Altenew vs Grabie
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Altenew
Discover and purchase paper crafting supplies with ease. This app provides a streamlined mobile shopping experience, featuring express checkout and notifications for new products and special offers.
- Enhanced mobile shopping experience
- Express checkout
- Notifications for new products
- Flash sales and exclusive discounts
- Convenient mobile access
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Find your favorite paper crafting products quickly and effortlessly with the Altenew App! The Altenew App delivers the best of altenew.com to your mobile device. Download our app to start shopping with a simple click, and make sure you never miss a deal. Features: Shop at altenew.com and take us anywhere you go with an enhanced shopping experience and express checkout. Take advantage of special offers including flash sales and exclusive discounts, and receive notifications about exciting new products!
Grabie
This app combines a curated marketplace for art supplies with a social platform for artists. Discover premium art materials, find gifts, and enjoy personalized recommendations while supporting a charitable art fund with every purchase.
- Curated art supply marketplace
- Social platform for artists
- Discover new arrivals and seasonal favorites
- Gift finder for artists
- Personalized recommendations
- Supports art fund for underserved communities
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Unleash your creativity and join a global community that believes in the power of art to heal, connect, and transform. The Grabie App is more than just a shopping tool—it’s your creative home. Designed for artists, hobbyists, and everyone in between, we blend a curated marketplace with a thriving social platform to inspire and empower you at every step of your journey. Discover a world of premium art supplies, handpicked for quality and innovation. Whether you’re painting, sketching, crafting, or experimenting with mixed media, Grabie has everything you need: Explore new arrivals, seasonal favorites, and fun painting tools. Find thoughtful presents for artists you love—filter by skill level, hobby, or budget. Enjoy fast shipping, easy returns, and personalized recommendations. Every purchase supports the Grabie Art Fund, which delivers free art kits and therapy resources to schools, shelters, and underserved communities. Let’s create, connect, and grow—together. For Joy, For All.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Altenew at 863 against Grabie's 1. Altenew also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). Grabie's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 78%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, update cadence, 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.
Grabie holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Altenew has 863 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Altenew's written reviews are positive against 100% of Grabie's.
Altenew ships an update every 2 weeks, Grabie fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Altenew | Grabie |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (863 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 863 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Altenew, LLC | Dream Chasing Technology Inc |
Customer experience
Altenew
Grabie
Bugs and requests
Altenew
Reported bugs
3 issues- Persistent red notification icon
- Incomplete product loading in categories
- Inability to add credit card automatically
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to view full website on app
- Improved search functionality
- Seamless integration between app and website
- Option to disable push notifications
- Better organization of past orders and wish lists
Grabie
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Altenew
No in-app purchases
Grabie
No in-app purchases
Questions
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