Samaritan vs FOUND.ME
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Samaritan
This app provides a secure way to support individuals experiencing homelessness. You can send gifts for essential needs, invite them for coffee, or offer words of encouragement, ensuring your support directly aids their journey toward stable housing.
- Support individuals experiencing homelessness
- Send gifts for essential needs
- Invite for coffee or conversation
- Offer words of encouragement
- Track impact on user journeys
- Community expansion requests
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“When I got my first gift from a Samaritan, I was in the library crying at the thought that someone out there cares about me.” Samaritan is a dignified and secure channel to support the journey toward stable housing. There are plenty of reasons why the single mom with a car full of belongings, the veteran on the street corner, or the teen outside the supermarket experiencing homelessness are often overlooked: “I don’t have cash” “I don’t know if they will spend it on true needs” “I don’t know if it will make a real dent” Now, you know. Samaritan invites you to join their journey and feel confident that your social capital - both your talents and money - are going toward core needs. Send a $25 gift for food and medical bills, invite them to coffee, or message words of encouragement for greater accountability. Samaritan is currently serving members in Seattle, Oklahoma City, and Orange County and aiming to serve 100+ communities by 2025. Want your community supported, too? Contact us and let us know where you are!
FOUND.ME
This app provides a safety net for loved ones, pets, and valuables. It uses interactive tags with QR codes that good samaritans can scan to privately connect with you or a designated contact in case of an emergency, without sharing personal information.
- QR code scanning for contact
- Private communication
- No personal info sharing
- Interactive tags, bracelets, necklaces
- Global emergency solution
- Peace of mind
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We are all at risk of losing the people, pets and valuables that mean the most to us. FOUND ME was designed as a global solution to mitigate this risk and provide peace of mind. We exist to protect everyone and everything important in our customers’ lives. With FOUND ME, you are connected to everyone and everything you love in case of a loss or emergency via an interactive system of tags, labels, bracelets, and necklaces linked to our APP. FOUND ME makes it possible for a good samaritan to get in touch with you, a family member or a friend by simply scanning the QR codes on the Interactive tags. The communication is done privately and without requiring to share any personal information such as your name, phone number or address. WHY WE DO IT FOUND ME was created to fill an unmet need. We could not find a single solution to protect our belongings, pets and loved ones in a simple, affordable, and reliable way. Our platform appeals to the very best of humanity, knowing that if it was easier to help someone else, we would all do it. Terms of Use: https://foundme.com/terms-conditions
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: FOUND.ME at 5.0 against Samaritan's 4.3. FOUND.ME also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). Samaritan's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 30) and ratings volume (43 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. FOUND.ME sells 20 in-app purchases, starting at $98.00 per year. Samaritan asks for nothing beyond the download.
FOUND.ME holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Samaritan has 43 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 5, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Samaritan | FOUND.ME |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (43 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 43 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 97 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Samaritan | FOUND ME |
Customer experience
Samaritan
FOUND.ME
In-app purchases
Samaritan
No in-app purchases
FOUND.ME
- Solo one person1 Year trial2 variants$98.001 Year
- Solo one person$98.001 Year
- Couple two people1 Year trial2 variants$153.991 Year
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- Couple two people$153.991 Year
- Solo one person1 Year trial2 variants$155.991 Year
- Solo one person$155.991 Year
- Couple two people1 Year trial2 variants$214.991 Year
- Couple two people$214.991 Year
- Small four people1 Year trial2 variants$229.001 Year
- Small four people$229.001 Year
- Medium six people1 Year trial2 variants$269.991 Year
- Medium six people$269.991 Year
- Small four people1 Year trial2 variants$289.001 Year
- Small four people$289.001 Year
- Large eight person1 Year trial2 variants$304.991 Year
- Large eight person$304.991 Year
- Medium six people1 Year trial2 variants$329.001 Year
- Medium six people$329.001 Year
- Large eight person1 Year trial2 variants$364.991 Year
- Large eight person$364.991 Year
