Comparison

Samaritan vs Farever

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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!

About

Farever

This app connects individuals experiencing or at risk of homelessness in Memphis, TN with essential services like food, housing, and healthcare. It also facilitates volunteering and donations, and enables non-profit organizations to manage services and communicate with each other.

Highlights
  • Connects homeless with essential services
  • Facilitates volunteering and donations
  • NFP service management
  • Real-time NFP communication
  • Inventory management for NFPs
Features
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Farever App is designed to perform 5 functions. The first is to support homeless individuals and those who are perilously close to being homeless in Memphis, TN (other cities soon) by connecting them with essential services. Homeless clients, or any Memphian that wants to help, can use the app to find food, housing, healthcare, and other critical resources.The app can also be used for those wanting to volunteer their time and skills, and make donations. Non-profit organizations (NFPs/501(c)(3)) can update their service offerings, and communicate in real time with other NFP organizations, manage inventories, and communicate about receiving highly perishable items from farmers, grocery stores and bakeries.

Screenshots

Samaritan4 screens
Farever4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Farever at 5.0 against Samaritan's 4.3. Farever also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). Samaritan's advantage is ratings volume (43 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

Farever 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 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Samaritan ships an update every 2 months, Farever every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Samaritan versus Farever: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSamaritanFarever
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (43 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings43 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB19 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperSamaritanSrirama Murthy Gudimetla

Customer experience

Samaritan

All ratings43 ratings
Positive81.4%
Neutral2.3%
Negative16.3%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive73.7%
Neutral10.5%
Negative15.8%

Farever

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

In-app purchases

None

Samaritan

No in-app purchases

None

Farever

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Samaritan free?
Samaritan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Farever free?
Farever is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Samaritan or Farever?
Farever is rated higher. Samaritan averages 4.3 out of 5 from 43 ratings, while Farever averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Samaritan or Farever have ads?
Neither Samaritan nor Farever shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Samaritan or Farever?
Samaritan ships an update every 2 months, and Farever every 2 weeks. Most recently, Samaritan was updated on November 2, 2026 and Farever on October 30, 2026.

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