Nookazon vs ThingsBook
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/
ThingsBook
Capture your life's moments through long-form writing and organized collections. This platform allows you to create a lasting personal archive of your thoughts, memories, and interests, with options to share privately or publicly.
- Long-form writing
- Structured collections
- Personal archive
- Customizable sharing
- Life documentation
- Writing prompts
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Your life deserves more than disappearing posts and scattered notes. ThingsBook is a new kind of personal platform built for people who love to write, reflect, and collect the moments that make up their lives. It’s where long-form storytelling meets beautiful organization, giving you a space to capture what you did, how you felt, and what you care about in lasting detail. Whether you are journaling about your day, writing thoughtful reflections, or collecting the books you love, the meals you cooked, the trips you took, or the ideas that moved you, ThingsBook helps you turn everyday life into something meaningful and permanent. Write freely At its core, ThingsBook is about writing. Real writing. Long-form, text-centric storytelling that lets you express yourself without character limits or performance pressure. Capture your thoughts, routines, memories, and observations in a way that feels natural, personal, and deeply yours. Collect what matters Organize everything you write into beautiful, structured collections. Your books, travels, meals, fashion finds, hobbies, goals, and ideas all live together in one place. Think of it as your personal digital shelf, always there when you want to revisit your life. Build your archive ThingsBook is not about fleeting trends or posts that disappear. Your writing and collections become a lasting personal archive, a living record of who you are and what you love. Over time, your ThingsBook becomes your story. Share on your terms Share publicly, with friends, or keep things private. Post whenever inspiration hits. Take breaks whenever you need. Your space never goes stale, and there is no pressure to perform. Designed for everyday life You do not need special skills, perfect photos, or big moments. ThingsBook is built for real life. Write about your morning coffee, the song you cannot stop playing, the trip that changed you, the book that stayed with you, the place that always feels like home. Smart tools that support your writing Helpful prompts, thoughtful organization, search, and location features make it easier to document your life as it happens, without turning your thoughts into work. Your corner of the internet ThingsBook is where your interests, ideas, and experiences come together. Not a feed to chase. A space to build. Write your life. Collect your world. Remember what matters.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: ThingsBook at none against Nookazon's shown. ThingsBook also leads on review sentiment (72% vs 55%) and chart position (#50 vs unranked). Nookazon's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (8.2K vs 1.7K). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Nookazon against 4.5 for ThingsBook. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8.2K and 1.7K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 55% of Nookazon's written reviews are positive against 72% of ThingsBook's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 15, 2026.
| Parameter | Nookazon | ThingsBook |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (8.2K ratings) | 4.5 (1.7K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.8% of reviews | 71.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8.2K — better | 1.7K |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #50 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 128 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Akrew Inc. | Naver U.Hub Inc. |
Customer experience
Nookazon
ThingsBook
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
ThingsBook
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Nookazon
No in-app purchases
ThingsBook
No in-app purchases








