TALGiving vs Sam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TALGiving
Connect with individuals and organizations needing support by donating cash, goods, or time. Create or contribute to fundraising campaigns to help those in need. Make a difference in someone's life through direct giving.
- Support needy people
- Donate cash, kind, or time
- Create fundraiser campaigns
- Make donation requests
- Direct giving to individuals
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The TALGiving app provides a digital platform for the donors to support the needy people by donating in cash or kind or time. People or Organizations who are in need can create a fundraiser campaign or any appropriate donation request. The donors can then make donations to the needy people. “Touch A Life” today by making a donation to a needy person. The TALGiving app is powered by Touch-A-Life (TAL) foundation.
Sam
Connects individuals needing assistance with small tasks to nearby volunteers willing to help. Facilitates community support and task completion.
- Volunteer matching
- Task assistance
- Community building
- Local help
- Small task support
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Match volunteers with people who have small tasks and need help.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sam at 5.0 against TALGiving's 4.7. Sam also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). TALGiving's advantage is ratings volume (20 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Sam holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TALGiving has 20 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
TALGiving ships an update monthly, Sam every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | TALGiving | Sam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (20 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TOUCH A LIFE FOUNDATION INC. | Arito, Inc |
Customer experience
TALGiving
Sam
In-app purchases
TALGiving
No in-app purchases
Sam
No in-app purchases
