Sainsbury's vs Fat Llama
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.
Fat Llama
This platform allows users to rent out their belongings to others in their vicinity. It promotes a sharing economy, enabling people to access items they need without purchasing them, fostering efficiency and experiences over ownership.
- Rent out belongings
- Borrow items from neighbors
- Sharing economy platform
- Efficient resource utilization
- Focus on experiences over ownership
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Fat Llama is the platform that lets you rent out your belongings to people nearby. We believe in getting people to work together to make the world a more efficient place for everyone. Why? Because we know that sharing is the future, we know that having experiences is more important than owning stuff. And we think borrowing (almost) anything should be quick, reliable and convenient.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sainsbury's at 4.8 against Fat Llama's 1.0. Sainsbury's also leads on ratings volume (773 vs 1). Fat Llama's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Sainsbury's holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sainsbury's has 773 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 30% and 30% positive.
Sainsbury's ships an update every 2 weeks, Fat Llama every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sainsbury's | Fat Llama |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (773 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 30.1% of reviews — better | 29.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 773 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 111 MB | 115 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Sainsbury's | Fat Lama |
Customer experience
Sainsbury's
Fat Llama
User reviews
Sainsbury's
From 773 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
Fat Llama
From 1 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use platform for renting and borrowing equipment
- 💰 Cost-effective way to access expensive gear without buying
- 🌍 Great for finding local rental options nearby
- 📸 Perfect for photographers and creative professionals
- 🤝 Supportive community and professional interactions
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent app crashes and freezing issues
- 📱 Poor app performance and reliability
- 🔐 Verification process is overly complicated and time-consuming
- 💸 High commission fees (25-50% per transaction)
- 📧 Slow customer service response times
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
Fat Llama
Reported bugs
20 issues- App crashes frequently and becomes unresponsive
- Messages fail to send or arrive with significant delays
- Login functionality broken with Facebook and Google authentication
- Search function returns blank screens or irrelevant results
- Notification badges don't clear even after viewing messages
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- Messages not visible in inbox despite notifications
- Messaging feature completely unavailable at times
- Text cursor jumps around while typing messages
- App crashes when typing messages
- Rental dates randomly switch to different dates during booking
- Holiday mode still receives requests without notifications
- Listings publish but don't appear in active listings
- Payment information displayed incorrectly in booking modals
- Forced logout occurring randomly
- Message sending failures and delayed message delivery
- Verification process hangs with certain document types
- App performance inconsistent between iOS and web versions
- Bottom sheet dismiss animations are abrupt
- Tab bar icons have insufficient padding on iPhone
- Earnings summary removed from account screen after update
Requested features
17 requests- Fix and improve app stability and performance
- Restore map-based search functionality
- Improve messaging system with better notifications
- Redesign user interface for better clarity and usability
- Add message filtering and grouping by rental status
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- Implement persistent filter settings
- Add 24-hour booking option instead of full-day increments
- Create better holiday mode that pauses notifications appropriately
- Improve search algorithm and filtering options
- Add custom quote generation directly from app
- Simplify verification process
- Reduce commission fees
- Improve customer service response times
- Add copy-paste functionality in messaging
- Display earnings summary on account screen
- Add reminders for required rental completion steps
- Implement automatic payment upon item return rather than delayed payout
In-app purchases
Sainsbury's
No in-app purchases
Fat Llama
No in-app purchases
