Route One vs Killer Ink App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Route One
Discover a vast collection of street fashion and skate culture essentials. Access over 200 brands and 10,000 products, including exclusive launches and sales. Enjoy rewards and convenient shopping features.
- 200+ street brands
- 10,000+ product lines
- Apple Pay integration
- Membership rewards program
- Exclusive launch notifications
- UK's largest skateboard range
- Back in stock alerts
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The Route One App brings together the best of skate culture and street fashion. For over 30 years Route One has been committed to getting the best products from around the world, via the fastest “route” possible. With the Route One App you've got 200 street brands and over 10,000 lines to choose from, right in the palm of your hand. Route One remains dedicated to bringing you the best range of products from around the world, together with our extensive own brand range. App Perks include: - Apple Pay to ease and speed - Route One Club membership rewards - First sight of Nike Dunk Launches and Sales and Promos - The UKs largest range of Skateboards - Back in stock alerts for your favourite items
Killer Ink App
This app provides tattoo artists with direct, streamlined access to an online store for all their equipment and supplies. It offers personalized notifications for new products and promotions, faster checkout, and access to exclusive content like artist posts and product reviews.
- One-click store access
- Streamlined shopping experience
- Personalized notifications
- Faster checkout
- Access to blog content
- Future feature access
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The Killer Ink app offers tattoo artists one-click access to our online store direct from their phone or tablet. As a one-stop shop for all your tattooing equipment and supplies, our new app will offer a faster and more streamlined shopping experience right at your fingertips. The Killer Ink app will also allow tattoo artists to stay logged into their account for faster checkout, meaning that you can quickly shop for all your tattoo essentials with ease. You’ll be able to receive personalised notifications to keep you up-to-date on all of our latest product releases, as well as exciting giveaways and promotions. Plus, you can check out our blog for monthly sponsored artist posts, product reviews, tattoo convention previews, and more! You’ll also get direct access to new app features and products in the future. Killer Ink App Features: - One-click access to Killer Ink direct from your phone or tablet - Faster and more streamlined shopping experience - Personalised notifications to keep you up-to-date on the latest products, competitions and promotions - Stay logged into your account for quicker checkout - Access to new features in the future
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Verdict
Route One and Killer Ink App both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 86% of Route One's written reviews are positive against 42% of Killer Ink App's. Route One also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). Killer Ink App's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, rating, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Route One against 5.0 for Killer Ink App. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Route One has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of Route One's written reviews are positive against 42% of Killer Ink App's.
Route One ships an update every 2 months, Killer Ink App every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Route One | Killer Ink App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 86.2% of reviews — better | 41.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 206 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Route One Retail Limited | Killer Ink |
Customer experience
Route One
Killer Ink App
Bugs and requests
Route One
Reported bugs
8 issues- App crashes on opening
- Wishlist and cart appear empty
- Rewards/points show as 0 or incorrect value
- Search function is terrible
- Filtering is too difficult/fiddly
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- App immediately closes after launching
- Freezes when adding items to basket
- Filtered searching for sizes is faulty
Requested features
6 requests- Manage push notification settings
- Fix broken wishlist and cart
- Improve search function
- Make filtering easier and more accurate
- Fix rewards/points display
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- Allow users to choose notification types (order updates vs. marketing)
Killer Ink App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Route One
No in-app purchases
Killer Ink App
No in-app purchases
