HelloPackage vs Raide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HelloPackage
Manage your community's package room with ease. Receive notifications for package arrivals, view package images, and gain access to the room. You can also send packages and sign up for service.
- Sign up for service
- Package arrival notifications
- View package pictures
- Gain access to package room
- Send packages
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Use your mobile device to interact with your community’s HelloPackage package room! With the HelloPackage mobile application you can: sign up for service, get notified when packages arrive, see pictures of your packages, gain access to your package room, send packages, and more!
Raide
This app allows college women to rent outfits from other students on campus, saving money on event attire. It also provides a platform to earn money by lending out clothes from your own closet. Discover curated collections for various events and enjoy a convenient, local borrowing experience.
- Browse campus closet
- Rent outfits from peers
- Earn money from clothes
- Event-specific curated boards
- No shipping or waiting
- Lenders keep 100% earnings
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Raide makes it easy to find a look for any event, rent from students nearby, and turn your closet into cash! HOW RAIDE WORKS: 1. Find outfits for formals, gamedays, date parties, themed events, and more 2. Rent or buy from students on your campus 3. List your closet and earn money from clothes you already own Raide is free to use, and students can earn even more with Raide+. Need help or have feedback? Contact admin@raideapp.com Terms of Use: https://raideapp.com/terms-and-conditions Privacy Policy: https://raideapp.com/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Raide at 90% against HelloPackage's 17%. Raide also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.5) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). HelloPackage's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Raide sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. HelloPackage asks for nothing beyond the download.
Raide holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 60 and 294 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of HelloPackage's written reviews are positive against 90% of Raide's.
HelloPackage ships an update every 3 months, Raide monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HelloPackage | Raide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (60 ratings) | 4.8 (294 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 17.4% of reviews | 89.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 60 | 294 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #47 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Package Solutions, Inc. | Raide App LLC |
Customer experience
HelloPackage
Raide
Bugs and requests
HelloPackage
Reported bugs
128 issues- Login issues
- App doesn't load
- Packages disappear
- Codes don't work
- False pickup alerts
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- App is slow
- Inaccurate package info
- Notifications delayed or missing
- Can't sign in
- Website works, app doesn't
- Password reset issues
- App crashes
- Package retrieval is messy
- Can't select carrier
- System tells user they moved wrong package
- No autofill on email
- Null user shown
- Cannot fetch data
- Login failure error
- No way to talk to a person
- Stuck on unable to login
- White screen after login
- App is trash
- Buggy
- Drivers don't log packages
- Chat bot is unhelpful
- Digging through packages
- Drivers dump everything there
- Messy package retrieval
- App doesn't update deliveries
- Unusable app
- Package not listed after notification
- Zero stars
- Notified package arrived, but it wasn't there
- App is a joke
- Continuously logged out
- Incorrect verification code
- Phone number/email not recognized
- App is a headache
- App is a disaster
- Building up in arms
- Creates more issues
- Can't carry all packages
- Accidentally move one on shelf, out of luck
- Package wasn't scanned
- Dig through building's packages myself
- Lost packages
- No proof of delivery
- No notification for delivery
- Shoddy customer service
- Forced to use AI help chat
- Packages don't show up in app
- Doesn't refresh
- Support suggests reinstalling
- One-time access code is a joke
- Physical person needed to open door
- Verbal warning not to touch package
- Feels like a thief
- Waiting in line at leasing office
- Package mountain
- Paid service, doesn't work
- Tough to reach support
- Server error
- Loading screen
- No alerts
- Freezes when logging in
- Can't save password
- Can't get access code
- Can't contact customer support
- Ticket closed without help
- Codes don't work
- Spend extra time getting packages
- Told package was picked up when not
- Face ID quit working
- Website works, app doesn't
- No one to unlock mailroom
- System not productive
- Customer support nonexistent
- Endless loop when signing in
- Developers not investing in app experience
- App is broken
- Face ID option never works
- Cannot reach support via phone
- Website is worse
- Forgot password does nothing
- Customer support is a chat bot
- Package stolen, zero help
- Stopped receiving texts/emails
- Apartments require this crap
- Pay good money for it
- Boxes not where they're supposed to be
- Shelves overfilled
- Packages disappear
- Missing packages
- Robbed
- Extremely slow
- Doesn't allow FaceID
- Terrible overall service
- Password incorrect
- Reset password doesn't work
- Customer service unhelpful
- Inaccurate
- Delayed
- App itself does not work
- Shameful that apartments buy into this
- Codes not up to date
- Garbage system
- No way to get codes through app
- Constantly logs you out
- Condescending, rude, incompetent customer service
- Non-functional
- Worse than prototype
- No direct way to get help
- Notifications sometimes not in list
- Cannot generate access code on app
- Navigation broken, unintuitive, flaky
- Cannot change password on app
- Forgot password renders web UI
- Pathetic box deployed
- App freezes or won't load
- No notifications
- Fee if not picked up
- Aggravating system
- App does nothing
- No 'forgot password' link
- Extremely difficult to retrieve password
- Major failure from developer
- Threatening to charge fees
Requested features
5 requests- Allow password to be saved
- Support for Apple Face ID
- Option to unmask password input
- Dark mode option
- Advanced analytics dashboard
Raide
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
HelloPackage
No in-app purchases
Raide
- Monthly$4.991 Month
- Monthly2 variants$9.991 Month
- Semester3 Days trial$9.996 Months
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- Semester7 Days trial$14.996 Months
- Monthly$19.991 Month
- Semester$23.996 Months
- Semester7 Days trial2 variants$29.996 Months
- Semester$59.996 Months
