Whatabout vs Perigold
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Whatabout
This app transforms group chats into a searchable recommendation engine for products and services. Invite friends to share and discover trusted suggestions, making shopping decisions easier.
- Group chat recommendations
- Searchable suggestion engine
- Trusted friend network
- Social shopping
- Commerce-sation
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Get real recs from real people you trust on Whatabout. Turn the group chat into a searchable recommendation engine. Simply invite friends to join the commerce-sation!
Perigold
Discover and shop for meticulously crafted furnishings from trusted brands for any style. Seamlessly shop inspirational photos, find similar styles with your camera, and enjoy exclusive features like white-glove delivery.
- Shop inspirational photos
- Camera search for similar styles
- Save, organize, and share favorites
- Free white-glove delivery
- Live order tracking
- Apple Pay checkout
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The best of the design world is right at your fingertips. With our app, you’ll discover meticulously crafted furnishings from the industry’s most trusted brands – for every style and space. Enjoy an effortless, on-the-go browsing experience and exclusive features, including: Inspirational photos that you can seamlessly shop. Curated events that reveal the latest design trends and more. Use your camera to search with photos and find similar styles. Easily save, organize, and share your favorite finds. Free white-glove delivery with live order tracking. Apple Pay so you can check out with confidence. Ready to find something extraordinary? Download now to shop. Love your Perigold app experience? Tell us about it below.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Perigold at 8.1K against Whatabout's 13. Perigold also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks). Whatabout's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). 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 — 5.0 for Whatabout against 4.9 for Perigold. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Perigold has 8.1K ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Whatabout ships an update every 2 weeks, Perigold weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Whatabout | Perigold |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (13 ratings) — better | 4.9 (8.1K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 82.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 8.1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 147 MB | 285 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WhatAbout LLC | Wayfair LLC |
Customer experience
Whatabout
Perigold
Bugs and requests
Whatabout
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Perigold
Reported bugs
3 issues- Filtering and selection issues
- Login screen freezes
- Incompatible with older devices
Requested features
3 requests- Show fabric measurements
- Improve filtering and selection options
- Offer free shipping and free returns
In-app purchases
Whatabout
No in-app purchases
Perigold
No in-app purchases
