Nuuly vs Dawgy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nuuly
This service allows you to rent six clothing items monthly from a wide selection of brands and styles. Keep your chosen items for the entire month, with laundry and repairs included. You can also purchase items you love at a discount.
- Rent 6 items monthly
- Wide selection of brands and styles
- Keep items for a month
- Laundry and repairs included
- Purchase items at a discount
- Fast, free shipping and returns
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Nuuly is a subscription clothing rental service built to help you get creative with what you wear every day—not just on special occasions. Rent 6 items every month for $98 and choose from 100s of brands and 1000s of styles in sizes XS–5X, including petite, tall + maternity. How it works: * Pick any 6 items—four tops and the same dress in two sizes? Six pairs of jeans? One of everything? It's your call * Keep them all month. Don't worry about laundry or repairs—it's included in the plan * If you fall in love with something, buy it at a discount. Send back the rest + repeat Why you’ll love Nuuly: * Fast, free shipping + returns * No late fees or damage fees—ever * Pause or cancel anytime With the Nuuly app, you can: * Quickly save favorites in your Closet + sort them into Closet Lists * Add styles to your Nuuly quickly + seamlessly * Manage subscription, profile details + rental history with one tap * Purchase favorites: keep one, two or all of your items * Leave reviews for the Nuuly community * Get customizable iOS push notifications for Nuuly news
Dawgy
This app connects UGA students with local deals and job openings. It also features an online marketplace for students to buy and sell items, fostering a secure community. Future updates will include apartment and roommate listings.
- Local deals discovery
- Employment opportunities
- Student-to-student marketplace
- Filter by deal category
- Filter by minimum wage
- Filter by date posted
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The Dawgy app serves as a one-stop shop for UGA students to explore local deals, employment opportunities, and an online marketplace where students can buy and sell items directly from the app. Access is limited exclusively to UGA students, ensuring a safe and trustworthy community. We partner with local Athens businesses by pitching their existing deals or job openings, or creating new ones exclusive to the Dawgy platform. Users are able to filter results by criteria such as deal category, minimum wage, and date posted. Future updates to the app will be focused on community engagement by introducing additional features, including a sublease feature where students can browse apartments and potential roommates.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Dawgy at free against Nuuly's subscription. Dawgy also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 66%) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). Nuuly's advantage is ratings volume (31K vs 3) and chart position (#206 vs unranked). 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 — 4.9 for Nuuly against 5.0 for Dawgy. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nuuly has 31K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 66% of Nuuly's written reviews are positive against 100% of Dawgy's.
Nuuly ships an update every 9 days, Dawgy weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nuuly | Dawgy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (31K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 31K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #206 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 93 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Nuuly | Eduardo Kaito Alzati Amano |
Customer experience
Nuuly
Dawgy
Bugs and requests
Nuuly
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes and freezes
- Images and content not loading properly
- Losing place when navigating back in the app
- Inconsistent behavior across web and mobile platforms
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to exchange or return individual items
- More detailed size and fit information
- Waitlist or notification system for out-of-stock items
- Improved search and filtering capabilities
- Ability to save and organize items in custom closets
Dawgy
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Nuuly
No in-app purchases
Dawgy
No in-app purchases
