Comparison

Addlist vs Trade4

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Addlist

This app facilitates buying and selling through interest-based group chats. Engage in real-time conversations to negotiate deals and build trust within communities. It offers a safer, more engaging way to transact compared to traditional marketplaces.

Highlights
  • Community-powered commerce
  • Real-time chat negotiation
  • Trusted group interactions
  • PayPal integrated transactions
  • Smart niche discovery
  • Fun, conversational trading
Features
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Addlist — The Group Chat Marketplace Addlist is the marketplace app to buy and sell the things you love via group chat communities. Join interest-based groups, chat with the community, negotiate privately, and transact seamlessly - faster, safer, and more fun than traditional marketplaces. Built for the way people actually buy and sell today, Addlist is the first marketplace designed from the ground up for chat-first commerce. Whether you're flipping vintage gear, selling used tech, or hunting for hyper-niche collectibles, Addlist makes it easier to chat, trust, and trade in real time. Why Addlist? - Community-powered commerce: Conversations drive commerce. Join interest-based group chats where conversations are the marketplace. Chat in real time with buyers and sellers, negotiate deals, and build trust in one place. It’s like your favorite Snapchat or WhatsApp group — but for buying and selling. - Safer and easier: Addlist communities are built around real-time conversations, mutual visibility, and admin oversight. You're not just messaging strangers, you're interacting within trusted groups where reputations matter. Plus, all transactions on Addlist are made through PayPal - you'll need to link your PayPal account to buy or sell. This ensures both parties are protected with PayPal's buyer and seller safeguards. - Smart discovery: Easily explore niche groups and search product categories that match your passions, hobbies, or hustle. - Actually fun: No more stale listings and ghosted messages. Addlist is like hanging out in a group chat — except you’re making real money. - Free: No fees or commissions. Just join, chat, and sell smarter. Download Addlist and experience the future of peer-to-peer commerce — powered by community and conversation

About

Trade4

A local marketplace focused on trading items, tools, skills, and services instead of just buying and selling. Connect with nearby users, post offers with multiple photos, and build a trader profile. Find practical exchanges and make local trading easier.

Highlights
  • Post items, skills, and services
  • Browse local listings by category
  • Message users directly
  • Save listings
  • Build trader profile
  • Search for specific items
Features
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Trade4 is a local marketplace built for people who would rather trade than just buy and sell. Post items, tools, parts, equipment, skills, services, and cash-plus-trade offers. Browse local listings, message other users, save listings, build your trader profile, and find practical trades around you. Trade4 is designed for real-world traders, makers, mechanics, service providers, hobbyists, small businesses, and anyone with something useful to offer. What you can do with Trade4: • Post items, tools, parts, equipment, skills, services, and trade offers • Add multiple photos to help show what you have • Browse local listings by category • Search for specific items or services • Use ZIP-level distance to find nearby trades • Message users directly inside the app • Save listings you want to come back to • Build your profile with trader badges and reviews • Invite friends and grow the Trade4 marketplace Trade4 is built to make local trading easier, cleaner, and more focused than scrolling through unrelated marketplace posts. Whether you are looking to trade tools, parts, equipment, services, skills, or cash plus trade, Trade4 gives you a dedicated place to post and connect. TradeTokens may be used inside the app for optional features such as listing boosts or extra photos. TradeTokens have no cash value and are not legal tender. Trade4 does not inspect items, guarantee trades, verify every listing, provide payment protection, or act as a party to user-to-user transactions. Users are responsible for following all applicable laws, reviewing listings carefully, communicating safely, and making their own decisions before meeting, trading, buying, or selling. Please review Trade4’s Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, and Community Guidelines before using the app.

Screenshots

Addlist4 screens
Trade44 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Addlist at none against Trade4's 4. Trade4's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Trade4 sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Addlist asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Addlist against 5.0 for Trade4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Addlist ships an update weekly, Trade4 every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Addlist versus Trade4: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAddlistTrade4
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better2
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size109 MB39 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAddlist LimitedTanner Lavelle

Customer experience

Addlist

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Trade4

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Addlist

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Trade4

One-time4
  • Starter Pack$0.99
  • Trader Pack$1.99
  • Pro Trader Pack$4.99
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  • Pro Plus Trader Pack$9.99

Questions

Is Addlist free?
Addlist is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Trade4 free?
Trade4 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Addlist or Trade4?
Addlist and Trade4 are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Addlist or Trade4 have ads?
Neither Addlist nor Trade4 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Addlist or Trade4?
Addlist ships an update weekly, and Trade4 every 3 days. Most recently, Addlist was updated on October 24, 2026 and Trade4 on October 19, 2026.

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