Comparison

ApexDrop vs OwnBrands

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

ApexDrop

Connect with top brands for exciting collaboration opportunities. Discover tailored campaigns, manage your applications, track progress, and submit your content all within one platform. Grow your influencer portfolio with gifted products and seamless communication.

Highlights
  • Apply to influencer network
  • Discover tailored brand collaborations
  • Track application progress
  • Receive push notifications for new opportunities
  • Request gifted products
  • Submit posts for approval
  • Manage current collaborations
Features
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Creators with over 3K followers† on Instagram can get a chance to work with some of the top names in the industry and grow your portfolio at the same time. With ApexDrop’s new app, find how easy it is to discover collabs, apply, track your progress, and submit your post. • Apply to the network directly through the app. • Receive push notifications for new collab opportunities. • Discovering new brands and collabs was never so easy! The collabs you’ll discover are tailored to your interests - so there’s no need to look through and apply to collabs that don’t make sense. • Skip the small talk with the brand. You’ll work directly with our team of specialists to make sure your experience is as smooth as possible. • Not sure what collabs you’re in? Just look at the "my collabs" section in the app to see all of your current collabs and their timelines. • Request your products straight from the app†. Our new app is designed with ease of use in mind. Enter your address and have products shipped right to your door! Never pay for anything! • When you’re done posting, submit your link to the app for approval along with feedback to the brand. It’s as simple as that! ApexDrop™ is an Instagram Influencer network that exclusively offers trade collaborations. What is a trade collaboration? Brands gift valuable products to influencers in exchange for honest, authentic feedback in the form of a post or survey responses. Download the ApexDrop app and become an ApexInfluencer™ today!

About

OwnBrands

Share and discover offers from friends, creators, and brands. Build custom social pages to organize and post deals, reviews, and sponsored links. Track engagement metrics and stay updated on brand announcements.

Highlights
  • Custom social pages
  • Organize offers and links
  • Scheduled and expiring posts
  • AI-powered posts
  • Track engagement metrics
  • Brand updates
  • Fan brand pages
Features
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Post and discover offers from friends, creators, and your favorite brands. * Build your own custom socials page. * Organize all of your offers, reviews and sponsored links in one place. * Share brand updates with scheduled, expiring, and AI-powered posts. * Track your views, likes and other brand metrics. OwnBrands is a social platform for managing and discovering content from brands. For individuals For all of the self-starters and savvy shoppers of the world, OwnBrands helps you build a brand page where you can announce updates, link out to your socials, and post your referrals and offers. For organizations Are you the owner of a small business? Do you manage social media marketing for your organization? Set up a brand page where you can announce scheduled promotions and deals. For someone else Looking to support your favorite podcaster, streamer or other public figure? Create a fan brand page where you can post their sponsored links and offers. More Features * Follow your favorite brands and open the app to see their latest announcements, offers and updates. * Keep track of all of your sponsored links, referrals and other deals in one place so that it's easier for your friends and followers to find your offers and support your brand. * Create richer posts than you could before with support for expiring and scheduled posts, ratings and reviews, and custom offers. * See details on how people are engaging with your brand and your posts over time with breakdowns by day, weeks and months.

Screenshots

ApexDrop4 screens
OwnBrands4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: OwnBrands at 5.0 against ApexDrop's 4.4. OwnBrands also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 6 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 86%). ApexDrop's advantage is ratings volume (241 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

OwnBrands holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ApexDrop has 241 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of ApexDrop's written reviews are positive against 100% of OwnBrands's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ApexDrop ships an update every 6 months, OwnBrands every 3 days. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ApexDrop versus OwnBrands: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterApexDropOwnBrands
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (241 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews86.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings241 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.112.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB60 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperApexDrop, LLCPollyn Inc

Customer experience

ApexDrop

All ratings241 ratings
Positive84.6%
Neutral1.7%
Negative13.7%
Written reviews195 reviews
Positive86.2%
Neutral1.5%
Negative12.3%

OwnBrands

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

ApexDrop

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Login screen issues
  • Compatibility problems with older devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • More paid collaboration opportunities
  • Improved customer support response times
  • Ability to remove personal information from the app

OwnBrands

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

ApexDrop

No in-app purchases

None

OwnBrands

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ApexDrop free?
ApexDrop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is OwnBrands free?
OwnBrands is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ApexDrop or OwnBrands?
OwnBrands is rated higher. ApexDrop averages 4.4 out of 5 from 241 ratings, while OwnBrands averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do ApexDrop or OwnBrands have ads?
Neither ApexDrop nor OwnBrands shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ApexDrop or OwnBrands?
ApexDrop ships an update every 6 months, and OwnBrands every 3 days. Most recently, ApexDrop was updated on November 3, 2026 and OwnBrands on November 3, 2026.

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