Middlesex Textiles vs Empire Textiles
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Middlesex Textiles
Discover a wide array of high-quality West African fabrics, including Swiss Voile, lace, brocades, and wax prints. Enjoy competitive prices and worldwide delivery, with select orders eligible for free shipping. New designs are added weekly to keep your collection fresh.
- Diverse West African fabric selection
- Swiss Voile, lace, brocades, wax prints
- Competitive pricing
- Worldwide delivery
- Free shipping on select orders
- Weekly new design updates
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Middlesex Textiles, your premier destination for exquisite West African fabrics! Explore our diverse selection, including Swiss Voile, Voile Lace, Organza, lace embroideries, brocades, Holland/Dutch Wax prints, Super Wax, Georges, and headties. Our London flagship store is renowned for top-quality West African fabrics at unbeatable prices. With worldwide delivery available, and select orders qualifying for complimentary shipping, we make our exceptional fabrics accessible to all. - With the largest stocks of West African and Nigerian-inspired fabrics in the country, we refresh our collection weekly with new designs. Visit us often to discover stunning textiles and voile lace products at incredible prices.
Empire Textiles
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Empire Textiles is the UK's largest dedicated West African textiles store. With our 6000 square foot store on Middlesex Street, at the heart of London's vibrant West African textiles centre. We provide wholesale West African Fabric. We have a huge range of West African Swiss Lace, Swiss Voile, Brocade, Wax prints, Georges, Head ties, and other fabulous fabrics and welcome hundreds of retail customers, textile retailers, and fashion buyers every day. With over 40 years of collective experience as a West African textiles retailer in the UK, our team is committed to supplying each customer with the perfect fabrics for their needs at great prices, and when required, we can produce most designs displayed on our website as a Uniform for your special occasion. In addition to our extensive range of West African textiles, we also carry a large range of fine Italian matching shoe and bag sets sourced from Italy's most prominent designers. Terms of use: https://www.empiretextiles.com/terms-and-conditions.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Empire Textiles at 13.0 against Middlesex Textiles's 15.6. On price, update cadence, 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.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Middlesex Textiles | Empire Textiles |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Joseph | Exceed IT Systems Ltd |
In-app purchases
Middlesex Textiles
No in-app purchases
Empire Textiles
No in-app purchases
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