Simple Switch Ethical Shopping vs Conscious
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple Switch Ethical Shopping
Discover and shop from ethical brands that align with your values. Make a positive impact with every purchase by supporting businesses committed to sustainability and social responsibility.
- Discover ethical brands
- Shop with positive impact
- Support sustainable businesses
- Find socially responsible companies
- Make value-aligned purchases
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Conscious
Discover the ethical impact of companies with detailed breakdowns on environmental, human, and transparency factors. Explore organized campaigns and join boycotts that align with your values, all while seeing the sources behind every score.
- Company ethics ratings
- Environmental impact scores
- Human impact scores
- Transparency breakdowns
- Boycott campaigns
- Parent company ownership
- Community reactions
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Conscious Spend helps you understand the real-world impact of companies. Search any brand to see an overall grade along with detailed breakdowns across Environmental Impact, Human Impact, and Transparency. Each profile includes green flags and red flags, parent company ownership, company certifications, and recent news so you can stay informed on what's happening right now. You can also explore the sources behind every score, giving you full transparency into how each grade is determined. Conscious Spend also helps you turn your values into action with Boycotts. Explore organized campaigns around causes like Palestine, Sudan, ICE divestment, and corporate ethics, and see every company involved in one place. Each listing is attributed to the advocacy organization that named it, along with its stated reason and cited sources, so you always know where the information comes from. Discover the everyday brands tied to parent companies on a list, join the boycotts that matter to you, and keep track of them all in My Boycotts. You can also react alongside the community to see how others feel about a brand, and share campaigns to spread the word. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
Simple Switch Ethical Shopping and Conscious both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Simple Switch Ethical Shopping's written reviews are positive against 48% of Conscious's. Simple Switch Ethical Shopping also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 16) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). Conscious's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). On price, rating, monetization model 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. Conscious sells 16 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Simple Switch Ethical Shopping asks for nothing beyond the download.
Simple Switch Ethical Shopping holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Conscious has 778 ratings behind it against 30, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Simple Switch Ethical Shopping's written reviews are positive against 48% of Conscious's.
Simple Switch Ethical Shopping ships an update every 5 weeks, Conscious weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple Switch Ethical Shopping | Conscious |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (30 ratings) — better | 4.8 (778 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 48.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 30 | 778 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #12 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 99 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Simple Switch (Apps) | Farran Ventures LLC |
Customer experience
Simple Switch Ethical Shopping
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In-app purchases
Simple Switch Ethical Shopping
No in-app purchases
Conscious
- Member Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Member Yearly$5.001 Year
- Member Monthly$9.991 Month
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- Member Monthly$10.001 Month
- Member Yearly$10.001 Year
- Member Monthly$12.991 Month
- Member Monthly$14.991 Month
- Member Yearly$15.001 Year
- Member Monthly$19.991 Month
- Member Yearly$20.001 Year
- Member Yearly$25.001 Year
- Member Yearly$30.001 Year
- Member Yearly3 Days trial$34.991 Year
- Member Yearly$35.001 Year
- Member Yearly$39.991 Year
- Member Yearly$44.991 Year
Questions
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