YG SELECT vs Nolae
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
YG SELECT
This app is your direct portal to official albums and merchandise from YG artists. Verify authenticity with included stickers and stay updated on new releases and events through push notifications. Enjoy exclusive sales and promotions available only to fans.
- Official YG artist albums and merchandise
- Authenticity sticker verification
- Push notifications for updates
- Exclusive sales and promotions
- Easy customer verification and login
- Real-time shipping status tracking
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- The YG SELECT app is the fastest way to get hold of all the albums and official merch of YG artists. - Each product features an authenticity sticker that allows you to verify official YG merchandise. - Enable push notifications to be among the first to receive updates on new items, events, and news. - Here you can find all YG artist albums, merch, and even products from special brands related to your favorite artists. - Only at YG SELECT can you gain access to exclusive sales, promotions, free gifts, and more! - Quick login, benefits galore! Our customer verification feature ensures that you won’t need to sign in each time you visit YG SELECT. Anyone can register with ease, which lets us provide a wide variety of benefits to as many fans as possible. - One-touch easy tracking, real-time shipping status updates—all done so easily! You can confirm the location of your order with just a single click.
Nolae
Discover and purchase K-pop albums, merchandise, posters, and DVDs directly from South Korea. All items are imported and shipped from Germany, offering a convenient way to find your favorite idol's releases.
- Shop K-pop albums
- Purchase merchandise
- Find posters and DVDs
- Directly imported from Korea
- Shipped from Germany
- Latest pre-order albums
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Shopping K-Pop albums online has never been so easy! As a K-pop Shop Nolae offers you all the CDs, Merchandise items and much more of the most popular idols from South Korea. Besides the latest pre-order albums, you can also find merchandise, posters and DVDs of the most popular K-Pop groups. All our albums are imported directly from Korea and shipped from Germany.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Nolae at 4.9 against YG SELECT's 3.6. Nolae also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). YG SELECT's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Nolae holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 27 and 15 respectively.
YG SELECT ships an update every 2 months, Nolae every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and July 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | YG SELECT | Nolae |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (27 ratings) | 4.9 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 38.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 27 — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | YG PLUS, Inc. | Nolae |
Customer experience
YG SELECT
Nolae
In-app purchases
YG SELECT
No in-app purchases
Nolae
No in-app purchases
