Comparison

Family Dollar 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

Family Dollar

Save money on everyday essentials with digital coupons and personalized offers. Easily clip deals, scan product barcodes in-store, and track your savings to maximize discounts on your favorite brands.

Highlights
  • Smart Coupons for up to $500 weekly savings
  • Personalized content and offers
  • Easy coupon clipping
  • Savings tracking
  • In-store barcode scanner
  • Unique barcode for redemption
Features
Currently charting
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Get ready to do more with the Family Dollar app! Enjoy saving up to $500 a week with Smart Coupons, personalized content and offers, easy coupon clipping, tracking your savings, and more. It’s easy, fun, and free! The Family Dollar app offers you more ways to shop smarter and save more than ever before. Did you know you can save up to $500 every week with Smart Coupons? All it takes is clipping coupons and redeeming in store! With one-click clipping directly from our ads, special coupon events, personalized offers, and more, each week brings new ways to spend less and save more on your favorite brands and everyday essentials. You can now also clip coupons directly from our ads and books, making Smart Coupons that much easier. Looking for hot deals while shopping in store? Using the barcode scanner in your app, you can scan product barcodes to check for coupons on the items you’re interested in. With a basket in one hand and the app in the other, it’s easy to scan, clip, and save on every shopping trip. New deals and hot offers await you at every week, season, and occasion—the possibilities to save are endless! Ready to cash in your clipped coupons for savings? It’s easy to redeem at checkout. All you do is scan your unique barcode within the app and watch your lifetime savings grow—all at your fingertips. We celebrate when you save! In addition to more ways to shop and save, the new Family Dollar app offers you a tailored experience with products and offers personalized for you. We offer special savings for coupon events and occasions throughout the year, so make sure you check your app regularly for hot offers, seasonal savings, and personalized coupons! Ready to get started? Download to start clipping, saving, and doing more with the new Family Dollar app!

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

Family Dollar4 screens
Pleasant Prices4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Family Dollar at 655K against Pleasant Prices's 1. Family Dollar also leads on chart position (#84 vs unranked). Pleasant Prices's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pleasant Prices holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Family Dollar has 655K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Family Dollar versus Pleasant Prices: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFamily DollarPleasant Prices
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (655K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews21.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings655K — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#84 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFamily DollarNeedham Tech Studio LLC

Bugs and requests

Family Dollar

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Coupons not always working as expected
  • In-store scanner not accurately detecting available products
  • App crashing or freezing for some users
  • Issues with password reset functionality

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add a shopping list feature
  • Improve search functionality to find products by name
  • Provide real-time in-store pricing information
  • Make the app more user-friendly for seniors
  • Streamline the coupon clipping and redemption process

Pleasant Prices

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Family Dollar

No in-app purchases

None

Pleasant Prices

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Family Dollar free?
Family Dollar 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, Family Dollar or Pleasant Prices?
Pleasant Prices is rated higher. Family Dollar averages 4.8 out of 5 from 655K ratings, while Pleasant Prices averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Family Dollar or Pleasant Prices have ads?
Neither Family Dollar nor Pleasant Prices shows ads.

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