FWRD vs Retrofête
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FWRD
Discover curated luxury fashion from exclusive designers for men and women. Shop apparel, bags, jewelry, accessories, and beauty in an elevated online shopping experience.
- Curated designer collections
- Luxury apparel
- Designer bags
- Jewelry and accessories
- Beauty products
- Elevated shopping experience
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FWRD (FWRD.com) welcomes Kendall Jenner as its new Creative Director. FWRD is the premiere online destination for women's and men's luxury designer apparel, bags, jewelry, accessories, and beauty. A fashion platform with online credibility and boutique sensibility, FWRD creates a elevated shopping experience by showcasing curated collections from an exclusive roster of designers.
Retrofête
Discover high contemporary fashion inspired by vintage glamour and modern trends. This label offers a "more-is-more" aesthetic, blending sequins, denim, and silk for confident, sexy styles that blur the line between day and night.
- Vintage-inspired designs
- Modern contemporary fashion
- Sequined apparel
- Denim and silk silhouettes
- Day-to-night aesthetic
- Confident and sexy styles
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A nod to the glamour and exuberance of decades past, the New York-based label takes its name from a melding of synonyms for “vintage” and “party.” Enlivened with “more-is-more” energy, Retrofête blurs the line between day and night, creating a life-of-the-party aesthetic within each design. The iridescence of the sequins, modern meets vintage denim, and sophisticated silk silhouettes—each detail elevates a feeling of nostalgia with a fashion forward take on confident and sexy styles.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Retrofête at none against FWRD's shown. Retrofête also leads on monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). FWRD's advantage is review sentiment (70% vs 45%) and ratings volume (9K vs 822). On price, rating, update cadence 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for FWRD against 4.9 for Retrofête. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FWRD has 9K ratings behind it against 822, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 70% of FWRD's written reviews are positive against 45% of Retrofête's.
FWRD ships an update monthly, Retrofête every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FWRD | Retrofête |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (9K ratings) | 4.9 (822 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.4% of reviews — better | 45.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9K — better | 822 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Eminent, Inc. | Retrofete Inc. |
Customer experience
FWRD
Retrofête
In-app purchases
FWRD
No in-app purchases
Retrofête
No in-app purchases
