Nellie Mae vs Expert Minute
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nellie Mae
Shop the latest fashion trends from a women's clothing boutique. Browse new arrivals, promotions, and easily order items. Get notified when waitlisted products are back in stock.
- Browse new arrivals and promotions
- Easy ordering and checkout
- Waitlist items
- Back-in-stock notifications
- Order fulfillment and shipping notifications
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Nellie Mae Boutique is a women’s online clothing boutique offering trendy and affordable fashion for women of all ages. Shop new arrivals weekly including dresses, tops, denim, bottoms, shoes, jewelry, accessories, and boutique brands you love. Whether you’re searching for casual everyday outfits, vacation-ready styles, game day looks, or special occasion pieces, you’ll find fashion designed to help you feel confident and comfortable. Founded in Alabama in 2011, Nellie Mae Boutique is a women-owned business dedicated to bringing customers the latest fashion trends with exceptional customer service. Our collections are carefully curated to provide stylish, wearable pieces that fit real life. Join thousands of women who shop with Nellie Mae through our website, mobile app, Facebook community, and live shopping events. Enjoy fast shipping, exclusive app offers, live sales, giveaways, and first access to new arrivals. From boutique clothing and trendy tops to dresses, shoes, accessories, and seasonal collections, Nellie Mae Boutique is your destination for affordable women’s fashion online.
Expert Minute
Enhance your online store by talking to customers, showcasing items digitally during live calls, and enabling instant checkout. This integration boosts sales and eliminates the need for follow-ups.
- Live video and chat for customer interaction
- Digital item passing during calls
- Instant checkout functionality
- Increased sales and up-selling
- No customer follow-up required
- Shopify integration
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TALK, SELL AND PASS ITEMS WHILE CHATTING For first time you can talk and add items for your online customers during a video/chat – you pass items digitally during a quick call and this leads to instant checkout LEARN MORE… INCREASE SALES Answering questions while adding items increases sales by 15% and up-selling by an extra 10%. This means more sales for the online store simply by answering customer’s questions NO FOLLOW UP There is no need to ask for email or phone numbers since the sale happens during the call. Store owners don’t have to follow up to get customers back to their site to finish the checkout process INTEGRATION Fully integrated with Shopify’s One-Click install. Download our app and head over to Shopify’s App Store to add the ‘video call’ button to your store. Then use the “Team Code” from your Dashboard to start. SHOPIFY Please note that this App only works with a Shopify store. You must have an active Shopify Store to sign up. Check your dashboard to see the ‘Team Code” to start using the app. QUESTIONS? Feel free to reach out on our site: www.expertminute.net
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Nellie Mae at none against Expert Minute's shown. Nellie Mae also leads on ratings volume (6.9K vs 5) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Expert Minute's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). 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 — 5.0 for Nellie Mae against 5.0 for Expert Minute. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nellie Mae has 6.9K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 93% of Nellie Mae's written reviews are positive against 100% of Expert Minute's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nellie Mae | Expert Minute |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6.9K ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 92.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6.9K — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 145 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Nellie Mae | Unicode LLC |
Customer experience
Nellie Mae
Expert Minute
Bugs and requests
Nellie Mae
Reported bugs
2 issues- App crashes and freezes
- Compatibility issues with older devices
Requested features
3 requests- Add ability to remove items from cart
- Improve search and filtering options
- Implement 'favorite' or 'like' feature
Expert Minute
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Nellie Mae
No in-app purchases
Expert Minute
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Nellie Mae free?
Is Expert Minute free?
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Do Nellie Mae or Expert Minute have ads?
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