Swapt vs needthat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Swapt
Connect with local traders to swap items through a fun, intuitive swiping interface. Negotiate offers by adding or removing items, and arrange safe meetups with optional safety features. Discover trades in your area and from friends.
- Swipe to trade items
- Negotiate offers with item adjustments
- Optional safety timer and emergency contact
- Explore local and friends' trading feeds
- Direct trading without matching
- User-friendly search and friend requests
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Introducing Swapt, your go-to local trading hub! Connect with nearby traders by swiping left or right on items you love or pass. It's a match? Time to trade! Negotiate seamlessly: Add or subtract items to craft the perfect offer. Send it, and if they accept, it's a deal! Set the time and place to meet up. Safety First: Use our optional safety feature. Input your name and emergency contact. During a trade, start the safety timer. If you don't respond, your location is sent to your emergency contact. Explore Local Feeds: Discover public trades in your area. Follow friends and see their trades in the Friends Feed. User-Friendly Search: Find anyone by username, send friend requests, and explore their items. Directly offer without the need for a match! Why Swapt? Effortless Swiping: Trade with a simple left or right swipe. Flexible Offers: Customize offers by adjusting items. Secure Trades: Safety features for worry-free meetups. Community Vibes: Explore local and friends' trades. Direct Trading: Connect with anyone and make offers without matching. Start trading smarter, safer, and simpler with Swapt. Your items, your trades, your way. Download now!
needthat
A college marketplace app for students to buy, sell, lend, borrow, and request items. It aims to provide a platform for frugal students to trade goods within their community, bypassing expensive retail prices.
- Buy items from other students
- Sell items to other students
- Lend items to peers
- Borrow items when needed
- Request specific items
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Need That! Buy, Sell, Lend, Borrow, Request-the College Marketplace you deserve. Just because we have limited budgets does not mean our budgets should limit us. As frugal college students we can't splurge $100 for a textbook or $60 for those pants you someone wearing in your dorm. We need that marketplace where we can trade our stuff with the people around us. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to needthat.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: needthat at daily against Swapt's every 3 weeks. Swapt's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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.
Swapt holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 10 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Swapt ships an update every 3 weeks, needthat daily. The most recent releases landed on June 7, 2026 and June 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Swapt | needthat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better | 4.6 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Olsonify, LLC | Lorcan Cheng |
Customer experience
Swapt
needthat
In-app purchases
Swapt
No in-app purchases
needthat
No in-app purchases
