Giftit vs RateStars
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Giftit
This app helps you discover what friends and family want for gifts without spoiling surprises. Create collaborative wishlists, track important dates, and get AI-powered suggestions to make gift-giving easy and enjoyable.
- AI-powered interest discovery
- Anonymous friend messaging
- Collaborative wishlists
- Event tracking (birthdays)
- Stress-free gift curation
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Giftit is a social gifting app revolutionizing gift-giving. It features Sherlock, an AI chatbot that anonymously messages friends to discover their current interests without spoiling the surprise. The app allows users to create collaborative wishlists with friends and family, making it easy to curate and share desired gifts. Additionally, Giftit tracks important events like birthdays, ensuring you never miss an opportunity to give a thoughtful gift. It's an all-in-one platform designed to make gifting a delightful and stress-free experience.
RateStars
This social platform allows users to rate and discuss influential figures, from celebrities to politicians. Explore real-time social feeds and public sentiment to understand how the world perceives key personalities.
- Rate influential figures
- Live social feeds
- Public opinion tracking
- Follow celebrities and politicians
- Explore global sentiment
- User-driven discussions
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RateStars. Infrastructure for understanding reputation and public opinion in real time. News happens. People react. Opinions change. RateStars makes that change visible. Follow the people shaping politics, sports, entertainment, business, culture, and the internet. See what people think of them today — and how that changes tomorrow. A headline tells you what happened. RateStars shows you how it affected public opinion. Follow the latest stories, watch reputation move, and discover which moments actually change how people see someone. Rate the people you know. Change your rating when your opinion changes. Join the conversation and see how your view compares with others. Explore public opinion by country, age, and other demographics. Earn RS Points for participating and use them to boost your posts and reach more people. Rate the world. See what moves it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: RateStars at none against Giftit's shown. Giftit's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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 — 5.0 for Giftit against 5.0 for RateStars. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Giftit ships an update every 3 days, RateStars every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Giftit | RateStars |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Bloom Labs, Incorporated | Artene Media Group LLC |
Customer experience
Giftit
RateStars
In-app purchases
Giftit
No in-app purchases
RateStars
No in-app purchases
