Comparison

Vertical Discounts 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

Vertical Discounts

Discover over 350,000 local deals and discounts on restaurants, shopping, entertainment, and more. Save money instantly by showing the app at participating businesses, eliminating the need for physical coupons or cards.

Highlights
  • Over 350,000 local deals
  • Cashback offers
  • Save on restaurants
  • Discounts on car washes
  • Savings on shopping
  • Hotel deals
Features
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Get amazing local deals & discounts right from your phone….just show and save. No more dealing with plastic discount cards or bulky coupon books. Vertical Discounts brings you over 350,000 local deals at the touch of a button with the simplicity and convenience of an optimized mobile app. From coupons to cash back, get the best deals on restaurants, car washes, oil changes, shopping, entertainment, and hotels. Top reasons to use Vertical Discounts Over 850,000 hotel deals and cashback offers. Save an average of 20% compared to other OTAs like Expedia and Orbitz Over 350,000 local deals, which means more ways to save and more often. Private membership means better coupons and discounts

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

Vertical Discounts3 screens
Pleasant Prices4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Pleasant Prices at 5.0 against Vertical Discounts's 4.5. Vertical Discounts's advantage is ratings volume (1.7K vs 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

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 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Vertical Discounts has 1.7K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Vertical Discounts versus Pleasant Prices: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVertical DiscountsPleasant Prices
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1.7K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews54.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.7K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVertical RaiseNeedham Tech Studio LLC

Bugs and requests

Vertical Discounts

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Coupons not working at some businesses
  • Inability to load/use digital cards on multiple devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Multiple digital card support
  • Improved coupon redemption process
  • Expanded local business partnerships
  • Customized discounts based on location

Pleasant Prices

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Vertical Discounts

No in-app purchases

None

Pleasant Prices

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Vertical Discounts free?
Vertical Discounts 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, Vertical Discounts or Pleasant Prices?
Pleasant Prices is rated higher. Vertical Discounts averages 4.5 out of 5 from 1.7K ratings, while Pleasant Prices averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Vertical Discounts or Pleasant Prices have ads?
Neither Vertical Discounts nor Pleasant Prices shows ads.

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