Shampoo. vs Pops
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shampoo.
Connect with people who share your specific cultural tastes in movies, books, music, and places. This app focuses on deep interests to foster more natural and aligned connections, moving beyond broad categories.
- Connect based on niche cultural tastes
- Focus on specific films, books, music, places
- Daily curated matches
- Reduces endless swiping
- Facilitates natural conversations
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Ever wished Spotify or Letterboxd had a dating mode? Meet people who share your niche cultural taste. Most dating apps ask about broad interests like “movies,” “music,” or “travel.” But those labels say very little about who someone really is. What creates real alignment are the specifics — the particular film by your favorite director that you can rewatch endlessly, the novel you still think about years later, the album you always return to, or the place you like to go because the people there somehow feel like your kind of crowd. When two people genuinely care about the same films, books, music, or places, meeting tends to feel smoother and more natural. There’s less guessing, fewer mismatches, and fewer moments of wondering whether you’re really on the same wavelength. Shampoo was built for those kinds of connections. Instead of endless swiping, your specific cultural tastes do the filtering first. Every day, you’ll meet two people who share your taste — so when you start talking, it already feels like you’re coming from the same place. --- Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Pops
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When there's something you long to say, a thought that seeks another mind, or a question still forming, blow a bubble. In a bubble floating with keywords designated just for you for the day, become someone both nowhere and everywhere, and share your echo with a perfect stranger.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pops at none against Shampoo.'s 13. Shampoo.'s advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. Shampoo. sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Pops asks for nothing beyond the download.
Shampoo. ships an update fortnightly, Pops weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shampoo. | Pops |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 80.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.2 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 91 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Dare Inc. | Tipberg LLC |
In-app purchases
Shampoo.
- Shampoo+ Weekly Subscription$6.997 Days
- Shampoo+ Monthly Subscription$12.991 Month
- Shampoo+ Monthly Subscription$17.991 Month
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- Shampoo+ Yearly Subscription$69.991 Year
- 4 Bubbles$3.99
- Get 50% off your first purchase$3.99
- 8 Bubbles$5.99
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- 8 Bubbles$7.49
- 12 Bubbles$9.99
- 30% special offer$10.49
- 40 Bubbles$29.99
- 80 Bubbles$44.99
- 180 Bubbles$99.99
Pops
No in-app purchases









