Sainsbury's vs Popsy
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.
Popsy
Discover unique, patterned women's clothing in sizes 6-24, all made in the UK and featuring pockets. Get instant access to the latest designs, sales, and discounts directly on your phone. Receive back-in-stock notifications for your favorite items.
- Unique patterned women's clothing
- Sizes 6-24 available
- All dresses have pockets
- Made in the UK
- Latest patterns and sales notifications
- Back in stock alerts
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Popsy Clothing create beautiful & uniquely patterned women's clothing, catering to sizes 6-24. (Plus... all of our dresses are made in the UK, and have pockets!). Our app lets you get the latest patterns, sales and discounts right to your phone so you never miss out! Plus you can sign up for back in stock notifications incase your favourite patterns are out of stock!
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Verdict
Sainsbury's and Popsy both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 95% of Popsy's written reviews are positive against 30% of Sainsbury's's. Sainsbury's's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (773 vs 36). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Sainsbury's against 4.8 for Popsy. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sainsbury's has 773 ratings behind it against 36, 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 95% of Popsy's.
Sainsbury's ships an update every 2 weeks, Popsy every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sainsbury's | Popsy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (773 ratings) | 4.8 (36 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 30.1% of reviews | 94.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 773 — better | 36 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 111 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sainsbury's | Popsy Clothing Ltd |
Customer experience
Sainsbury's
Popsy
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
Popsy
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Sainsbury's
No in-app purchases
Popsy
No in-app purchases
