PS! vs Around Local Shopping
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PS!
Discover and bid on unique mid-century modern and fine antique items in live auctions. New selections are added monthly, offering hundreds of items to explore and acquire.
- Live bidding on antiques
- Mid-century modern selections
- Fine antique items
- Monthly new arrivals
- Hundreds of items to discover
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Bid live and win an amazing selection of mid-century modern & fine antiques! Public Sale delivers a large selection of unique and eclectic antiques. Every month filled with hundreds of items to discover.
Around Local Shopping
Discover unique local products, services, and entertainment in your city. This app brings the ease of online shopping to your neighborhood, helping you find hidden gems.
- Discover local products
- Find local services
- Explore local entertainment
- Shop like online
- Unique local offerings
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Around is a mobile app that makes local shopping as easy as online shopping. Discover unique products, services, and entertainment right in your city, and find offerings you won’t see anywhere else.
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Verdict
PS! and Around Local Shopping are too close to call on the numbers: across 8 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and ads among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
Around Local Shopping holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 11 respectively.
| Parameter | PS! | Around Local Shopping |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 135 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Public Sale LLC | BRYAN HERRERA |
Customer experience
PS!
Around Local Shopping
In-app purchases
PS!
No in-app purchases
Around Local Shopping
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is PS! free?
Is Around Local Shopping free?
Which has better reviews, PS! or Around Local Shopping?
Do PS! or Around Local Shopping have ads?
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