Sainsbury's vs Selfridges
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sainsbury's
Shop for over 30,000 grocery products from your phone. Browse, search, create orders, and collect rewards. Choose home delivery or in-store collection across the UK.
- Browse and search 30,000+ products
- Create and edit grocery orders
- Link Nectar card for rewards
- Access offers and deals
- UK-wide home delivery
- Click & Collect from stores
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Save time. Save money. Shop your way. The Sainsbury’s app brings together everything you need to shop with Sainsbury’s, whether you’re planning your weekly shop, shopping in-store, collecting Nectar rewards or getting groceries delivered fast. With the Sainsbury’s app you can: • Shop groceries online and book delivery or Click & Collect slots • Unlock personalised offers, Nectar Prices and rewards • Use SmartShop to scan as you shop and stay in control of your spend • Create shopping lists and save favourites for quicker repeat shops • Get groceries delivered in as little as 60 minutes with Chop Chop • Find products and locate them in selected stores with Search Your Store One app. Multiple ways to shop.
Selfridges
Discover personalized style inspiration and shop luxury brands with this app. Get insider alerts on new product launches, sales, and promotions. Enjoy convenient shopping options like home delivery, click & collect, and global shipping.
- Personalized style inspiration
- Shop luxury designers
- New product drops weekly
- Multiple delivery options
- Global shipping
- Voice search
- Exclusive member benefits
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Your pocket-sized Selfridges The iOS app puts the extraordinary world of Selfridges at your fingertips with personalised style inspiration from the brands you love and insider alerts about our latest product launches. See what’s new, just for you - Shop your favourite luxury designers - Browse 2000+ new product drops every week Shopping made easy - Choose a delivery method that suits you – either direct to your door, via our Click & Collect service or local collection - Shop in your local currency and receive unlimited delivery wherever you are in the world with Selfridges+ - Search the app hands-free with voice search Insider alerts - Become a Selfridges Unlocked Keyholder to unlock exclusive invites, first looks, free shipping and monthly prizes - Be the first to know about back-in-stock updates, new designer drops, sales and special promotions Visit https://www.selfridges.com @theofficiaselfridges @theyellowdrop
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Selfridges at none against Sainsbury's's shown. Selfridges also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (6.6K vs 770). Sainsbury's's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Sainsbury's against 4.7 for Selfridges. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Selfridges has 6.6K ratings behind it against 770, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 30% of Sainsbury's's written reviews are positive against 33% of Selfridges's.
Sainsbury's ships an update every 2 weeks, Selfridges every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Sainsbury's | Selfridges |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (770 ratings) — better | 4.7 (6.6K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 30.1% of reviews | 32.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 770 | 6.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 111 MB | 92 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sainsbury's | Selfridges Retail Ltd |
Customer experience
Sainsbury's
Selfridges
User reviews
Sainsbury's
From 770 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Convenient shopping
- 👍 Easy to use app
- 👍 Excellent delivery service
- 👍 Friendly and helpful delivery drivers
- 👍 Great for online shopping
Room to improve
- 🐛 App crashes and glitches
- 🐛 Unavailable items and substitution issues
- 🐛 Difficulty logging in and accessing account
- 🐛 Checkout and payment problems
- 🐛 Missing or unreliable features
Selfridges
From 6.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ⭐ Great store with high-quality products
- 🚀 Fast delivery
- 💰 Good prices and value
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy and unreliable app
- ⏱️ Slow app performance
- 🔍 Inconsistent product availability
- 🤯 Poor customer service and support
Bugs and requests
Sainsbury's
Reported bugs
6 issues- App crashes during checkout
- Unable to add payment methods
- Nectar card integration issues
- Delivery address changes unexpectedly
- Items disappearing from basket
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- Incorrect pricing and unavailable offers
Requested features
6 requests- Add notes for item substitutions
- Improve search and browsing experience
- Integrate Nectar card and points management
- Provide delivery tracking and status updates
- Allow saving and reordering of previous orders
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- Improve app stability and reduce crashes
Selfridges
Reported bugs
4 issues- Items disappearing from cart
- Inability to delete wish list items
- Login and checkout issues
- Inconsistent app behavior across devices
Requested features
4 requests- Improve wish list functionality
- Add better filtering and sorting options
- Optimize app for tablet devices
- Support more payment methods and currencies
In-app purchases
Sainsbury's
No in-app purchases
Selfridges
No in-app purchases
