thrifter vs Conscious
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
thrifter
This app offers a streamlined platform for buying and selling pre-owned clothing. It aims to make secondhand shopping more efficient and appealing to a modern audience, addressing common frustrations for both buyers and sellers.
- Buy and sell secondhand clothing
- Streamlined listing process
- Improved bundling options
- Transparent pricing
- User profiles
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most resale apps were built for your grandpa -- thrifter is built for us. secondhand is growing fast fashion is growing faster if resale is not easier and more efficient, we fall behind thrifter is the new way to buy and sell secondhand. built for sellers tired of: • outdated bundling • non-binding offers • confusing fees built for buyers who want: • better bundle deals • simple, transparent pricing give us 5 swipes list your first item build your thrifter profile let’s end fast fashion.
Conscious
Discover the ethical impact of companies with detailed breakdowns on environmental, human, and transparency factors. Explore organized campaigns and join boycotts that align with your values, all while seeing the sources behind every score.
- Company ethics ratings
- Environmental impact scores
- Human impact scores
- Transparency breakdowns
- Boycott campaigns
- Parent company ownership
- Community reactions
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Conscious Spend helps you understand the real-world impact of companies. Search any brand to see an overall grade along with detailed breakdowns across Environmental Impact, Human Impact, and Transparency. Each profile includes green flags and red flags, parent company ownership, company certifications, and recent news so you can stay informed on what's happening right now. You can also explore the sources behind every score, giving you full transparency into how each grade is determined. Conscious Spend also helps you turn your values into action with Boycotts. Explore organized campaigns around causes like Palestine, Sudan, ICE divestment, and corporate ethics, and see every company involved in one place. Each listing is attributed to the advocacy organization that named it, along with its stated reason and cited sources, so you always know where the information comes from. Discover the everyday brands tied to parent companies on a list, join the boycotts that matter to you, and keep track of them all in My Boycotts. You can also react alongside the community to see how others feel about a brand, and share campaigns to spread the word. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
thrifter and Conscious both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 97% of thrifter's written reviews are positive against 49% of Conscious's. thrifter also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). Conscious's advantage is chart position (#16 vs unranked). On price, rating, 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. Conscious sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. thrifter asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for thrifter against 4.8 for Conscious. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 456 and 655 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 97% of thrifter's written reviews are positive against 49% of Conscious's.
thrifter ships an update every 2 days, Conscious weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | thrifter | Conscious |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (456 ratings) — better | 4.8 (655 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 96.9% of reviews — better | 48.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 456 | 655 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #16 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 160 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sachin Muralidhar | Farran Ventures LLC |
Customer experience
thrifter
Conscious
In-app purchases
thrifter
No in-app purchases
Conscious
- Member Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Member Yearly3 Days trial$34.991 Year









