Grove Collaborative vs Shop Public Goods
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.
Shop Public Goods
Access healthy and sustainable goods at wholesale prices through this app. Enjoy exclusive discounts, early access to new collections, and a streamlined shopping experience with secure checkout.
- Wholesale pricing on essentials
- Exclusive discounts and offers
- Early access to new collections
- First-to-know notifications
- Easy and secure checkout
- Browse new arrivals
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Healthy, sustainable essentials at wholesale prices. Download the Public Goods app to access exclusive discounts, early access to collection launches. Everything you love, right at your fingertips. EASY BROWSING Shop the freshest new arrivals across our entire catalog. EXCLUSIVE ACCESS Be first to know about exclusive offers and launches through first-to-know notifications and app-user-only early access. SECURE CHECKOUT IN A FLASH Tap, swipe, shop and secure your new products in an instant with our super easy checkout.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Grove Collaborative at 4.9 against Shop Public Goods's 4.2. Grove Collaborative also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 40%) and ratings volume (30K vs 31). Shop Public Goods's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Grove Collaborative holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Grove Collaborative has 30K ratings behind it against 31, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Grove Collaborative's written reviews are positive against 40% of Shop Public Goods's.
Grove Collaborative ships an update fortnightly, Shop Public Goods every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Grove Collaborative | Shop Public Goods |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (30K ratings) — better | 4.2 (31 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 67.3% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 30K — better | 31 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 109 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Grove Collaborative, Inc. | Public Goods |
Customer experience
Grove Collaborative
Shop Public Goods
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
Shop Public Goods
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Grove Collaborative
No in-app purchases
Shop Public Goods
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Grove Collaborative free?
Is Shop Public Goods free?
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