Comparison

Grove Collaborative vs Conscious

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Grove Collaborative

Discover and shop for home essentials free from harmful ingredients. Easily order products on your own terms, with options for flexible scheduling or auto-shipments. Enjoy VIP benefits like free shipping and faster rewards.

Highlights
  • Screening for thousands of harmful ingredients
  • Flexible ordering and auto-shipment options
  • VIP benefits including free shipping
  • Happiness guarantee with refunds
  • Eco-friendly product selection
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Every product you bring into your home is a health decision. The Grove app makes those decisions simple. Shop essentials free from harmful ingredients, order on your own terms, and find healthier alternatives for every room and everyone in your family. SCREENING THOUSANDS OF HARMFUL INGREDIENTS We made it our job so it doesn’t have to be yours. Every product we sell is screened against a list of thousands of banned chemicals, including known endocrine disruptors like PFAS, phthalates and bisphenols. It’s the most rigorous ingredient standard in household essentials. SHOP YOUR WAY Order whenever you like, or let the essentials you count on come to you on a set schedule. Set up auto-shipments on your schedule and stay fully in control — delay, edit, skip, or cancel any time. VIP BENEFITS VIP is where Grove gets even better. Free, fast carbon-neutral shipping on every order over $29, faster rewards earning (4% vs. 1%), and members-only perks waiting in the VIP Hub. HAPPINESS GUARANTEE If you aren’t entirely happy, we’ll refund you — no questions asked.

About

Conscious

Research company ethics and environmental impact before you shop. Get detailed scores, green and red flags, and news on brands. Join organized campaigns to support causes you care about and track your ethical spending.

Highlights
  • Company ethics ratings
  • Environmental and human impact scores
  • Green and red flags
  • Parent company ownership
  • Organized boycott campaigns
  • Community reactions and sharing
Features
Currently charting
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Conscious Spend helps you understand the real-world impact of companies. Search any brand to see an overall grade along with detailed breakdowns across Environmental Impact, Human Impact, and Transparency. Each profile includes green flags and red flags, parent company ownership, company certifications, and recent news so you can stay informed on what's happening right now. You can also explore the sources behind every score, giving you full transparency into how each grade is determined. Conscious Spend also helps you turn your values into action with Boycotts. Explore organized campaigns around causes like Palestine, Sudan, ICE divestment, and corporate ethics, and see every company involved in one place. Each listing is attributed to the advocacy organization that named it, along with its stated reason and cited sources, so you always know where the information comes from. Discover the everyday brands tied to parent companies on a list, join the boycotts that matter to you, and keep track of them all in My Boycotts. You can also react alongside the community to see how others feel about a brand, and share campaigns to spread the word. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Grove Collaborative4 screens
Conscious4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Grove Collaborative at none against Conscious's 10. Grove Collaborative also leads on review sentiment (68% vs 45%) and ratings volume (30K vs 780). Conscious's advantage is chart position (#18 vs unranked). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Conscious sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Grove Collaborative asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Grove Collaborative against 4.8 for Conscious. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Grove Collaborative has 30K ratings behind it against 780, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 68% of Grove Collaborative's written reviews are positive against 45% of Conscious's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Grove Collaborative ships an update fortnightly, Conscious weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Grove Collaborative versus Conscious: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGrove CollaborativeConscious
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (30K ratings) — better4.8 (780 ratings)
Positive reviews67.9% of reviews — better45.2% of reviews
Number of ratings30K — better780
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#18 — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB77 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGrove Collaborative, Inc.Farran Ventures LLC

Customer experience

Grove Collaborative

All ratings30,209 ratings
Positive97.4%
Neutral0.7%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews984 reviews
Positive67.9%
Neutral6.1%
Negative26.0%

Conscious

All ratings780 ratings
Positive95.6%
Neutral1.4%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews62 reviews
Positive45.2%
Neutral8.1%
Negative46.8%

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

Conscious

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Grove Collaborative

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Conscious

Subscriptions10
  • Member Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Member Yearly$5.001 Year
  • Member Monthly$9.991 Month
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  • Member Monthly$10.001 Month
  • Member Monthly$12.991 Month
  • Member Monthly$14.991 Month
  • Member Monthly$19.991 Month
  • Member Yearly3 Days trial$34.991 Year
  • Member Yearly$39.991 Year
  • Member Yearly$44.991 Year

Questions

Is Grove Collaborative free?
Grove Collaborative is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Conscious free?
Conscious is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Grove Collaborative or Conscious?
Grove Collaborative is rated higher. Grove Collaborative averages 4.9 out of 5 from 30K ratings, while Conscious averages 4.8 from 780 ratings.
Do Grove Collaborative or Conscious have ads?
Neither Grove Collaborative nor Conscious shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Grove Collaborative or Conscious?
Grove Collaborative ships an update fortnightly, and Conscious weekly. Most recently, Grove Collaborative was updated on November 7, 2026 and Conscious on November 5, 2026.

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