Strangecat Toys vs How2work
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Strangecat Toys
Discover and purchase unique designer toys, including soft vinyl figures and mystery blind boxes. This app offers a curated selection for collectors and enthusiasts.
- Designer toy store
- Soft vinyl figures
- Blindbox collectibles
- Curated selection
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Designer Toy Store selling Soft Vinyl and Blindbox
How2work
This app enables NFC scanning for compatible figures, requiring an iPhone 7 or newer. It activates NFC reader mode to interact with specific tagged items.
- NFC reader mode activation
- Scan NFC tags on figures
- Requires iPhone 7 or newer
- Compatible with How2work Figures
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Features: Activates NFC reader mode allowing you to scan the NFC tag on the How2work Figures. Requires iPhone 7 or newer.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Strangecat Toys at 60% against How2work's 0%. Strangecat Toys also leads on rating (4.9 vs 1.3) and ratings volume (126 vs 4). How2work's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, update cadence, 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.
Strangecat Toys holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 1.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Strangecat Toys has 126 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Strangecat Toys's written reviews are positive against 0% of How2work's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Strangecat Toys | How2work |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (126 ratings) — better | 1.3 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 126 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Strangecat LLC | How2work Limited |
Customer experience
Strangecat Toys
How2work
In-app purchases
Strangecat Toys
No in-app purchases
How2work
No in-app purchases
