Comparison

POSTYPE vs Shampoo.

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

Head to head
About

POSTYPE

Create and enjoy diverse content like novels, essays, and comics. Request custom artworks, chat with AI characters, and join creator communities. Support your favorite artists through memberships and direct commissions.

Highlights
  • Content creation and sharing
  • Custom artwork requests
  • AI character chat
  • Creator fan communities
  • Membership support
  • Content discovery and subscription
  • Channel analytics
Features
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POSTYPE is a creative platform where creators sell their work and fans discover, buy, and support it — fueling what comes next. On POSTYPE, freely create and enjoy content across a wide range of tastes: novels, essays, reviews, self-improvement, lectures, comics, digital drawings, webtoons, fan fiction, fan art, illustrations, original characters, and creative materials. Commission one-on-one, customized work from creators you love through requests, outsourcing, and consultations. Talk directly with AI characters to bring your favorite worlds to life, connect with creators through polls and questions, and support them with memberships. With 470,000 active creators and around 4.4 million transactions each month, POSTYPE is a vast creative community. Discover and subscribe to your favorite creators, join fan communities, and connect with like-minded people. Upload anything creative — writing, drawings, games, fortune telling, even digital stationery — and become a creator. Love for your work and growing sales and support revenue power your creativity. With up to 490,000 monthly users paying for content, POSTYPE creators have earned over 170 billion KRW in cumulative revenue. From content trading and fan communities to requests and character chats, POSTYPE brings everything you need to explore your interests into one app. Discover a world of fun on POSTYPE, the creative community tailored to your tastes. Viewing & Subscribing ■ Explore personalized content in 'Discover'. ■ Catch the latest from your favorite channels in 'Subscriptions'. ■ Find recently viewed, scrapped, liked, and purchased content in 'Library'. Creating & Channel Stats on Mobile ■ Create and upload highly readable content on any device with 'POSTYPE Editor'. ■ Track fan reactions and channel growth on any device with 'POSTYPE Studio'. Commission One-of-a-Kind Art with Requests ■ Request customized text, illustrations, designs, and coaching via Creator Channels and the Requests page. ■ Creators track requests in real time in Studio and set acceptance and deadlines. ■ Complete projects through one-on-one chats with file attachments; Q&A anytime via real-time notifications and a timeline. Character Talk — AI Chat & Roleplay ■ Meet AI chatbot characters with diverse settings and charms, and freely start character roleplay with ones that suit you. ■ Creators customize each character's speech, personality, and worldview. ■ Creators build characters from their own posts with 'Post Auto-Complete'. ■ Deepen your understanding of a work and its world through conversation. Channel Membership ■ Creators run monthly paid memberships with price-based plans and member management. ■ Members enjoy exclusive perks: unlocked paid content, members-only content, and a members-only community. ■ Support your favorite creators through fan support and creator membership. Connect with the Community ■ Creators and fans interact through posts, questions, and votes. ■ Leave comments and get likes and replies from creators and fans. ■ Stay updated on subscribed channels through notifications. ■ Get notified when fans subscribe, like, comment, purchase, support, or join your membership. ■ Share personal stories one-on-one via messages, with new-message alerts. POSTYPE Premium ■ Enjoy ad-free content on all screens. ■ Block up to 100 tags you don't want to see. ■ Write private comments only the post author can see. Follow us for service and monetization tips, creator interviews, product updates, and community news. POSTYPE Official Channel: https://www.postype.com/@blog For the fastest help with technical issues, visit our Help Center. POSTYPE Help Center: https://help.postype.com/ Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ ---- [Optional Access Permissions] Camera, Photos: Used to set a profile picture and attach images to comments. You can still use the service without granting these permissions.

About

Shampoo.

Connect with people who share your specific cultural tastes in movies, books, music, and places. This app focuses on deep interests to foster more natural and aligned connections, moving beyond broad categories.

Highlights
  • Connect based on niche cultural tastes
  • Focus on specific films, books, music, places
  • Daily curated matches
  • Reduces endless swiping
  • Facilitates natural conversations
Features
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Ever wished Spotify or Letterboxd had a dating mode? Meet people who share your niche cultural taste. Most dating apps ask about broad interests like “movies,” “music,” or “travel.” But those labels say very little about who someone really is. What creates real alignment are the specifics — the particular film by your favorite director that you can rewatch endlessly, the novel you still think about years later, the album you always return to, or the place you like to go because the people there somehow feel like your kind of crowd. When two people genuinely care about the same films, books, music, or places, meeting tends to feel smoother and more natural. There’s less guessing, fewer mismatches, and fewer moments of wondering whether you’re really on the same wavelength. Shampoo was built for those kinds of connections. Instead of endless swiping, your specific cultural tastes do the filtering first. Every day, you’ll meet two people who share your taste — so when you start talking, it already feels like you’re coming from the same place. --- Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

POSTYPE4 screens
Shampoo.4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Shampoo. at none against POSTYPE's shown. Shampoo. also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (81% vs 68%). POSTYPE's advantage is ratings volume (77 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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. POSTYPE sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Shampoo. sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Shampoo. holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: POSTYPE has 77 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of POSTYPE's written reviews are positive against 81% of Shampoo.'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

POSTYPE ships an update every 10 days, Shampoo. fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
POSTYPE versus Shampoo.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPOSTYPEShampoo.
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (77 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews68.0% of reviews80.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings77 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterFortnightly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.515.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size116 MB91 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperPostype IncDare Inc.

Customer experience

POSTYPE

All ratings77 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews50 reviews
Positive68.0%
Neutral12.0%
Negative20.0%

Shampoo.

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive80.8%
Neutral3.8%
Negative15.4%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

POSTYPE

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Lite$2.991 Month
  • Premium Plus$4.991 Month
One-time8
  • 1,000P$0.99
  • 3,000P$2.99
  • 5,000P$3.99
Show 5 more
  • 10,000P$8.99
  • 10,000P$9.99
  • 30,000P$24.99
  • 30,000P$29.99
  • 50,000P$49.99
13 purchases

Shampoo.

Subscriptions4
  • Shampoo+ Weekly Subscription$6.997 Days
  • Shampoo+ Monthly Subscription$12.991 Month
  • Shampoo+ Monthly Subscription$17.991 Month
Show 1 more
  • Shampoo+ Yearly Subscription$69.991 Year
One-time9
  • 4 Bubbles$3.99
  • Get 50% off your first purchase$3.99
  • 8 Bubbles$5.99
Show 6 more
  • 8 Bubbles$7.49
  • 12 Bubbles$9.99
  • 30% special offer$10.49
  • 40 Bubbles$29.99
  • 80 Bubbles$44.99
  • 180 Bubbles$99.99

Questions

Is POSTYPE free?
POSTYPE is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shampoo. free?
Shampoo. is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, POSTYPE or Shampoo.?
Shampoo. is rated higher. POSTYPE averages 4.6 out of 5 from 77 ratings, while Shampoo. averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do POSTYPE or Shampoo. have ads?
POSTYPE shows ads; Shampoo. does not.
Which is updated more often, POSTYPE or Shampoo.?
POSTYPE ships an update every 10 days, and Shampoo. fortnightly. Most recently, POSTYPE was updated on October 14, 2026 and Shampoo. on October 12, 2026.

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