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24 alternatives to TAP London

Tackling the homeless problem together

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. TAP London launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   HandUp Gift Cards▲293

   Give directly to a homeless neighbor on the street

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Snap Art▲441

   Snap's augmented reality platform

   2017 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Tapt▲98

   This will change the way you network forever

   2023 · tapt.io · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Square Contactless Reader▲255

   Accept Apple Pay + Chip cards, anywhere

   2015 · squareup.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Tapzo Smart Sustainable Business Card▲70

   Share your details, links and more by tapping a smartphone

   2023 · tapzo.io · its alternatives →

6. 6
   CRACK + CIDER▲99

   Buy useful items for homeless people

   2015 · crackandcider.com · its alternatives →

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   Shopify Tap & Chip Reader▲156

   Mobile POS hardware that connects to the rest of Shopify

   2018 · shopify.com · its alternatives →

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   Homeless Fonts▲88

   Homeless can create a font and get paid for it.

   2014 · homelessfonts.org · its alternatives →

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   WeShelter▲73

   Unlock a donation when you pass a homeless person in NYC

   2015 · weshelter.org · its alternatives →

10. 10
    DC Tap to Pay▲12

    Secure contactless payments via Stripe with access controls

    2025 · dctaptopay.com · its alternatives →

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    Skrlla▲108

    Send $1 to charity in a single tap

    2015 · skrlla.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Pop to the Shop▲136

    A new volunteering platform for lockdown shopping

    2020 · its alternatives →

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    Tappt▲82

    Share your travel plans with your friends ahead of time

    2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Outreach Grid▲70

    Homelessness communication and collaboration made simple.

    2019 · outreachgrid.com · its alternatives →

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    UNICEF Tap Project▲62

    The Mobile Flow, for charity

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    The Wifi Block – Let your guests connect to WiFi with just a tap▲34

    Let your guests connect to Wifi with just a tap

    2020 · thewifiblock.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Snapgo Tap▲87

    Linktree for business cards

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    ShareTheMeal▲85

    Feed a hungry child with only a tap & 50 $ cents

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Snapchat Context Cards▲100

    A new way to learn more about what you see on Snapchat

    2017 · snap.com · its alternatives →

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    Keewifi▲78

    Tap to connect to this password-less router (Kickstarter)

    2014 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

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    Taps.io is bit.ly for apps▲27

    2013 · blog.tapstream.com · its alternatives →

22. 22AW
    A website aiming to fix homelessness in SF▲45

    Hi everyone, I am organizing a crowdfunding campaign to give blankets/food/books/glasses and new year's postcards to 1000 homeless people in San Francisco. Since we as the residents already spend a lot of money on the homelessness issue in SF via government(200MM+/year), I thought some of us would be willing to take a more active role in fixing this issue by donating to campaigns like this one(and to more sustainable ones). So, I am thinking of turning this campaign into a crowdfunding platform for activists and organizations that want to work on homelessness related…

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    microChange▲71

    Snapchat-Venmo hybrid for donating.

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    TapVend▲10

    Cashless vending payments with no transaction fees

    Jul 2026 · tapvend.io · its alternatives →

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