Spare to Share vs ItemShare
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spare to Share
Connect with neighbors in your building or community to share skills, items, and activities. This platform facilitates easy selling or trading of goods like tools, tickets, or pet sitting services, fostering a more connected and neighborly environment.
- Private sharing network
- Connect with residents
- Share skills and items
- Sell or trade goods
- Facilitate pet sitting
- Build community
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Spare to Share is a private sharing and community network for residential, commercial buildings and other closed groups. We offer a fun and easy way for residents to connect and socialize through the sharing of skills, items and activities using our simple mobile and web platform. It’s an excellent way to share or sell all kinds of things including tools, tickets, a parking space and even pet sitting. We help make your building a little more neighborly and connected by enabling communication and sharing among residents.
ItemShare
Connect with neighbors to borrow and lend household items for free. Reduce waste, save money, and build community through a sharing economy. Access needed items without unnecessary purchases.
- Borrow items from neighbors
- Lend items to neighbors
- Free to use
- Rating system for trust
- In-app chat for coordination
- Community building
- Sustainability focus
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ItemShare makes it easy to borrow and lend everyday household items with people in your neighborhood for free. Need a drill for a one-time project, a folding table for a gathering, or camping gear for the weekend? Create a request and connect with people nearby who may already have what you need. With ItemShare, you can: • Request household items from people nearby • Offer an item in response to a neighbor’s request • Receive and manage offers in one place • Message other users to coordinate pickup and return • Save money by borrowing instead of buying • Reduce unnecessary purchases and keep useful items in use longer ItemShare does not charge users to borrow or lend. Our goal is to make neighborhood sharing simple, accessible, and sustainable. Whether you need something briefly or have an item sitting unused, ItemShare helps neighbors help one another while saving money, reducing clutter, and building stronger local connections.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Spare to Share at every 3 months against ItemShare's every 18 months. 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Spare to Share against 5.0 for ItemShare. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 5 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Spare to Share ships an update every 3 months, ItemShare every 18 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spare to Share | ItemShare |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 18 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SparetoShare | ItemShare LLC |
Customer experience
Spare to Share
ItemShare
In-app purchases
Spare to Share
No in-app purchases
ItemShare
No in-app purchases
Questions
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