never gets reused. Made a mistake? Lines are voided, not deleted, so the record stays honest, the way a descriptive inventory should read. SPEED INVENTORY Tag a whole home at the pace of your sticker roll. The next number stays on screen, so you never lose your place on the roll. CERTIFIED FORMS INCLUDED Pre-existing damage, property damage, and high-value inventory forms, with the liability language, column headers, condition codes and location symbols intact. LIVE TOTALS Cube feet, estimated weight, and piece count tally at the top of every job as you work. SIGN AND EXPORT Finalize the job, capture the customer signature, and export a print-ready PDF: room by room itemization, measured floor plans, totals, a condition photo appendix, and the signature block. Add your company logo and details so it goes out on your letterhead. BUILT FOR CREWS AND COMPANIES Set up a company workspace and invite your crew with a code. Every job saves to the phone first, so the app keeps working in a basement or a driveway with no signal, and backs up to your company account once the signal comes back. Sign in on a new phone and your jobs come with you; an admin gets the whole company's. Search any job by shipper name or order number. REQUIREMENTS LiDAR room scanning requires an iPhone with a LiDAR sensor (iPhone 12 Pro or later). Manual entry, the catalog, photo and voice capture, and PDF export work across supported iPhones. Free to download and use.

Screenshots

Volunteer Connection4 screens
MC Inventory4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: MC Inventory at 100% against Volunteer Connection's 47%. MC Inventory also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Volunteer Connection's advantage is ratings volume (3.3K vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

MC Inventory 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 2, 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 100% of MC Inventory's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Volunteer Connection ships an update every 2 months, MC Inventory every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Volunteer Connection versus MC Inventory: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVolunteer ConnectionMC Inventory
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3.3K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews47.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.3K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size87 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDigital Cheetah Solutions, Inc.Joseph Childs

Customer experience

Volunteer Connection

All ratings3,266 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral3.3%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews55 reviews
Positive47.3%
Neutral5.5%
Negative47.3%

MC Inventory

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

MC Inventory

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Volunteer Connection

No in-app purchases

None

MC Inventory

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Volunteer Connection free?
Volunteer Connection is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MC Inventory free?
MC Inventory is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Volunteer Connection or MC Inventory?
MC Inventory is rated higher. Volunteer Connection averages 4.7 out of 5 from 3.3K ratings, while MC Inventory averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Volunteer Connection or MC Inventory have ads?
Neither Volunteer Connection nor MC Inventory shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Volunteer Connection or MC Inventory?
Volunteer Connection ships an update every 2 months, and MC Inventory every 3 days. Most recently, Volunteer Connection was updated on October 20, 2026 and MC Inventory on October 9, 2026.

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