Susu vs JoinSusu
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Susu
This app helps groups of friends and family manage and track shared savings circles. Participants contribute regularly, and one member receives the full collected amount in turn until everyone has had a turn. It digitizes a traditional wealth-building practice.
- Create savings circles
- Manage contributions
- Track payments
- Digitize traditional savings
- Group wealth building
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A Sou sou is a popular savings practice that facilitates family and friends to build wealth together. A group of people contributes a specific sum of money monthly, bi-weekly, or weekly for a definite period. One group member collects the full amount every time until every member gets their turn to contribute. Everyone has an equal contribution and gets the entire lump sum amount once. The app allow users to create, manage and track Sou sou activities.
JoinSusu
This app facilitates group savings circles, allowing communities and individuals to save together for shared goals or emergencies. It offers secure, transparent, and flexible ways to contribute and receive pooled funds, with features like real-time notifications and in-app chat.
- Create or join savings circles with invite codes
- Rotating payouts and target savings goals
- Bank-grade security and biometric login
- Real-time notifications for payments and payouts
- In-app chat and activity feeds
- Multi-currency support
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JoinSusu modernizes community finance. Create rotating savings circles, save toward personal or group goals, or launch community funds with shareable donation links. Track contributions, payouts, schedules, and activity in one secure app. Use auto-pay, reminders, reputation tracking, in-app chat, and flexible payment options to keep every circle organized and transparent. Whether you call it susu, ajo, tanda, or chit fund, Susu helps communities save, support, and grow together. Start your first circle or fund today.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: JoinSusu at 100% against Susu's 0%. JoinSusu also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.6) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 6 weeks). Susu's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
JoinSusu holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 20 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Susu's written reviews are positive against 100% of JoinSusu's.
Susu ships an update every 6 weeks, JoinSusu every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Susu | JoinSusu |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (5 ratings) | 4.7 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 20 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 98 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SusuApp LLC | JoinSusu LLC |
Customer experience
Susu
JoinSusu
In-app purchases
Susu
No in-app purchases
JoinSusu
No in-app purchases
