Comparison

SaveAround Deals vs Pleasant Prices

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

Head to head
About

SaveAround Deals

Access a wide range of local and online coupons for various merchants. Choose subscription plans from 1 month to 1 year for flexible access to savings. Coupons are renewed or replaced annually.

Highlights
  • Access to local and online coupons
  • Redeemable with merchants
  • Subscription plans (1 month to 1 year)
  • Annual coupon renewal/replacement
  • Supports fundraising for groups
Features
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SaveAround’s Mobile Application is a companion to our coupon books and contains extra deals that may or may not be found in our hard-copy coupons books. Our app offers access to a collection of coupons that can be redeemed with merchants in your geographic area (and in some cases online). By using the Mobile Application, as opposed to buying a hard-copy coupon book, you can choose how long you would like access to the coupon collection. We offer subscriptions ranging from 1 month to 1 year. Coupons are valid from January 1 throughout December 31 of each year. There may be multiple copies of some coupons in the collection, while for other coupons in the collection there is only one coupon that may be redeemed during the calendar year. Each January 1, the coupons in the collection are either renewed and can be used again or will be replaced by coupons from other merchants. SaveAround® is North America’s premier Discount Coupon Fundraising Book. Since 1975, we have been helping schools and community groups raise funds, local merchants promote and grow their businesses, and people throughout the community save money. From famous national chains to your favorite local mom-and-pop businesses, SaveAround® offers coupon savings everyone will love.

About

Pleasant Prices

This app offers affordable beauty, health, and trading card products with transparent pricing and no hidden fees. Shop name-brand essentials and collectibles with real-time stock levels and guest checkout options.

Highlights
  • Transparent pricing, no hidden fees
  • Shop name-brand beauty and health products
  • Curated sports trading card selection
  • Real-time stock levels
  • Guest checkout
  • Order tracking
  • Wishlist functionality
Features
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Pleasant Prices was founded by Jason R. Williams, LCSW, and his wife Casey, to make quality beauty and health products affordable for everyone — including the autistic and intellectually disabled community. What you see is what you pay: no hidden fees, no surprise charges at checkout. Shop name-brand essentials across Hair Care, Health & Medicine, L'Oreal Paris, Neutrogena, Olay, RoC Beauty, and name-brand razors, alongside a curated selection of sports trading card boxes and collectibles. • Browse and search the full catalog, with real-time stock levels on every item • Checkout as a guest — no account required • Save items to a wishlist for later • Track your order's shipping status after checkout • Look up past orders anytime with a one-time email code, no password to remember Pleasant Prices is a small, independent shop built around one idea: fair prices, honestly labeled.

Screenshots

SaveAround Deals3 screens
Pleasant Prices4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Pleasant Prices at 5.0 against SaveAround Deals's 2.8. Pleasant Prices also leads on monetization model (free vs subscription). SaveAround Deals's advantage is ratings volume (195 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.1). 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

Pleasant Prices holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SaveAround Deals has 195 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
SaveAround Deals versus Pleasant Prices: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSaveAround DealsPleasant Prices
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (195 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews39.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings195 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.4 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEnjoy The City North Inc.Needham Tech Studio LLC

Bugs and requests

SaveAround Deals

Reported bugs

27 issues
  • App is frozen
  • Unable to download activation code
  • Coupons don't work (no barcode/unrecognized)
  • App doesn't work at all
  • App freezes on first page
Show 22 more
  • App won't scroll up to sign in
  • App opens to a blank white screen
  • App goes to a white screen and does nothing
  • Addresses are not selectable/clickable
  • Emailing coupons to print rarely works
  • Pulling up a coupon in the app is hit or miss
  • App has technical difficulties
  • App says experiencing technical difficulties for over a month
  • Search option gives wrong business or no results
  • App crashes always
  • App only allows one person to use the code
  • Unusable for some time
  • Comes up with a 'Sorry...' error message
  • App does not allow you easily to update the registration code
  • Not all coupons appear in the app
  • App doesn't open half the time
  • No coupons show up, only a blank screen
  • Have to re-login every time
  • Shows a green screen
  • App doesn't open correctly, shows green screen
  • Received email for coupon, clicked link, prompted to log in, no coupon appeared, but message said used
  • No option for ordering online

Requested features

8 requests
  • Add more national deals for retail
  • Make addresses selectable/clickable for easy mapping
  • Improve search functionality to include variations like 'pizzeria'
  • Allow sharing of codes/app with family
  • Update app design and organization
Show 3 more
  • Easier process to search for specific savings
  • Allow easier updating of registration code annually
  • Participating higher-end restaurants

Pleasant Prices

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

SaveAround Deals

No in-app purchases

None

Pleasant Prices

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SaveAround Deals free?
SaveAround Deals is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pleasant Prices free?
Pleasant Prices is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SaveAround Deals or Pleasant Prices?
Pleasant Prices is rated higher. SaveAround Deals averages 2.8 out of 5 from 195 ratings, while Pleasant Prices averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do SaveAround Deals or Pleasant Prices have ads?
Neither SaveAround Deals nor Pleasant Prices shows ads.

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