Crossroads Trading vs ReCat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Crossroads Trading
Discover fashionable, eco-conscious resale clothing. Sell gently used items for cash or trade, and shop name-brand and designer pieces at great prices. Find stores, check hours, and reserve your spot in line.
- Find nearby stores
- Check store hours and services
- View seller queue
- Reserve a spot in line
- Receive turn notifications
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With more than 100 “Best of” awards, Crossroads has been leading the resale fashion industry for over 25 years. Our fashionable and eco-conscious customers sell gently used clothing for cash or trade; shop for name-brand and designer clothing at amazing prices and help keep clothing out of landfill. The Crossroads app lets you: - Find a store near you. - Check store hours, services, and number of sellers in line. - Reserve a spot in line. - Receive a notification when it is your turn.
ReCat
Express gratitude and build stronger relationships by sending appreciation letters. Collect and care for virtual cats, using tokens earned from expressing affection. Receive reminders to show appreciation and track your relationship's positive moments.
- Send appreciation letters
- Categorize appreciation notes
- Reveal partner's messages
- Collect appreciation log
- Appreciation reminders
- Collect and care for cats
- Grow cat family together
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SEND APPRECIATION LETTERS Categorize Your Appreciation - Organize your notes of appreciation into categories [and gain insights with detailed relationship stats.] Reveal Partner's Notes - Reveals messages from your partner with beautifully designed, interactive letters. Collect an Appreciation Log - Grow a log of all your appreciations to look back on the good times. Appreciation Reminders - Get reminders to express your gratitude, so you both feel valued COLLECT AND TAKE CARE OF CATS - Use appreciation tokens to grow your cat collection - Work together to raise your cat family - *Cat may sometimes die* ReCat is where appreciation thrives and cats can grow. Product Updates Coming Soon :)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ReCat at 100% against Crossroads Trading's 18%. ReCat also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.2) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 18.6). Crossroads Trading's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 5 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
ReCat holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 29 and 17 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 18% of Crossroads Trading's written reviews are positive against 100% of ReCat's.
Crossroads Trading ships an update every 6 weeks, ReCat every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Crossroads Trading | ReCat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.2 (29 ratings) | 5.0 (17 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 17.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 29 — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Crossroads Trading Co. | RELATIONTIP, LLC |
Customer experience
Crossroads Trading
ReCat
In-app purchases
Crossroads Trading
No in-app purchases
ReCat
No in-app purchases
