Taluspay vs MediaBuddy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Taluspay
This app helps skilled trades professionals manage their entire business from their phone. It offers ways to save on inventory costs and provides opportunities for new jobs, with a payment model that only charges when you get paid.
- Business management on mobile
- Reduced inventory fees
- Cashback on inventory
- Discounted inventory
- Free job leads
- Pay-per-payment model
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Taluspay is the ultimate business management app for skilled trades professionals. Manage all parts of your business directly from your phone. Pay less in fees while getting discounts and cashback on inventory through selected partners. And for eligible pros, you can even get free jobs sent straight to your phone. No lead gen fee, no subscription - you only pay when you get paid. Earn more money, on your own terms.
MediaBuddy
Estimate video and audio file sizes, network transfer times, and LTO tape write times. Supports various professional media formats like ProRes, DNxHD, DPX, TIFF, and DCPs.
- Estimate video/audio file sizes
- Calculate network transfer times
- Estimate LTO tape write times
- Supports ProRes
- Supports DNxHD
- Supports DPX, TIFF, DCPs
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MediaBuddy is a simple tool to quickly estimate video and audio file sizes as well as network transfer and LTO tape write times. Supports ProRes, DNxHD, DPX, TIFF and DCPs.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Taluspay at Free against MediaBuddy's $1.99. Taluspay also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 47 months) and ratings volume (277 vs 3). MediaBuddy's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.9) and review sentiment (100% vs 58%). On 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
Taluspay is free to download; MediaBuddy costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MediaBuddy holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Taluspay has 277 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of Taluspay's written reviews are positive against 100% of MediaBuddy's.
Taluspay ships an update every 3 weeks, MediaBuddy every 47 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Taluspay | MediaBuddy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 3.9 (277 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 277 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 47 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 255 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Talus | Denis Leconte |
Customer experience
Taluspay
MediaBuddy
Bugs and requests
Taluspay
Reported bugs
8 issues- Card reader connection failures and infinite updates
- Notification system creates unread message alerts for user-sent messages
- App crashes and data loss after updates
- Slow and laggy performance across multiple devices
- Infinite loop in onboarding process
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- Transaction data corruption and unreadable formats
- Missing transaction history and reports after updates
- Payment processing delays and pending transactions
Requested features
6 requests- Multiple device login capability
- Phone support option
- Improved notification system (reduce unnecessary alerts)
- Faster card reader connectivity
- Same-day or next-day fund transfers
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- Better data backup and recovery system
MediaBuddy
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Taluspay
No in-app purchases
MediaBuddy
No in-app purchases
