Amazon Shopping vs Thrift2U
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Amazon Shopping
Shop millions of products with app-exclusive benefits for a faster, easier experience. Track deliveries in real-time, view products in 360°, get sale alerts, and enjoy secure sign-in. Access 24/7 live chat support and find items by scanning them.
- Real-time delivery tracking
- 360° product view
- View in your room (AR)
- Price drop alerts
- Secure sign-in (fingerprint/face ID)
- 24/7 live chat support
- Product scanning for search
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Amazon Shopping offers app-only benefits to help make shopping on Amazon faster and easier. Browse, view product details, read reviews, and purchase millions of products. Amazon delivers to 100+ countries in as quickly as 3-5 days. Whether you’re buying gifts, reading reviews, tracking orders, scanning products, or just shopping, the Amazon Shopping app offers more benefits than shopping on Amazon via your desktop. Never miss a delivery Get real-time tracking and delivery notifications so you know where your package is and when it arrives. Know exactly what you’re purchasing Full 360° product view lets you see items from every angle. “View in you room” makes sure it fits by using your phone’s camera and VR so you can see it in your space. We’ll notify you when items go on sale Just tap the heart icon to save items to Your Lists and we’ll alert you of price drops so you don’t miss a deal. Never forget your password Save time by staying securely signed in. If you prefer to sign out, use facial or fingerprint identification to sign back in. Connect with us when it works best for you Live chat support is open 24 hours, 7 days a week. Once you’ve started a chat, it stays that way for 24 hours so you don’t have to start your support session from the beginning. We’ll find that item for you Not sure of an item’s brand or where to but it? Just tap the scan icon in the search bar, take a picture of the item or its barcode, and we’ll find it for you. In order to provide a rich experience and enable features such as voice shopping, notifications, visual search, customer reviews, and authentication this app may request permission to access contacts, camera, microphone, notification, touch id, photos and Bluetooth. Amazon Shopping is available in English, Spanish, German, and Simplified Chinese. In addition to International Shopping, you can change your settings in this single app to shop Amazon.ca, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.de, Amazon.fr, Amazon.com, Amazon.it, Amazon.es, Amazon.cn, Amazon.co.jp or Amazon.in. For customers located within the European Union, United Kingdom or Brazil: By using this app, you agree to Amazon’s Conditions of Use applicable for your country. Please also see the applicable Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-Based Ads Notice for your country. Links to these terms and notices can be found in the footer of your local Amazon homepage. For all other customers: By using this app, you agree to the applicable Amazon Conditions of Use (e.g. www.amazon.com/conditionsofuse) and Privacy Notice (e.g. www.amazon.com/privacy) for your country. Links to these terms and notices can be found in the footer of your local Amazon homepage. If your device supports TrueDepth technology, the app will use your device camera to detect your facial movements only while using certain features such as virtually try-on products like sunglasses. All information processed using this technology remains on your device and is not otherwise stored, processed or shared by Amazon.
Thrift2U
Shop a vast online thrift store where every item is priced at just one dollar. Discover clothing, accessories, jewelry, home goods, and more, with new categories added weekly. Save significantly on popular and luxury brands.
- All items priced at $1
- Wide variety of clothing and home goods
- Save up to 99.9% on brands
- New categories added weekly
- Notifications for new items
- Exclusive app offers and discounts
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Welcome to Thrift2U. An Online Thrift Store that comes to Your Door! Except there is one thing that sets us apart from other Thrift Stores... Everything is ONLY ONE DOLLAR! No longer will you have to pay retail prices for used Items! From so called "Thrift Stores" &”Resale Sites” we're bringing the market down to where it belongs! There is so much clothing & Home Goods that are thrown away, recycled & abandoned. why should you pay anymore than one dollar? Thrift2U Has a wide variety of items to shop from. Use our app to browse through Clothing, Accessories, Jewelry, Toys, Games, DvD's & SO MUCH MORE! New Categories are being added almost every week! Save 99.9% on Main Brands Inlcuding Nike, Coach, Champion, Lilly Pulitzer, Michael Kors, LulaRoe, Juicy Couture & Even Top Luxury Brands Like Salvatore Ferragamo or Tory Burch. The Thrift2U app allows you to reach into your pocket & have the worlds largest thrift store right at your disposal. Don't Believe it? Download our App today & see what you're missing out on! -SPECIAL IN APP FEATURES- -Save 99.9% on New & Used Items -Endlessly Scroll Through Thousands of Items -Receive Notifications when new items are posted -Receive Special Offers & Discounts only available on our app. -Create an account with us -Live Chat Support
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Thrift2U at none against Amazon Shopping's 4. Thrift2U also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). Amazon Shopping's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). On price, review sentiment 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. Amazon Shopping sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Thrift2U asks for nothing beyond the download.
Amazon Shopping holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Amazon Shopping has 8.5M ratings behind it against 2.6K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 23% of Amazon Shopping's written reviews are positive against 26% of Thrift2U's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Amazon Shopping ships an update fortnightly, Thrift2U every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Amazon Shopping | Thrift2U |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (8.5M ratings) — better | 4.5 (2.6K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 23.1% of reviews | 26.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8.5M — better | 2.6K |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #6 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 241 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | +12 | 4+ |
| Developer | AMZN Mobile LLC | Thrift2U LLC |
Customer experience
Amazon Shopping
Thrift2U
User reviews
Amazon Shopping
From 8.5M App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to navigate
- 🔒 Secure transactions
- 👍 Convenient delivery options
- 🚀 Quick app performance
- 👍 Variety of products
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy search and filtering
- 🔍 Difficult to find products
- 🤖 Frustrating AI chatbot
- 🤔 Confusing UI changes
- ⏱️ Delayed deliveries
Thrift2U
From 2.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Affordable items
- 🚀 Fast delivery
- 💡 Unique finds
- 🤩 Great value
Room to improve
- 🚢 Exorbitant shipping costs
- ⏱️ Slow or no delivery
- 🤔 Misleading advertising
- 🤕 Poor quality items
- 🤖 Lack of customer support
Bugs and requests
Amazon Shopping
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes when navigating back
- Inconsistent product information display
- Shipping address changes without notice
- Inability to view product reviews
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to filter by free shipping
- Improve search functionality and relevance
- Provide better order tracking and notifications
- Bring back separate wishlists
- Add dark mode option
Thrift2U
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes frequently
- Checkout issues
- Incorrect item descriptions
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to track orders
- Improved inventory management
- Easier returns/refunds process
- Shipping cost transparency
In-app purchases
Amazon Shopping
- Audible Standard Monthly$9.991 Month
- Amazon Music Unlimited Individual$13.991 Month
- Audible Premium Monthly$15.991 Month
- 1 Audible Credit$15.99
Thrift2U
No in-app purchases









