Next Drop vs SpLive
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Next Drop
Stay informed about upcoming sneaker and streetwear releases with a customizable feed. Track your collection, follow favorite brands, and receive timely notifications. Offers Live Activities, Dynamic Island, and Apple Watch support for seamless access.
- Upcoming sneaker and streetwear release feed
- Customizable brand and store following
- Collection tracking
- Drop reminders and notifications
- Live Activities and Dynamic Island support
- Apple Watch complications
- Visual Intelligence search
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Next Drop provides an up-to-date feed of upcoming sneakers and streetwear releases, right on your iPhone, iPad or Apple Watch. You can even customize the feed based on the brands and stores you love. There's absolutely no ads and no need to sign up for an account. Features: • Stay on top of the latest hype sneaker and streetwear releases • Follow your favorite brands and stores • Notifications for when drops and brands are added • Customize when you want to receive drop reminders • Widgets you can place on your Home screen • Apple Watch support with complications • Very small app size (free space is precious) • Dark Mode Check out the full list of supported brands here: https://nextdropapp.com/brands Next Drop+ is a premium subscription that gives you access to the following features: • Unlock all raffles and releases • Follow more than 70 brands and stores • Help support independent developers like myself! Built with SwiftUI.
SpLive
Shop the latest arrivals and promotions from SpLive directly on your iOS device. Easily place orders, manage waitlisted items, and receive email notifications for fulfillment and shipping updates.
- Browse new arrivals and promotions
- Easy ordering and checkout
- Waitlist items
- Back-in-stock notifications
- Order fulfillment and shipping updates
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Welcome to the SpLive App! The best way to shop with SpLive on iOS! About Us: Features: - Browse all of our most recent arrivals and promotions - Easy ordering and checkout - Waitlist items and purchase them when they are back in stock - Email notification for order fulfillment and shipping
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SpLive at none against Next Drop's 3. SpLive also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 73%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Next Drop's advantage is ratings volume (1.1K vs 3) and chart position (#60 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Next Drop sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. SpLive asks for nothing beyond the download.
SpLive holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Next Drop has 1.1K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Next Drop's written reviews are positive against 100% of SpLive's.
Next Drop ships an update every 2 weeks, SpLive every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Next Drop | SpLive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.1K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #60 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 9+ |
| Developer | Camden Fullmer | SpLive |
Customer experience
Next Drop
SpLive
Bugs and requests
Next Drop
Reported bugs
3 issues- No live activity option?
- Doesn't work
- The app doesn't work on my iPhone 12
Requested features
4 requests- Add the same shoe to the collection more than once
- Organize collection in order (e.g. all Jordan 1s together)
- Add StockX option for resellers
- Allow users to choose a permanent non-changeable location before gaining access to app's content
SpLive
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Next Drop
- Next Drop+ (Monthly)7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Next Drop+ (Yearly)7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Next Drop+ Lifetime$99.99
SpLive
No in-app purchases
