Grove Collaborative vs SoCo Studio
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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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.
SoCo Studio
Shop a wide selection of individual products and drops directly from your phone. Easily find what you're looking for, join VIP programs, and simplify the process of purchasing cloth pads.
- Seamless mobile shopping
- Find products faster
- Join VIP programs
- Simplified cloth pad purchasing
- Browse specific products and drops
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Our app allows you to shop seamlessly, easily and effortlessly from your phone without having to find us in your browser since we have so many specific and individual products and drops. You'll be able to find your products faster, join our VIP, and more. Cloth pads are hard enough to understand so we want to make it as simple as possible.
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Verdict
Grove Collaborative and SoCo Studio both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of SoCo Studio's written reviews are positive against 68% of Grove Collaborative's. SoCo Studio also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Grove Collaborative's advantage is ratings volume (30K vs 11) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Grove Collaborative against 4.9 for SoCo Studio. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Grove Collaborative has 30K ratings behind it against 11, 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 100% of SoCo Studio's.
Grove Collaborative ships an update fortnightly, SoCo Studio every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Grove Collaborative | SoCo Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (30K ratings) | 4.9 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 67.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 30K — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 178 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Grove Collaborative, Inc. | Kane Studios LLC |
Customer experience
Grove Collaborative
SoCo Studio
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
SoCo Studio
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Grove Collaborative
No in-app purchases
SoCo Studio
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Grove Collaborative free?
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