Grove Collaborative vs Wholeheartedly Spend Ethically
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Grove Collaborative
Easily manage your sustainable home essentials, from cleaning supplies to personal care. Discover new healthy, eco-friendly formulas and set up customizable refill shipments to ensure you never run out. Enjoy a happiness guarantee and exclusive VIP benefits for added savings and convenience.
- Manage upcoming orders
- Discover new healthy formulas
- Customizable refill shipments
- Nontoxic and eco-friendly products
- Happiness guarantee
- VIP benefits and discounts
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Keeping your home humming is easier than ever with the Grove app. Review and manage your upcoming Grove orders — anytime, any place. Plus discover new healthy formulas for every room and everyone in the family. NONTOXIC & ECO-FRIENDLY We exclusively offer healthy home essentials that are better for you and the planet -- from cleaning supplies and hand soap to vitamins and body wash. DELIVERED ON YOUR SCHEDULE We make sure you never run out of your essentials by setting up customizable refill shipments. Don’t worry. refill orders are always in your control. Delay, edit, or cancel at any time. HAPPINESS GUARANTEE Try without worry. If you aren’t entirely happy, we’ll refund you — no questions asked. VIP BENEFITS VIPs can save an average of $220 per year. Get free, fast carbon neutral shipping on orders over $29, claim your VIP gifts, and get exclusive discounts in the VIP Hub.
Wholeheartedly Spend Ethically
Discover businesses that align with your values, scoring them on sustainability, racial justice, and human rights. Track your spending to see your impact and find local, ethical alternatives.
- Discover ethical businesses
- Score businesses on values
- Find local and small businesses
- Scan product barcodes
- Track spending impact
- Link bank/credit cards
- Merchant score alerts
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FEEL GOOD ABOUT WHERE YOU SHOP Explore and discover ‣ Learn how businesses score on sustainability, racial justice, Palestinian human rights, and more. ‣ Discover small businesses leading the way to a more sustainable and equitable future. ‣ Find local, small businesses — from LGBTQ-owned bookstores to Black-owned restaurants to Palestinian-owned food brands ‣ Scan product barcodes for insights on brands as you shop. Track your spend ‣ Link your bank or credit card to track your spending and see how the businesses you shop at score. ‣ See what percentage of your spending was at low-scoring businesses or large corporations. ‣ Get merchant score alerts anytime you swipe your card at a scored business. How does it work? Advocacy groups publish data quantifying how businesses perform on various environmental and social justice issues annually. Wholeheartedly makes this information accessible and easy to understand. By avoiding low-scoring companies, we send a powerful message that sustainability and equality are important for the bottom line. Terms of Use: apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Grove Collaborative at none against Wholeheartedly Spend Ethically's 1. Grove Collaborative also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (30K vs 23). Wholeheartedly Spend Ethically's advantage is review sentiment (86% vs 67%) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and monetization model 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. Wholeheartedly Spend Ethically sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Grove Collaborative asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Grove Collaborative against 5.0 for Wholeheartedly Spend Ethically. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Grove Collaborative has 30K ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of Grove Collaborative's written reviews are positive against 86% of Wholeheartedly Spend Ethically's.
Grove Collaborative ships an update fortnightly, Wholeheartedly Spend Ethically every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Grove Collaborative | Wholeheartedly Spend Ethically |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (30K ratings) | 5.0 (23 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.8% of reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 30K — better | 23 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Grove Collaborative, Inc. | Ashay Sheth |
Customer experience
Grove Collaborative
Wholeheartedly Spend Ethically
Bugs and requests
Grove Collaborative
Reported bugs
2 issues- Issues with removing or editing items in cart
- Inconsistent availability of products
Requested features
2 requests- Improved search and browsing experience
- More flexibility in managing subscriptions
Wholeheartedly Spend Ethically
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Grove Collaborative
No in-app purchases
Wholeheartedly Spend Ethically
- Spend Wholeheartedly1 Month trial$4.991 Month
Questions
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