Retrofête vs Garota
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Garota
Discover trendy fashion apparel from a Los Angeles-based brand with retail locations in Miami and Puerto Rico. This curated collection appeals to fashionistas seeking the latest styles.
- Fashion apparel store
- Trendy styles
- Curated collections
- Born in Los Angeles
- Retail stores in Miami and Puerto Rico
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Garota is a fashion apparel store born in Los Angeles with retail stores in Miami and Puerto Rico. The brand was funded by fashion influencer Carolina Silva and has gained popularity for its trendy style and curated collections that appeal fashionistas.
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Verdict
Retrofête and Garota both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Garota's written reviews are positive against 45% of Retrofête's. Garota also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). Retrofête's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (908 vs 8). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Retrofête against 5.0 for Garota. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Retrofête has 908 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 45% of Retrofête's written reviews are positive against 100% of Garota's.
Retrofête ships an update every 3 weeks, Garota every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Retrofête | Garota |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (908 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 908 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 186 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Retrofete Inc. | RAPID ACCELERATION INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED |
Customer experience
Retrofête
Garota
In-app purchases
Retrofête
No in-app purchases
Garota
No in-app purchases
