Comparison

EZ Thanks vs StandOut.

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

Head to head
About

EZ Thanks

Easily send appreciation to colleagues with photos, videos, and messages. View public recognition feeds, like and comment on posts, and track your own received recognitions. Managers can also award points and access budgets.

Highlights
  • Send recognition to individuals or teams
  • Attach photos, videos, and messages
  • View public recognition activity
  • Like and comment on recognitions
  • Track received recognitions
  • Managers can award points and use budgets
Features
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The EZ Thanks app makes sending recognition to your coworkers fun, fast and easy. * Send a recognition to an individual or a team. * Attach photos, videos and personal messages of appreciation to recognitions you send. * View the public recognition activity across your organization, your team and those you follow. * Enhance a public recognition by liking it and adding your comments. * View all of the recognitions you have received. * Managers can access discretionary budgets and send recognitions with points. * Provides a link to your program’s full recognition website. All features on the full site are completely accessible on your mobile device. * To use the EZ Thanks app, you must be a participant in a company sponsored recognition program utilizing the app’s parent website technology.

About

StandOut.

Identify your unique strengths and improve team collaboration. This app provides personalized coaching and insights based on extensive research to optimize your work and energize your professional life.

Highlights
  • Identify top StandOut roles
  • Light-touch leadership check-ins
  • Personalized coaching insights
  • Team member strength snapshots
  • Real-time, relevant data
Features
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Discover your comparative advantage and improve team engagement with StandOut, powered by ADP. Based on over 25 years of research, our real-time, relevant data and personalized coaching energize and optimize your real world of work. Note: To use this application users must either be employees of a company already using StandOut or possess a unique 8 digit keycode to create a StandOut account. KEY FEATURES StandOut Assessment Identify your top 2 StandOut roles, capturing your unique advantage. Check-In Capture the ritual of the world’s best leaders through light-touch conversations that align priorities and energize work. Personalized Coaching Accessible anytime, anywhere, coaching insights are tailored to your individual Standout Roles. Member Snapshots Discover more about the team members you work without throughout your organization with personalized snapshots of their unique strengths.

Screenshots

EZ Thanks4 screens
StandOut.4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: StandOut. at 40% against EZ Thanks's 31%. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EZ Thanks ships an update every 3 months, StandOut. every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
EZ Thanks versus StandOut.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEZ ThanksStandOut.
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.6 (48 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews30.8% of reviews40.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings48 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.1 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB56 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperBI WorldwideThe Marcus Buckingham Company

Customer experience

EZ Thanks

All ratings47 ratings
Positive34.0%
Neutral4.3%
Negative61.7%
Written reviews39 reviews
Positive30.8%
Neutral5.1%
Negative64.1%

StandOut.

All ratings10 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%

In-app purchases

None

EZ Thanks

No in-app purchases

None

StandOut.

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is EZ Thanks free?
EZ Thanks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is StandOut. free?
StandOut. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do EZ Thanks or StandOut. have ads?
Neither EZ Thanks nor StandOut. shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EZ Thanks or StandOut.?
EZ Thanks ships an update every 3 months, and StandOut. every 2 months. Most recently, EZ Thanks was updated on November 6, 2026 and StandOut. on November 2, 2026.

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