NFS vs Small Business Startup
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NFS
Access up-to-date franchise listings and detailed business information on your Apple device. This app provides custom search filters by region or brand, along with contact and service details for franchise opportunities.
- Up-to-date franchised business listings
- Detailed franchise information
- Custom search by region or brand
- Contact and services information
- Fast new user registration
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National Franchise Sales, America's leading Franchise Resale Specialist, introduces the iPhone application for NFS. This new and innovative app allows you fast and easy access to the most up-to-date franchise listings from your iPhone or iPad. This easy to use application also allows users to view National Franchise Sales listings, services and contact information. Quick and easy access from your Apple device for FREE! Visit www.nationalfranchisesales.com! Since its founding in 1978, National Franchise Sales has become the industry leader in franchise business brokerage and investment banking, by successfully assisting franchisees and franchisors in the acquisition and sale of their businesses. Now you have access to the National Franchise Sales knowledge and expertise right in the palm of your hand! Key Features: - Up-to-date franchised business listings: View updated listings about franchised businesses for sale throughout the nation. - Readily available franchise details including business address, franchise information, lease information, and more! - Custom Search: Filter your listings search results by region or brand. - National Franchise Sales contact and services information. - Fast and simple new user registration from your Apple device! If you have any questions or would like to leave feedback, please send us an email at nfs@nationalfranchisesales.com * We hope you enjoy using NFS app by National Franchise Sales!
Small Business Startup
Discover hundreds of business opportunities in your region. Take a quiz to get personalized matches based on your preferences and compare business ideas. Contact businesses directly through the app to start your journey to ownership.
- Hundreds of business opportunities
- Personalized quiz matching
- Compare business ideas
- Direct contact with businesses
- Regional opportunity search
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Ready to start your own business? Be sure to research franchises for sale! Franchises are one of the most popular kinds of small business startup across the U.S. The Small Business Startup app features 100s of business opportunities available in your region. Start with our quick quiz, and we will match you with the most popular opportunities, based on your choices compared with other entrepreneurs just like you. Compare business ideas, choose YOUR favorites, and contact business directly through the app - it's that easy! Try this free app today, and start your journey to business ownership.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Small Business Startup at 4.2 against NFS's 3.0. Small Business Startup also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 17 months) and ratings volume (20 vs 2). NFS's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, review sentiment, 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.
Small Business Startup holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Small Business Startup has 20 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of NFS's written reviews are positive against 73% of Small Business Startup's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
NFS ships an update every 17 months, Small Business Startup every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NFS | Small Business Startup |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 4.2 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 72.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 20 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 17 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | National Franchise Sales | Franchise Ventures LLC |
Customer experience
NFS
Small Business Startup
In-app purchases
NFS
No in-app purchases
Small Business Startup
No in-app purchases
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