Grove Collaborative vs Conscious
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
Read full descriptionHide full description
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.
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.
- Company ethics ratings
- Environmental and human impact scores
- Green and red flags
- Parent company ownership
- Organized boycott campaigns
- Community reactions and sharing
Read full descriptionHide full description
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
Verdict
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
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.
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.
Grove Collaborative ships an update fortnightly, Conscious weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Grove Collaborative | Conscious |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (30K ratings) — better | 4.8 (780 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 67.9% of reviews — better | 45.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 30K — better | 780 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #18 — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Grove Collaborative, Inc. | Farran Ventures LLC |
Customer experience
Grove Collaborative
Conscious
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
Grove Collaborative
No in-app purchases
Conscious
- Member Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Member Yearly$5.001 Year
- Member Monthly$9.991 Month
Show 7 moreShow fewer
- 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









