Fabric vs the5 Closet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fabric
Catalog your clothing items with photos to create outfit combinations and plan your looks. Easily find garments by category, color, or season, and save your favorite styles for quick access. This tool helps you dress better and make the most of your existing wardrobe.
- Catalog closet items with photos
- Build outfit grids
- Browse by category, color, season
- Save favorite outfits
- Plan outfits for the week
- Sync across devices
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Fabric – Wardrobe Organizer & Outfit Planner Stop buying clothes you already own. Fabric turns your closet into a visual catalog so you can plan outfits, rediscover forgotten pieces, and get dressed with confidence—every single day. FEATURES • Catalog Your Closet — Photograph and organize every item you own. Your entire wardrobe, always at your fingertips. • Build Outfit Grids — Mix and match pieces into complete looks before you ever try anything on. • Browse by Category, Color & Season — Find exactly what you're looking for in seconds. • Save Your Best Looks — Bookmark favorite outfits for effortless repeat styling. • Plan the Week Ahead — Lay out tomorrow's outfit or pack smartly for your next trip. • Sync Across Devices — Your wardrobe follows you, wherever you go. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Fabric isn't a social network. No followers, no feeds, no pressure. Just a clean, fast tool built around you—to help you dress better and get more out of clothes you already love. PERFECT FOR → Daily outfit planning & OOTD inspiration → Building and maintaining a capsule wardrobe → Stress-free travel packing → Fashion lovers who want to shop their own closet first Download Fabric and start dressing smarter.
the5 Closet
Organize your wardrobe and plan outfits with this closet management app. Capture your looks, create packing lists for travel, and share your style with friends.
- Closet organization
- Outfit tracking
- Selfie outfit capture
- Style planning with Rails
- Travel packing lists
- Share outfits with friends
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the5: Shop Your Closet! A mobile app designed to help you keep your closet organized. Capture and track your outfits with What I Wore and build your closet seamlessly using selfies. Create your style using Rails to plan your outfits, create packing lists for travel and share with friends!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Fabric at 5.0 against the5 Closet's 4.6. the5 Closet's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 2) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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.
Fabric holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 9 respectively.
Fabric ships an update every 5 weeks, the5 Closet every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fabric | the5 Closet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.6 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Conor Manning | Lee & Ljaljicic, Inc. |
Customer experience
Fabric
the5 Closet
In-app purchases
Fabric
No in-app purchases
the5 Closet
No in-app purchases
