Collabs vs Rakuten
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Collabs
This invite-only app helps creators maximize earnings from brand partnerships. It provides tools for content planning, insights into top-selling products, and seamless management of brand collaborations and payouts. Drive sales and unlock exclusive incentives.
- Brand partnership management
- Content planning insights
- Sales analytics
- Product collection organization
- Gift management
- Payout tracking
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The invite-only brand partnership app. Smarter tools, better insights, and more money from your partnerships. Approved for a partnership by a Shopify brand? Download the Collabs app to help you earn more. You’re the future of shopping—now get paid like it. Grow your brand partnerships • Decide what to post next with insights like your top sellers and key alerts from brands you’re working with. • Get invited to earn more from current brand partners and new Shopify brands. • As you drive sales, unlock higher incentives and gifts. Optimize workflows • Organize your favorite products into collections. Easily grab the details when you’re asked for a relink. • Receive gifts from your brand partners seamlessly. No back and forth conversation required. Track results • Understand what’s working with detailed sales analytics. Since we power every storefront, you can trust the stats. • Manage your cash flow with clear upcoming payouts.
Rakuten
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Introducing Rakuten Link Builder by Rakuten Advertising! Designed for today’s creators, influencers, and publishers, Rakuten Link Builder gives you the flexibility to monetize your content from anywhere. Effortlessly create deep links for partnered brands, helping you earn commissions with speed and ease. This streamlined tool empowers you to create sharable links at any time, ensuring you never miss an earning opportunity. SAVE TIME: Quickly create affiliate links from your phone, copied to your clipboard. LINK ON-THE-GO: Find products while browsing an advertiser’s website or app and generate a link. EARN COMMISSION QUICKLY: Drive earnings as you share monetizable links with your audience in real time.
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Verdict
Collabs and Rakuten are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
| Parameter | Collabs | Rakuten |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (340 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 26.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 340 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shopify Inc. | Rakuten Marketing LLC |
In-app purchases
Collabs
No in-app purchases
Rakuten
No in-app purchases









