River Island vs MALLET.
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
River Island
Shop the latest fashion for men, women, and kids from a popular brand. Get exclusive online offers, save favorite items, and choose your preferred delivery day for a seamless shopping experience.
- Access latest styles
- Online exclusives notifications
- Save favorite items to Wishlist
- Seamless cross-device shopping
- Nominated Day Delivery
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The River Island app lets you access the best of the brand you love, anytime and anywhere. With just a few taps, you’ll have the hottest new styles on their way to you, on the day of your choice. No need to look elsewhere, with must have fashion for men, women and kids, all in one place! More Island perks: - Notifications let you see online exclusives before anyone else. - The Wishlist saves your favourite items until you’re ready to checkout. - Bag Merge gives you a seamless shopping experience across devices - Nominated Day Delivery lets you choose the best time to receive your order
MALLET.
Discover the latest premium footwear and exclusive releases from a London-based brand. This app offers a smooth browsing experience with powerful search and filtering, plus a streamlined checkout process. Save items for later and view prices in your local currency.
- Browse latest drops
- Exclusive app-only releases
- Intuitive browsing
- Powerful search and filtering
- Streamlined checkout
- Save items for later
- Local currency pricing
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Introducing the Mallet app for the latest premium footwear and exclusive releases. Mallet is a London based premium footwear label. Browse latest drops, and exclusive app only releases, quick and easy-to-use app for iPhone and iPad. Mallet Footwear app features - Smooth, intuitive browsing - Powerful search and filtering - Streamlined checkout including Apple Pay - Save items for later - See prices in your local currency
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: River Island at 1.6K against MALLET.'s 5. MALLET.'s advantage is review sentiment (82% vs 71%). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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.
MALLET. holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: River Island has 1.6K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of River Island's written reviews are positive against 82% of MALLET.'s.
River Island ships an update every 5 weeks, MALLET. monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | River Island | MALLET. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.6K ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.1% of reviews | 81.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.6K — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 89 MB | 74 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | River Island | Mallet.Footwear |
Customer experience
River Island
MALLET.
Bugs and requests
River Island
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes when viewing item details
- Incorrect pricing and stock information
- Inability to complete purchases due to technical issues
Requested features
5 requests- Currency conversion option
- Wishlist and stock notification features
- Improved search and filtering capabilities
- Free returns and exchanges
- Seamless integration between app and website
MALLET.
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
River Island
No in-app purchases
MALLET.
No in-app purchases
