Comparison

Trade4 vs melo

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

Head to head
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.

About

melo

Discover and purchase items from local businesses in your neighborhood. Browse products, add them to your cart, and complete your purchase quickly for same-day pickup. Support local commerce with ease.

Highlights
  • Shop local businesses
  • Browse neighborhood products
  • Add to cart
  • Fast checkout
  • Same-day pickup
  • List products for free (for businesses)
Features
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Description: melo lets you shop from local businesses near you and pick up the same day. Browse products from stores in your neighborhood, add to cart, and checkout in seconds. Simple. Local. Yours. As a business: List your products for free and start selling to people nearby. melo — keep it local.

Screenshots

Trade44 screens
melo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: melo at none against Trade4's 4. melo also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 days). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Trade4 sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. melo 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 Trade4 against 5.0 for melo. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Trade4 ships an update every 3 days, melo daily. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Trade4 versus melo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrade4melo
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTanner LavelleNoah Mitnick

Customer experience

Trade4

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

melo

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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
None

melo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Trade4 free?
Trade4 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is melo free?
melo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Trade4 or melo?
Trade4 and melo are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Trade4 or melo have ads?
Neither Trade4 nor melo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Trade4 or melo?
Trade4 ships an update every 3 days, and melo daily. Most recently, Trade4 was updated on October 19, 2026 and melo on October 28, 2026.

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