Comparison

OurCalling vs PPC Friends

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

OurCalling

This app connects concerned citizens with homeless individuals, enabling them to report sightings and share local service information. It provides a nationwide database of resources like shelters and food pantries, facilitating help and support for those in need.

Highlights
  • Report homeless individuals with photos
  • Search nationwide homeless services
  • View resources on map or by distance
  • Offline access to favorite resources
  • Submit new resource information
  • Report homeless camp locations
Features
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You are driving when you see a homeless person on the side of the road. You want to help. You reach for your phone and open the OurCalling Homeless Service app. You click on “Identify” and quickly snap a picture, notifying outreach workers who will follow up with the individual. You want to do more, so you engage in conversation and begin helping the person by using the app and sharing what local services are available. Before you know it, you have just helped a complete stranger take a step in the right direction. Through the OurCalling Homeless Service app you are able to search for resources in every city throughout the country. Looking for the closest shelter, food pantry, domestic violence center or addiction recovery resource? This app will guide you. This app is funded by donations from people like you and helps homeless individuals all across the country. Click on the “Donate” button in the app and make an immediate impact. The data in this app is crowdsourced - Help more people by using the “Submit” feature to add a new resource. Features: • Gain access to the largest database of service providers for the homeless. • Search in any city and numerous categories (shelter, domestic violence, medical clinic, food pantry, rehab, etc...) • View listings on a map or sort the list by distance from your current location. · Share resource information to pass on a referral. · Offline access for services when you mark them as Favorite. • Report updates on resources in your area. • Report a homeless camp location. • Reporting for camp locations in Dallas, TX will be visited by OurCalling's Search and Rescue teams.

About

PPC Friends

This app offers free and confidential guidance, pregnancy tests, early sonograms, and educational classes. It provides individual support for clients facing unplanned pregnancies, aiming to offer life-giving solutions.

Highlights
  • Free confidential guidance
  • Pregnancy testing
  • Early pregnancy sonograms
  • Educational classes
  • Individual client support
  • Post-pregnancy support
Features
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The Prestonwood Pregnancy Center is a separate nonprofit, providing free and confidential guidance, pregnancy tests, early pregnancy sonograms, and educational classes. Our friendly and well-trained client advocates meet with clients individually to offer information and support both during and after an unplanned pregnancy. It is our goal to be the hands and feet of Jesus daily, in word and deed. When young women find themselves facing a crisis pregnancy, Prestonwood Pregnancy Center (PPC) is here to offer life-giving solutions. And it’s the support of generous friends like you that makes that care possible.

Screenshots

OurCalling4 screens
PPC Friends3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: PPC Friends at 5.0 against OurCalling's 4.5. PPC Friends also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). OurCalling's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 9 months). 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

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

PPC Friends holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OurCalling has 28 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

OurCalling ships an update every 3 months, PPC Friends every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
OurCalling versus PPC Friends: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOurCallingPPC Friends
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (28 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews90.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings28 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOurCalling IncPRESTONWOOD PREGNANCY CENTER

Customer experience

OurCalling

All ratings28 ratings
Positive89.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.7%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%

PPC Friends

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

OurCalling

No in-app purchases

None

PPC Friends

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is OurCalling free?
OurCalling is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PPC Friends free?
PPC Friends is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, OurCalling or PPC Friends?
PPC Friends is rated higher. OurCalling averages 4.5 out of 5 from 28 ratings, while PPC Friends averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do OurCalling or PPC Friends have ads?
PPC Friends shows ads; OurCalling does not.
Which is updated more often, OurCalling or PPC Friends?
OurCalling ships an update every 3 months, and PPC Friends every 9 months. Most recently, OurCalling was updated on September 15, 2026 and PPC Friends on September 8, 2026.

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