Friendtastic vs Samvar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Friendtastic
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Track and cherish your most precious friendships with Friendtastic - your personal social life companion that helps you capture, remember, and celebrate every meaningful encounter. Features Transform your social life into beautiful memories: Track Every Meetup Keep a living record of all your encounters with friends. Add location, date, and duration to remember when and where your stories took place. Capture Precious Moments Add photos and personal notes to each meetup. Write down those funny quotes, special moments, or inside jokes that make your friendships unique. See Your Social Life at a Glance Get insightful statistics about your social connections. Discover how often you meet certain friends, track your most active social periods, and visualize your friendship patterns. Organize Your Circle Create custom groups for different friend circles - whether it's college buddies, work friends, or your sports team. Keep your social world perfectly organized. Create Beautiful Postcards Turn digital memories into tangible keepsakes. Generate personalized postcards with your favorite photos and memories, professionally designed to surprise your friends with a special delivery. Social Life Overview Get a comprehensive view of your social connections. See how your friendships evolve over time, identify your closest companions, and ensure you're nurturing the relationships that matter most. Perfect for People Who - Want to maintain stronger connections with friends - Love to document and remember special moments - Enjoy surprising friends with thoughtful gestures - Want to be more mindful about their social life - Like to track and visualize their friendships Download Friendtastic today and start turning your friendships into lasting memories! Terms and Conditions: https://friendtastic.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://friendtastic.app/privacy
Samvar
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Nobody drifts apart on purpose. A busy month becomes a busy year, and the people you love most go quiet โ not because you stopped caring, but because nothing reminded you to show up. Samvar helps you be your friends' best friend: the one who keeps in touch, remembers the details of their lives, and asks about them at just the right time. JUST SAY WHAT HAPPENED After a coffee, a call or a long walk, tap the microphone and talk, the way you'd tell a friend. Samvar picks out what's worth remembering: their daughter starting school, the marathon they're training for, the new job, the move. REMINDED AT THE RIGHT MOMENT Dates in your notes become reminders. A good-luck message the night before the trip or the big interview. "Ask Sam how the race went" the morning after. Birthdays before they sneak up on you. THE FIRST LINE, WRITTEN FOR YOU Every day Samvar names someone worth reaching out to and drafts the opening line from what they actually told you: "How was Hamilton โ worth the wait?", "Did the knee hold up in the half?", "Settled into the new office yet?" Edit it or send it as is. One tap opens Messages or WhatsApp. A CARD FROM EVERYONE For a birthday, start a group card and share the link in your group chat. Friends add photos, voice notes and messages from any phone โ no app needed โ and on the day you send them all at once. WORK RELATIONSHIPS, BUILT LIKE FRIENDSHIPS The colleagues, clients and mentors who help you most are the ones you stay in touch with between meetings. Switch to Work and Samvar does for them what it does for friends: remembers the new role, the conference talk, the move to Zurich, and nudges you before a good relationship goes cold. Work has its own circles (Core, Regular, Network) and weekday-only reminders, kept completely separate from your personal life. RETURN THE INVITE Friends had you round, or treated you to a show? Just say so. Samvar notes who and when, and reminds you to return the invite before too long. SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO, TOGETHER Tap Find ideas and Samvar suggests real things to do nearby, picked for a close friend: a Sunday swim, a film night, a market wander. Then it helps you suggest it. A CONTACTS APP THE WAY IT SHOULD BE Your people, in the order you should reach out, with the things that matter to them a tap away. Add them straight from Contacts โ your address book never leaves your iPhone. A RHYTHM FOR EVERY FRIENDSHIP Some friends you want to see every couple of weeks, others every few months. Set the rhythm for each circle and Samvar keeps time. Three gentle rings show how you're doing โ and yes, closing them feels good. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your people, notes and memories stay on your iPhone, with a private backup in your own iCloud. No accounts, no copy on our servers, and nothing about your friends is ever shared or sold. Samvar AI is optional and asks your permission first. Group cards are the one exception: they live on our server so friends can add to them, and are deleted automatically 60 days after they're sent. Start with a few friends and see how it feels. Try everything free for a month, then choose a monthly or yearly plan โ for less than one coffee with a friend each month. โ Samvar Pro is an auto-renewing subscription with a 1-month free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in Settings โ Apple ID โ Subscriptions. Privacy policy: https://samvar.app/privacy ยท Terms of use: https://samvar.app/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Friendtastic at none against Samvar's 2. Friendtastic also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Samvar's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months). On price, ads and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Samvar sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Friendtastic asks for nothing beyond the download.
Friendtastic ships an update every 3 months, Samvar every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Friendtastic | Samvar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 days โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No โ better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 โ better | 16.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Samuel Rhyner | Gerald Fowler |
In-app purchases
Friendtastic
No in-app purchases
Samvar
- Samvar Pro Monthly1 Month trial$2.991 Month
- Samvar Pro Yearly1 Month trial$24.991 Year









