Lotsa Helping Hands vs Sounds True
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lotsa Helping Hands
This app helps coordinate support for individuals and families during challenging times. It allows users to organize tasks like meal deliveries and rides, share updates with a network, and receive emotional support through messages and photos.
- Organize help with tasks
- Schedule meal deliveries
- Coordinate rides to appointments
- Communicate updates to network
- Share photos and well wishes
- Create a support community
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One place to coordinate help, communicate updates & receive emotional support. Schedule meal deliveries, rides to appointments, and visiting hours by posting tasks others can help with. Notify all concerned family members, friends, and community members about the status of your loved one with a single message. Connect with your support network with posts like photos and well wishes. ORGANIZE HELP Coordinate meaningful help (meals, rides, visits) when you most need it. Make it easier for people to help in even the smallest ways, and save time communicating unmet needs. UPDATE EVERYONE Share updates with your friends & family instead of sending multiple emails, phone calls or texts. FEEL CONNECTED Allow friends & family to express love, emotional support, and uplifting messages. How to coordinate help while caring for a loved one: 1. Create a Lotsa Community. 2. Invite family, friends, neighbors & colleagues to help with your Community. 3. Add tasks to the feed, such as meal deliveries, so friends can volunteer. 4. Keep everyone updated through personal blogs, photos, and well wishes.
Sounds True
Access a vast library of online courses, audio programs, and exclusive content from world-renowned experts in mindfulness, healing, and personal growth. Connect with a global community, join live events, and explore a variety of wellness practices to support your journey inward.
- Access purchased courses and audio programs
- Sounds True One membership content
- Live Q&As and interviews with experts
- Global community for connection and discussion
- Immersive virtual retreats
- Weekly group meditations
- Variety of wellness practices
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The Sounds True app is home to your entire Sounds True experience, from the online courses and audio programs you've purchased to the Sounds True One membership, including original series, guided practices, and live events with hundreds of world-renowned experts in mindfulness, healing, and personal growth. YOUR SOUNDS TRUE LIBRARY Access the online courses and audio programs you've purchased from Sounds True's 41 years of publishing — all in one place, available on-demand, on any device. SOUNDS TRUE ONE MEMBERSHIP Sounds True One is a global membership community committed to growth, healing, and connection, with unique learning opportunities from the world's most celebrated wisdom teachers and best-selling authors, including Caroline Myss, Pema Chödrön, Jack Kornfield, Thich Nhat Hanh, Adyashanti, Peter Levine, Gabor Maté, Richard C. Schwartz, and many more. Membership includes: ● Wisdom from World-Renowned Experts — Learn from leading voices in well-being, mindfulness, and personal growth. ● Exclusive Live Q&As & Interviews — Engage directly with sought-after teachers through interactive conversations and events. ● A Global Community — Share reflections, ask questions, and connect with members worldwide through live meditations and practice groups. ● Immersive Virtual Retreats — Join live, transformative retreats to cultivate self-awareness and growth. ● Weekly Group Meditations — Enhance your practice with meditations led by beloved Sounds True teachers and authors. ● A Variety of Wellness Practices — Explore meditation, mindful movement, qi gong and other techniques to support your well-being. ● Monthly Guided Experiences — A new theme each month to support your spiritual growth and self-discovery. ● Exclusive Original Series — Dive into our award-winning programs like Mystics Today, In the Flow, and Being with You. ● Special Member Discounts* — Get 20% off Sounds True online courses, plus exclusive event and course invitations. In just a few minutes a day, Sounds True can help you feel more connected to yourself and the world around you. Download today and continue your journey inward. - ▷ Already a Member? Sign-In to access your subscription. ▷ New? Subscribe in the app to get instant access. Sounds True offers auto-renewing subscriptions. You'll receive unlimited access to content on all your devices. Payment is charged to your account at confirmation of purchase. Pricing varies by location and is confirmed prior to purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period, or the trial period (when offered). Cancel anytime in Account Settings. For more information see our: Terms of Use: https://product.soundstrue.com/terms-and-conditions/ Privacy Policy: https://product.soundstrue.com/privacy-policy/ Customer Support: membership@soundstrue.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sounds True at 4.6 against Lotsa Helping Hands's 2.7. Sounds True also leads on ratings volume (1.2K vs 52) and review sentiment (26% vs 9%). Lotsa Helping Hands's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Sounds True sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. Lotsa Helping Hands asks for nothing beyond the download.
