Retail Therapy vs Swipe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Retail Therapy
Discover hundreds of exclusive coupons and deals from various businesses across California. Easily search, filter, and locate discounts by store, shopping center, or category. Save your favorites and share them with friends and family.
- Exclusive coupons and deals
- Search and filter by store, center, or category
- Map-based coupon locator
- Browse curated coupon collections
- Save favorite coupons
- Share coupons with others
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Retail Therapy, powered by Irvine Company Retail Properties, gives you instant on-the-go access to hundreds of exclusive coupons and incredible deals from restaurants, retailers, spas, salons, and more throughout California (Irvine, Newport Beach, Tustin, Santa Clara, San Jose, and Sunnyvale). App Features: - FREE way to discover discounts and save money - Search and filter coupons by store name, shopping center, or category - Locate the closest coupons to you using the map - Access premium coupons (i.e. Buy One, Get One FREE...yes, many are THAT good!) - Browse coupons by collections curated around themes (Hot & New, Happy Hour/Cocktails, Desserts, Working Out, etc.) - Easily register through your Facebook or Google account, or with your email address - Save your favorite coupons in one place - Share coupons with your friends and family via text, email, Facebook, or Twitter
Swipe
This app helps you maximize credit card cashback by automatically calculating the best card for each purchase category. Manage your rewards, customize categories, and always know which card offers the highest return.
- Manage cashback rewards
- Customize purchase categories
- Automatic best card calculation
- View rewards by category
- Track upcoming/expired rewards
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Manage Cashback Rewards - Add and edit cashback rewards for your credit cards in various categories like groceries, gas, dining, and travel. Customize Categories - Add, edit, and reorder your purchase categories to accurately enter your rewards information. Shop Smarter - Choose the best credit card every time you check out. Swipe-Smart automatically calculates and displays the card with the highest cashback reward for each purchase category. - View all credit cards with rewards in a category, from highest to lowest cashback percentage. Upcoming and expired rewards are grayed out and moved to the bottom for easy reference.
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Verdict
Retail Therapy and Swipe both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Swipe's written reviews are positive against 48% of Retail Therapy's. Swipe also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Retail Therapy's advantage is ratings volume (2.2K vs 10) and iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.0). 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.
Swipe holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Retail Therapy has 2.2K ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of Retail Therapy's written reviews are positive against 100% of Swipe's.
Retail Therapy ships an update every 3 weeks, Swipe every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Retail Therapy | Swipe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (2.2K ratings) | 5.0 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 48.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.2K — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Irvine Company | William Wong |
Customer experience
Retail Therapy
Swipe
Bugs and requests
Retail Therapy
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login codes not working
- App freezing and not loading
- Incompatibility with newer devices
Requested features
2 requests- Improved coupon redemption process
- Better communication on app issues
Swipe
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Retail Therapy
No in-app purchases
Swipe
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Retail Therapy free?
Is Swipe free?
Which has better reviews, Retail Therapy or Swipe?
Do Retail Therapy or Swipe have ads?
Which is updated more often, Retail Therapy or Swipe?
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