Selleb vs FWD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Selleb
This platform allows users to create a "taste timeline" based on their purchases, reflecting their identity. Discover new items and connect with others who share similar taste profiles, fostering both similarity and divergence in recommendations.
- Purchase-based identity reflection
- Taste timeline creation
- Connect with similar taste profiles
- Discover new items
- Social recommendations
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At Selleb, we’re building the future of discovery. We are a platform where your purchases reflect your identity, and your receipts are the key to unlocking a world tailored just for you. No more pie-in-the-sky wishlists created by your friends, “eligible for commission” TikTok recs that arouse suspicion, or the endless IG scroll of hyper-unrealistic posts. You can join the app to create your “taste timeline” and also connect with others with similar taste profiles who might just introduce you to things you’ve never thought of. Come for similarity; stay for divergence.
FWD
This social system is designed around people, allowing you to build an ecosystem of friends, communities, and organizations. Activate your relationships by 'Shouting' for help or offering your own knowledge and resources to strengthen connections and create new possibilities.
- Organize around people
- Build friend ecosystems
- Create communities and organizations
- Activate relationships with 'Shout'
- Share knowledge and resources
- Discover new people and opportunities
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FWD: Organize Your World Around People, Not Content Relationships are among the most powerful forces shaping our success, effectiveness, capabilities, and happiness. Yet the technology we use every day is largely organized around content and conversations—not the relationships that make life possible. FWD is a new social system built around people. Create your own ecosystem of friends, communities, and organizations. Organize your world around the people who matter to you and the many connections, knowledge, and resources they bring with them. Activate your relationships. When you need something, Shout to the people and organizations in your ecosystem who can help. Reach beyond your immediate circle to discover new people, useful resources, and opportunities you might not find on your own. Help and be helped. Share knowledge, offer resources, make introductions, and connect people to opportunities. Every exchange has the potential to strengthen relationships, build trust, and create new possibilities for everyone involved. Your world extends beyond the people you already know. FWD helps you organize those connections and activate their potential. Step into a powerful exchange of knowledge, resources, connections, and help that moves you—and your ecosystem—forward.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: FWD at every 3 days against Selleb's monthly. FWD also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). Selleb's advantage is ratings volume (73 vs 6). On price, review sentiment, 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.
FWD holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Selleb has 73 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of Selleb's written reviews are positive against 100% of FWD's.
Selleb ships an update monthly, FWD every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Selleb | FWD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (73 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 94.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 73 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 265 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Selleb, Inc. | SwipeFWD |
Customer experience
Selleb
FWD
Bugs and requests
Selleb
Reported bugs
2 issues- Infinite loop when trying to access the app
- Compatibility issues with older devices
Requested features
2 requests- Option to upload receipt screenshots instead of email access
- Ability to turn off notifications without rendering the app unusable
FWD
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Selleb
No in-app purchases
FWD
No in-app purchases