Sounds True holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sounds True has 1.2K ratings behind it against 52, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 9% of Lotsa Helping Hands's written reviews are positive against 26% of Sounds True's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lotsa Helping Hands | Sounds True |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (52 ratings) | 4.6 (1.2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 8.9% of reviews | 25.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 52 | 1.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Lotsa Helping Hands, Inc. | Sounds True |
Customer experience
Lotsa Helping Hands
Sounds True
User reviews
Lotsa Helping Hands
From 52 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Website is great
- 👍 Website works well
- 👍 Functional overall
- 👍 Stable and user friendly
- 👍 Makes helping easy
Room to improve
- 🐛 App has room for improvement
- 🐛 Horrible app
- 🐛 Glitchy app
- 🐛 Doesn't work at all
- 🐛 Cumbersome and limited app
Sounds True
From 1.2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 High-quality content
- 💡 Variety of teachings and programs
- 👍 Inspiring community
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent app crashes and glitches
- 🔋 Audio stops playing when screen locks
- 👎 Poor customer support and technical issues
- 🤯 Confusing navigation and app design
Bugs and requests
Lotsa Helping Hands
Reported bugs
66 issues- Cannot see full calendar
- Cannot choose notification types
- Cannot make recurring tasks
- Calendar colors not showing correctly
- App quits working
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- Blank screen on app
- Website does weird things
- Spinning death wheel on login
- Cannot open on iPad
- App is cumbersome and limited
- No easy way to share
- Changing recurring dates difficult
- Calendar icon does nothing
- Constantly makes you log in
- Says no good internet connection
- Doesn't send valid links
- Tells you don't have an account
- Password won't reset
- App suddenly lost login
- Doesn't work on iPad Pro
- Old app was better
- Unable to login
- Updates don't sync between app and website
- Automatic reminders stopped sending
- Comments not appearing in app
- Login email and password don't match
- App hangs then crashes
- App doesn't have explore function
- App doesn't have referral to website
- Coordinator cannot approve member requests
- Coordinator cannot see information like webpage
- Login doesn't work on app
- Community not supported by app
- App crashes when switching pages
- App crashes when clicking comments
- App does not show needs from web page
- Impossible to understand who is doing what
- Shows no needs when there are needs
- Cannot do administrative functions
- Does not sync correctly
- Email notifications not sent to members
- Have to go out of app to post a need
- App doesn't sync to website
- App just takes up space
- Coordinators cannot schedule help needs
- App is for volunteers, not coordinators
- App crashes when selecting 'Help Needed'
- Error message after update
- No way to do community administration as coordinator
- Cannot approve pending members
- Cannot create a task
- Cannot see members waiting for acceptance
- Members cannot add own tasks
- New app doesn't work for previous users
- App takes you to website
- New version is frustrating
- Prompted to pick community, then sent to web page
- Time and date selections do not work
- App is unresponsive
- Crashes on login repeatedly
- App crashes immediately
- App crashes upon opening
- Help menu does not work
- Website is not responsive
- Cannot pinch/zoom website
- Website requires scrolling everywhere
Requested features
31 requests- See full calendar on app
- Choose notification types
- Create recurring tasks
- Improved calendar view on app
- Share button in settings
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- Implement calendar view on app
- Email notifications for needs
- Post needs from app
- Coordinator features on app
- App for coordinators
- Approve members through app
- Add activities through app
- Manage caretaking on-the-go
- Edit events on app
- Create new activities on app
- Explore function on app
- Referral to website on app
- Coordinator can approve member requests
- Coordinator can see other info on app
- Coordinator can schedule help needs using app
- App syncs to website
- Push notifications for help needed
- Sync to calendar
- App for coordinators to manage community
- Approve and invite new members through app
- Create tasks on app
- See members waiting for approval
- Members can add their own tasks
- App works for users before 11/15
- App time and date selections work
- App is responsive on mobile
Sounds True
Reported bugs
3 issues- Unable to access purchased courses
- App freezes and becomes unresponsive
- Inconsistent login and password issues
Requested features
4 requests- Add search functionality to easily find content
- Allow background audio playback when app is closed
- Improve offline access to purchased content
- Provide better integration between app and website
In-app purchases
Lotsa Helping Hands
No in-app purchases
Sounds True
- Monthly All Access$19.991 Month
- Monthly7 Days trial$19.991 Month
- Annual7 Days trial$179.991 Year
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- Yearly All Access$189.001 Year
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