AtCost vs Handpickd
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AtCost
This shopping app aims to provide value to all stakeholders by offering products at cost. It is a new venture by industry veterans and young talent, promising "Your money buys a lot .. With us". Service areas are currently limited but expanding.
- Value-based pricing
- Industry veteran and young talent team
- Customer-centric approach
- Expanding service areas
- Stakeholder value creation
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Atcost is a new venture promoted by industry veterans and young blood alike. Together we aim to create a value based difference in the lives of all our stakeholders - customers, suppliers, sellers, producers and other associates. Like our name says, we will try to bring everything to you AT COST and our promise is "Your money buys a lot .. With us". Our service area is limited. Please visit our website to get the updated area of operation. However, if you cannot be served by us right now, do let us know your location and we will try to come to you as soon as possible.
Handpickd
This app offers farm-fresh produce delivered directly to your home, eliminating warehouses for ultimate freshness. Customize your orders with intuitive controls and enjoy preservative-free dairy and chemical-free vegetables.
- Zero-inventory farm-to-door delivery
- Customizable ripeness and quantity
- Preservative-free dairy products
- Chemical-free produce with ozonization
- Sustainable, plastic-free packaging
- Real-time delivery tracking
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Handpickd - Fresh Fruits, Vegetables, Ghee, Spices, Bread, Atta, Oils & More, Delivered Fresh In The Morning. Handpickd is a fresh grocery delivery app for homes that value what actually goes into their food. We connect directly with experts and farms and deliver fresh produce for your kitchen - every morning. No warehouses. No cold storage. Just real fresh food, harvested or made fresh to order. THE NO DARKSTORE, NO WAREHOUSE DIFFERENCE Most grocery apps sell you shelf life - food built to survive weeks of storage with preservatives, additives and cold chains. Handpickd does the opposite. We hold zero inventory. Produce is sourced or processed overnight; bread, dairy, ghee and more are made to order - then delivered fresh the next morning. Better taste, better nutrition and all things the way they are meant to be. FRESH FRUITS, VEGETABLES, EXOTICS & FLOWERS - DIRECT FROM THE FARM Buy fruits and vegetables online, harvested to order and delivered next day: - Farm-fresh, seasonal and naturally ripened - Custom size and ripeness selection - Chemical-free, ozone-washed produce - No cold-storage ageing - Hygienic, reusable packaging FRESH DAIRY, MADE DAILY, 100% PURE Malai paneer, masala paneer, set dahi and white butter - set and churned fresh each morning from full-cream milk. No milk powder, no preservatives, ever. FRESH BREAD, BAKED TODAY Sandwich loaves, 100% whole wheat, whole wheat & millet brown, slow-fermented sourdough, and extra-soft milk bread on French flour - around 6 real ingredients, not 15. No palm oil, no preservatives. FRESH ATTA, MILLED DAILY Whole-grain Sharbati atta, multigrain blends, single-origin Sharbati 306 and ancient Khapli emmer - cold-milled to order so the germ and nutrition stay intact. PURE GHEE, CHURNED SLOW A1 and A2 desi cow ghee, buffalo ghee, and traditional bilona ghee hand-churned over ~38 hours, including single-breed Gir cow bilona. Just milk fats, nothing blended in. FRESH SPICES, FRESHLY HAND-POUNDED Single-origin turmeric, chilli, coriander, cumin and pepper, freshly ground or hand-pounded, plus premium grades like Salem turmeric and Malabar pepper, Cassia cinnamon and more. FRESH OILS, WOOD-PRESSED Kachi Ghani wood-pressed mustard, groundnut, sesame and coconut oils, plus Spanish extra virgin olive oil - slow-pressed and unrefined. MORE FRESH, EVERY DAY - Wild forest honey - Cold-pressed fruit juices & malai coconut water - Grade-sorted nuts & dry fruits - Mamra almonds, Kashmiri walnuts, Medjoul & Ajwa dates (Coming soon) - Overnight soaked nuts, seeds & legumes, ready to eat - Fresh spreads - pesto, hummus, guacamole, nut butters - Kitchen prep - tomato & onion-tomato purees, ginger-garlic paste WHY over 1 LAKH+ HOUSEHOLDS CHOSE HANDPICKD - Farm-direct and kitchen-fresh preparations - No preservatives, additives or palm oil - Clean, fast browsing and secure checkout - Fresh morning doorstep delivery Freshly made daily. Delivered fresh every morning. Real food, real fresh. Now delivering in Gurgaon, Noida and Bengaluru. Download Handpickd and taste the difference fresh makes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Handpickd at every 3 days against AtCost's every 2 months. Handpickd also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.4). AtCost's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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.
Handpickd holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 24 and 24 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of AtCost's written reviews are positive against 37% of Handpickd's.
AtCost ships an update every 2 months, Handpickd every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AtCost | Handpickd |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (24 ratings) | 4.8 (24 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 36.0% of reviews | 37.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 24 | 24 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 142 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Calance | BCFD technologies pvt. Ltd |
Customer experience
AtCost
Handpickd
In-app purchases
AtCost
No in-app purchases
Handpickd
No in-app purchases









