Comparison

Idea Store vs We Love Soho

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

Head to head
About

Idea Store

Manage your library account on the go. Search the catalog, renew borrowed items, and place holds on new books directly from your mobile device.

Highlights
  • Manage library account
  • Search catalog
  • Renew books
  • Reserve books
  • Access from iPhone/iPad
Features
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Access Idea Store - Tower Hamlets Libraries from your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. Manage your account, search the catalogue, renew and reserve books.

About

We Love Soho

Features
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We Love Soho is the membership app for Soho, London W1. For the people who keep the neighbourhood running, the residents who make it home, and the businesses on every corner. One free membership card on your phone, real offers up and down your street. Soho looks after its own. Get real offers at restaurants, bars, cafés, shops, salons and services right across W1, the kind you only get for being a local. Browse what's on near you, then show your card at the counter to claim the offer. No paper vouchers, no printouts, no fuss. WHO IT'S FOR We Love Soho is built around the people of the community. Choose the membership that fits you. • Residents. Live in or around Soho? Your local will know your name. Member offers on your doorstep. • Staff. Work at a Soho venue? Staff at one place are customers at the next, so you get the same local perks everywhere you go. • Businesses. Run a Soho business? Publish offers, reach residents and regulars who already spend nearby, and see who's coming back. • Visitors. In town for a while? A Visitor pass gives you the community's member offers for the length of your stay. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Discover local promotions around you. A live feed of member offers from Soho venues, sorted by what's closest and open now. • Explore on the map. See every live offer as a pin across Soho, or browse as a list. • Filter by category: Food & Drink, Shopping, Health & Wellness, Services and more. • Carry your membership card. A digital card, scanned at the counter. Your key to every offer. • See the detail. Each offer shows exactly what you get, the terms, and where to redeem it. • Save your favourites and manage your profile. Your membership, saved venues and activity in one place. SOHO LOOKS AFTER ITS OWN The value grows with the neighbourhood. Staff at one venue are customers at the next. Residents who carry the card use it across the whole community, not just one place. When Soho's businesses take part, everyone who lives and works here benefits, all in one app. Residents and staff join free, and businesses can start free too. Visitor passes, paid business plans, and full details are on the web at welovesoho.co.uk: simple and transparent, with no app-store commission added. We Love Soho is built for Soho W1, London. Download it free, carry your card, and start making the most of the community you live and work in. Questions? Visit welovesoho.co.uk/faq or email us. We'd love to hear from you.

Screenshots

Idea Store4 screens
We Love Soho4 screens

Verdict

The call

Idea Store and We Love Soho are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Idea Store versus We Love Soho: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIdea StoreWe Love Soho
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB63 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperIdea StoreWe Love Soho Limited

In-app purchases

None

Idea Store

No in-app purchases

None

We Love Soho

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Idea Store free?
Idea Store is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is We Love Soho free?
We Love Soho is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Idea Store or We Love Soho have ads?
Neither Idea Store nor We Love Soho shows ads.

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