Nookazon vs Shortlist
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nookazon
This app provides a secure platform for trading, buying, and selling items within Animal Crossing New Horizons. Users can also catalog their inventory, create wishlists, and request specific services from other players.
- Trade, buy, and sell items
- Catalog inventory
- Create wishlists
- Request services
- Secure trading environment
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The safest place to trade, buy & sell Animal Crossing New Horizons items. Catalog, keep wishlists, and request services! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Shortlist
Organize all your favorite things, from restaurants and books to movies and music, in one place. Share recommendations with friends, post reviews, and set reminders to never forget a great suggestion again.
- Manage lists of favorite items
- Share recommendations with friends
- Post reviews
- Create personal collections
- Set reminders
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Meet the app that manages ALL the lists of ALL the things you love. The restaurants, the books, the oh-I-always-forget-the-name-of-that-place, the TV shows, the movies, the music, and the-random. Keep up with your lists in one place and share recommendations with your friends––and get theirs. Post reviews, make reminders, and create personal collections so you never lose a good recommendation again. Now you finally have the app for all your favorite things. Shortlist: A place for your favorite things. Love it. Shortlist It!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Nookazon at 4.4 against Shortlist's 3.7. Nookazon also leads on ratings volume (8.3K vs 12). Shortlist's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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.
Nookazon holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nookazon has 8.3K ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 55% of Nookazon's written reviews are positive against 60% of Shortlist's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Nookazon ships an update fortnightly, Shortlist every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nookazon | Shortlist |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (8.3K ratings) — better | 3.7 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 54.8% of reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8.3K — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Akrew Inc. | Lightbox Labs Incorporated |
Customer experience
Nookazon
Shortlist
Bugs and requests
Nookazon
Reported bugs
4 issues- App freezing and crashing
- Listings not loading properly
- Inability to log in or access account
- Inconsistent behavior when switching between pages
Requested features
4 requests- Improved notification system
- Ability to save search/filter preferences
- Smoother navigation and page transitions
- Moderation improvements to address scams
Shortlist
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Nookazon
No in-app purchases
Shortlist
No in-app purchases
