Comparison

Warby Parker vs 5C Exchange

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Warby Parker

Shop for stylish eyeglasses, sunglasses, and contact lenses with virtual try-on features. Get personalized recommendations and easily manage your prescriptions. Enjoy free shipping and returns on all orders.

Highlights
  • Shop eyeglasses and sunglasses
  • Virtual try-on feature
  • AI-powered frame recommendations
  • Shop contact lenses
  • Pupillary distance measurement tool
  • Manage eyewear prescriptions
Features
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Our app is the easiest way to shop for Warby Parker eyeglasses, sunglasses, and contacts. Our eyeglasses start at $95 (prescription included!), and free shipping and returns are included with every order. With the app you can… • Shop frames starting at $95, including prescription lenses—plus sunglasses! • Get personalized frame recommendations from our AI-powered Advisor feature • Virtually try on frames with lifelike accuracy • Shop top brands of daily, bi-weekly, and monthly contacts with no hidden fees • Handle all of your eyewear prescriptions with ease • Measure your pupillary distance (PD) in no time—no card or ruler necessary Warby Parker has your eyes covered. Whether you’re looking for designer eyewear at a revolutionary price or your next supply of contacts, you can handle it all in one place. With free shipping and returns, it’s easy to shop with no risk (None! Zero! Zilch!). Plus: Apps are fun. As always, for every pair purchased, a pair of glasses is distributed to someone in need. Let’s find you an amazing pair. Some features in this app incorporate Apple's TrueDepth API. In order to use these features, users must agree to Warby Parker’s terms and conditions of use. Warby Parker's TrueDepth features look at multiple data points on the user’s face only while they are interacting with the tool. We do not save or store any face scan data for any user or share with any third-parties. • For Virtual Try-On and Find your width, the terms are: “By tapping ‘Okay,’ you agree to give us access to your camera and to measure your facial features. (FYI: We won’t store or share these measurements – and will only collect and use them while you are using the [tool].)” * For our Digital PD tool, we ask the user to opt-in for a second time: “By tapping ‘Okay,’ you agree to give us access to your camera and to measure your facial features. (FYI: We won’t store your pupillary distance (PD) measurement without your permission–and will only collect it while you are using the PD tool.).” Once a user agrees, we measure their “Pupillary Distance." Once we have a measurement, users can choose if they’d like to update and store this measurement with their Warby Parker glasses prescription details. If they choose to add this data to their prescription, the pupillary distance measurement is added to their Warby Parker glasses prescription details and not shared with any third-party. If they choose not to add these data to their existing Warby Parker prescription, we do not store these data or share with any third-parties. Privacy policy: https://www.warbyparker.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://www.warbyparker.com/terms-of-use

About

5C Exchange

A secure, closed marketplace for students at the five Claremont Colleges to buy, sell, trade, or give away items. Verified accounts ensure a safe, local exchange of goods like textbooks and furniture, promoting sustainability and community.

Highlights
  • Verified student accounts
  • Buy, sell, trade, or give away items
  • In-app messaging
  • Local, in-person exchanges
  • Sustainability tracking and eco badges
  • Report and moderation tools
Features
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5C Exchange is a closed marketplace built exclusively for students at the five Claremont Colleges: Pomona, Claremont McKenna, Harvey Mudd, Scripps, and Pitzer. Every account is verified with a Claremont College email. No outside buyers, no strangers, no shipping. Just students trading with students, a short walk across campus. BUY, SELL, TRADE, OR GIVE AWAY List anything you no longer need: textbooks, dorm furniture, electronics, clothing, and kitchen gear. Set a price, accept offers, arrange a trade, or give it away free. BUILT FOR THE 5C's - Browse listings from all five colleges - Message sellers directly in the app - Save listings you're interested in - Meet up in person, no shipping, no waiting COMPLETELY FREE No listing fees. No transaction fees. No ads. Exchanges happen in person, on your terms. SUSTAINABILITY BUILT IN Every item that changes hands instead of going to a landfill keeps carbon out of the atmosphere. 5C Exchange estimates the CO2 impact of each exchange using EPA emissions factors, tracks your personal environmental impact, and awards eco badges as you keep more items in use. Move-out season sends an enormous amount of usable furniture, appliances, and clothing to the dump every year. 5C Exchange exists to keep it circulating within the campus community instead. SAFETY AND TRUST - Campus email verification required for every account - Report tool on every listing and conversation - Active moderation by admins - Must be 18 or older to create an account 5C Exchange is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Claremont Colleges.

Screenshots

Warby Parker4 screens
5C Exchange4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: 5C Exchange at none against Warby Parker's shown. 5C Exchange also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). Warby Parker's advantage is ratings volume (296K vs 1). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Warby Parker against 5.0 for 5C Exchange. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Warby Parker has 296K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Warby Parker versus 5C Exchange: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWarby Parker5C Exchange
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (296K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews44.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings296K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size331 MB35 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperWarby Parker IncClaremont Computer Network LLC

Customer experience

Warby Parker

All ratings295,951 ratings
Positive97.4%
Neutral1.2%
Negative1.4%
Written reviews828 reviews
Positive44.9%
Neutral5.2%
Negative49.9%

5C Exchange

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Warby Parker

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes
  • Virtual try-on feature not working
  • Ordering process glitches

Requested features

3 requests
  • Allow replacing lost/broken glasses without new prescription
  • Improve app user experience
  • Integrate insurance information in ordering process

5C Exchange

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Warby Parker

No in-app purchases

None

5C Exchange

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Warby Parker free?
Warby Parker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is 5C Exchange free?
5C Exchange is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Warby Parker or 5C Exchange?
5C Exchange is rated higher. Warby Parker averages 4.9 out of 5 from 296K ratings, while 5C Exchange averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Warby Parker or 5C Exchange have ads?
Warby Parker shows ads; 5C Exchange does not.

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