Comparison

ACS FUNdraising vs Relay Weekend

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

Head to head
About

ACS FUNdraising

This app helps participants of American Cancer Society events like Relay For Life and Making Strides Against Breast Cancer to easily register and collect donations. It supports various payment methods and allows users to track their fundraising progress and share their campaigns on social media.

Highlights
  • Event registration
  • Accept credit card and check donations
  • Create Facebook Fundraisers
  • Share fundraisers on social media
  • Solicit donations via PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Venmo
  • Track fundraising progress
  • Send donation receipts
Features
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Join the American Cancer Society’s fight against cancer! At the American Cancer Society, we're on a mission to free the world from cancer. Until we do, we'll be funding and conducting research, sharing expert information, supporting patients, and spreading the word about prevention. All so you can live longer — and better. The FUNdraising App The American Cancer Society FUNdraising app puts the FUN in fundraising! It enables Relay For Life© and Making Strides Against Breast Cancer participants to easily register for events and accept donations on-the-go. Use the FUNdraising app to: Register for your local Relay For Life or Making Strides Against Breast Cancer events Accept in-person credit card and check donations with state-of-the-art scanning technologies and bank-grade security features Create a Facebook Fundraiser Share your fundraiser directly to your social and professional contacts and networks Solicit donations via PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Venmo Send donation receipts and thank you notes Create and update your personal event fundraising page Track your personal, team, and event fundraising progress Monitor your fundraising progress to goal View your earned personal and team badges Fundraise for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) Note that you must be a registered participant of one of our events to use this app. Register for Relay For Life and Making Strides Against Breast Cancer directly from the app. Verified participants of ResearcHERS, Real Men Wear Pink, and DetermiNation events can also accept donations using the app. Relay For Life For more than 35 years, communities across the world have come together to honor and remember loved ones and take action for lifesaving change. Relayers fundraise for a future free from cancer. We’re asking you to join the movement and sign up to save lives. Visit RelayForLife.org for more information. Making Strides Against Cancer From large-scale traditional walks to unique local experiences and celebrations, the American Cancer Society's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer has united communities, companies, and individuals across the country in the fight to end breast cancer for more than two decades – and we have no intention of ever slowing down. Visit MakingStridesWalk.org for more information.

About

Relay Weekend

This app celebrates the Relay spirit with a national virtual event. Participate in 24 hours of family-friendly activities to honor loved ones and support the fight against cancer.

Highlights
  • Virtual national event participation
  • 24 hours of diverse activities
  • Honor loved ones
  • Celebrate impact in cancer fight
  • Family-friendly activities
  • Learn about the mission
Features
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We are virtually celebrating the Relay spirit during the very first National Relay Weekend hosted May 14-15, 2021! Using our new mobile app, you can unite with Relayers across the country to honor loved ones and celebrate our impact in the fight against cancer. Can you participate in all 24 activities in 24-hours? Stay up all night and join a Tik Tok party, Zumba class, take themed laps around your house or neighborhood, learn more about our mission, and much more. Join us for 24-hours of activities for the entire family!

Screenshots

ACS FUNdraising4 screens
Relay Weekend4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Relay Weekend at 5.0 against ACS FUNdraising's 4.4. Relay Weekend also leads on update cadence (daily vs monthly) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). ACS FUNdraising's advantage is ratings volume (391 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

Relay Weekend holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ACS FUNdraising has 391 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ACS FUNdraising ships an update monthly, Relay Weekend daily. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ACS FUNdraising versus Relay Weekend: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterACS FUNdraisingRelay Weekend
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (391 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews52.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings391 — better3
Update frequencyMonthlyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.610.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size111 MB33 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperAmerican Cancer Society IncConcursive

Customer experience

ACS FUNdraising

All ratings391 ratings
Positive86.4%
Neutral3.8%
Negative9.7%
Written reviews59 reviews
Positive52.5%
Neutral11.9%
Negative35.6%

Relay Weekend

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

ACS FUNdraising

Reported bugs

30 issues
  • App forces closes itself
  • App crashes when selecting 'my profile' tab
  • App crashes on latest update
  • Donation date posted incorrectly (2023 instead of 2024)
  • App crashes with any action after update
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  • App won't load or says email isn't valid
  • App won't open after update
  • App crashes on launch after forced update
  • App crashes when changing profile picture
  • Cannot scan credit cards
  • App gets stuck when sending emails, requires re-login
  • App kicks user out and won't allow re-login
  • Emails cannot be sent via new update
  • Endless update loop at App Store
  • Cannot join a team on the app, requires desktop
  • App crashes when depositing checks
  • App crashes when selecting a team
  • App not visible after download
  • App doesn't keep user logged in
  • App is slow to update counts
  • App keeps kicking user off and shutting down
  • Cannot get to dashboard or see credit card donations
  • Cannot get into account after update
  • App needs update to support iOS11
  • Crashing with iOS 11 update
  • Cannot share progress on Facebook
  • Issues logging in after logging out
  • Camera functionality to scan checks not working
  • App cannot connect to ACS server
  • App stuck on logo page

Requested features

7 requests
  • Ability to donate to individual team members
  • Option to record cash donations
  • Ability to label or add notes to check donations
  • Allow sharing own pictures from events
  • Make it easier to join as a team member on the app
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  • Improve user interface to match website
  • Fix the 'Keep me logged in' functionality

Relay Weekend

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

ACS FUNdraising

No in-app purchases

None

Relay Weekend

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ACS FUNdraising free?
ACS FUNdraising is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Relay Weekend free?
Relay Weekend is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ACS FUNdraising or Relay Weekend?
Relay Weekend is rated higher. ACS FUNdraising averages 4.4 out of 5 from 391 ratings, while Relay Weekend averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do ACS FUNdraising or Relay Weekend have ads?
Neither ACS FUNdraising nor Relay Weekend shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ACS FUNdraising or Relay Weekend?
ACS FUNdraising ships an update monthly, and Relay Weekend daily. Most recently, ACS FUNdraising was updated on October 23, 2026 and Relay Weekend on October 14, 2026.

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