JapanLA vs Sugoi Mart
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
JapanLA
Shop for unique merchandise directly from your mobile device. Discover new arrivals, promotions, and easily manage your orders. Never miss out on popular items with waitlist functionality.
- Browse new arrivals and promotions
- Easy ordering and checkout
- Waitlist items
- Email notifications for orders
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Welcome to the JapanLA App! The best way to shop with JapanLA on iOS! About Us: Features: - Browse all of our most recent arrivals and promotions - Easy ordering and checkout - Waitlist items and purchase them when they are back in stock - Email notification for order fulfillment and shipping
Sugoi Mart
Discover and shop for Japanese products with exclusive discounts and early access to new collections. Enjoy easy browsing, instant notifications for special offers, and a quick, secure checkout process for all your favorite items.
- Exclusive discounts
- Early access to launches
- New arrival browsing
- First-to-know notifications
- Secure and fast checkout
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Download the Sugoi Mart app to access exclusive discounts, early access to collection launches. Everything you love, right at your fingertips. EASY BROWSING Shop the freshest new arrivals across our entire catalog. EXCLUSIVE ACCESS Be first to know about exclusive offers and launches through first-to-know notifications and app-user-only early access. SECURE CHECKOUT IN A FLASH Tap, swipe, shop and secure your new products in an instant with our super easy checkout.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sugoi Mart at 5.0 against JapanLA's 3.6. Sugoi Mart also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 57%) and ratings volume (292 vs 19). JapanLA's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). 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.
Sugoi Mart holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sugoi Mart has 292 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of JapanLA's written reviews are positive against 75% of Sugoi Mart's.
JapanLA ships an update every 2 months, Sugoi Mart monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | JapanLA | Sugoi Mart |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (19 ratings) | 5.0 (292 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 19 | 292 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | L A Japan Inc | Bokksu |
Customer experience
JapanLA
Sugoi Mart
In-app purchases
JapanLA
No in-app purchases
Sugoi Mart
No in-app purchases
