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

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

Conscious

Discover the ethical impact of companies with detailed breakdowns on environmental, human, and transparency factors. Explore organized campaigns and join boycotts that align with your values, all while seeing the sources behind every score.

Highlights
  • Company ethics ratings
  • Environmental impact scores
  • Human impact scores
  • Transparency breakdowns
  • Boycott campaigns
  • Parent company ownership
  • Community reactions
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 ratings volume (30K vs 754) and review sentiment (65% vs 50%). Conscious's advantage is chart position (#17 vs unranked) and update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). 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

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 4.9 for Conscious. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Grove Collaborative has 30K ratings behind it against 754, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 65% of Grove Collaborative's written reviews are positive against 50% of Conscious's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Grove Collaborative ships an update fortnightly, Conscious weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 14, 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)4.9 (754 ratings)
Positive reviews65.4% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings30K — better754
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#17 — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB61 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGrove Collaborative, Inc.Farran Ventures LLC

Customer experience

Grove Collaborative

All ratings29,749 ratings
Positive97.3%
Neutral0.7%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews910 reviews
Positive65.4%
Neutral6.5%
Negative28.1%

Conscious

All ratings754 ratings
Positive96.4%
Neutral1.3%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews44 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral9.1%
Negative40.9%

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$10.001 Month
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  • Member Yearly$10.001 Year
  • Member Yearly$15.001 Year
  • Member Yearly$20.001 Year
  • Member Yearly$25.001 Year
  • Member Yearly$30.001 Year
  • Member Yearly3 Days trial$34.991 Year
  • Member Yearly$35.001 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 and Conscious are both rated 4.9 out of 5 on the App Store, from 30K and 754 ratings respectively.
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 October 15, 2026 and Conscious on October 14, 2026.

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