Shorewest vs PhlatFile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shorewest
Discover active, sold, and open houses in your area instantly. Explore market trends, detailed listing history, and nearby amenities. Save favorites and receive notifications for market changes.
- Find active, sold, and open houses
- View market trends and statistics
- Access listing and tax history
- Search by location, employers, schools
- Save and share favorite listings
- Receive market change notifications
- Draw custom search areas
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Find nearby active, sold an open houses in seconds. - View the latest market trends and statistics - Deep data includes listing and tax history - "Jump to" any location, including employers, schools, cities, zip codes and addresses - Enjoy the beautiful new photo gallery - Save and share favorite listings and searches. - Stay on top of market changes with notifications - Refine your search with a text library - Draw your market - Nearby amenities - View changes in your saved searches, hot sheet style - Faster than ever.
PhlatFile
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PhlatFile is the ultimate tool for concert poster collectors. Photograph your posters, and our AI automatically identifies the band, venue, date, and artist. Build and manage your collection, track what you own, what you want, and what you're willing to trade. Features: • AI-powered poster recognition — snap a photo and we do the rest • Browse a growing catalog of concert posters • Track your collection with details like edition, condition, and value • Mark posters for sale or trade • Public profile to showcase your collection
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PhlatFile at 5.0 against Shorewest's 2.1. PhlatFile also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). Shorewest's advantage is ratings volume (69 vs 1). 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.
PhlatFile holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shorewest has 69 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Shorewest ships an update every 6 weeks, PhlatFile every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shorewest | PhlatFile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (69 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 12.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 69 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Virtual Properties | Steven Bartmann |
In-app purchases
Shorewest
No in-app purchases
PhlatFile
No in-app purchases
