CharlieMae vs Modern Forestry
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CharlieMae
Shop the latest arrivals and promotions from this online boutique directly on your mobile device. Easily place orders, manage your waitlist for out-of-stock items, and receive email notifications for order fulfillment and shipping.
- Browse new arrivals and promotions
- Easy ordering and checkout
- Waitlist items
- Email notifications for fulfillment and shipping
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Modern Forestry
Shop for candles and manage your account directly from your iPhone or iPad. Browse products, select variants, manage your shopping bag, and complete purchases securely through Shopify checkout within the app.
- Browse featured products and collections
- Select product variants
- Manage shopping bag
- Secure Shopify checkout
- View rewards
- Manage account touchpoints
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Modern Forestry brings the candle catalog, rewards, account touchpoints, and Shopify checkout into a polished native iPhone and iPad experience. Browse featured products and collections, choose variants, manage your bag, and start checkout from inside the app. Purchases are completed through Shopify checkout presented in-app so payment stays secure while the shopping flow remains smooth. The app is scoped to Modern Forestry and keeps product browsing, bag management, rewards, and account surfaces concise and native-feeling.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: CharlieMae at 268 against Modern Forestry's 1. CharlieMae also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for CharlieMae against 5.0 for Modern Forestry. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CharlieMae has 268 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
CharlieMae ships an update every 3 weeks, Modern Forestry every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CharlieMae | Modern Forestry |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (268 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 268 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CharlieMae | Modern Forestry LLC |
Customer experience
CharlieMae
Modern Forestry
In-app purchases
CharlieMae
No in-app purchases
Modern Forestry
No in-app purchases
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