Comparison

HomeGoods vs dear.

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

Head to head
About

HomeGoods

Easily manage your TJX Rewards, access and redeem gift cards digitally, and find store locations with hours and directions. Discover savings on unique home goods.

Highlights
  • Manage TJX Rewards digitally
  • Check points balance
  • Access TJX Rewards credit card
  • Upload and redeem gift cards
  • Scan gift cards in-store
  • Find nearby stores
  • Check store hours and get directions
Features
Currently charting
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Welcome to the HomeGoods app! You already love to save on amazing finds at HomeGoods. Now our updated app makes it even easier! Here’s how it works: Manage your Rewards - Explore our enhanced TJX Rewards experience! Now it’s easier than ever to access your earned Rewards Certificates digitally, check your points balance, manage your TJX Rewards credit card account on-the-go, and redeem your rewards in-store. Access Gift Cards Upload, buy, and scan to redeem in store. Yes, it’s that easy! Find Your Closest Store Get directions, check open hours, and more.

About

dear.

Digitally preserve and organize your cherished cards. Scan them to create a digital collection, sort by various criteria, and even generate PDFs. Never lose a memory again, even if you decide to discard the physical card.

Highlights
  • Scan and store cards digitally
  • Organize cards by year, event, or category
  • Create and share PDF collections
  • Edit card details and images
  • Create user profiles and card collections
Features
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Open a sweet birthday card and don’t know what to do with it? Throw it away? Keep it in a box under your bed where it’s never to be seen again? Organize and preserve those memories with dear. Scan and keep all your cards in one place. Organize cards by year, event, holiday, category, person, or any other way you can think of. Create and share PDFs for your scans. Now you don’t have to feel bad about tossing that birthday card from Aunt Sally. To get started begin with the following steps:   • Create a user profile   • Create your first card collection   • Create and scan your first cards   • Upload a collection image   • Edit a Card in the following ways:        • Scan new images        • Update the "from" field        • Update the description field Thank you for using dear. Please email support@thedearapp.com with feedback or any questions.

Screenshots

HomeGoods4 screens
dear.4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: dear. at 100% against HomeGoods's 6%. dear. also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.6) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). HomeGoods's advantage is ratings volume (2.1K vs 39) and chart position (#191 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

dear. holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HomeGoods has 2.1K ratings behind it against 39, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 6% of HomeGoods's written reviews are positive against 100% of dear.'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
HomeGoods versus dear.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHomeGoodsdear.
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.6 (2.1K ratings)5.0 (39 ratings) — better
Positive reviews6.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.1K — better39
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#191 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size124 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHomeGoodsdearly LLC

Customer experience

HomeGoods

All ratings2,124 ratings
Positive37.1%
Neutral7.6%
Negative55.3%
Written reviews151 reviews
Positive6.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative90.1%

dear.

All ratings40 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

HomeGoods

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • App crashes frequently
  • Login and store selection issues

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add online shopping and delivery options
  • Implement robust product search and browsing
  • Improve app usability and navigation

dear.

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

HomeGoods

No in-app purchases

None

dear.

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HomeGoods free?
HomeGoods is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is dear. free?
dear. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, HomeGoods or dear.?
dear. is rated higher. HomeGoods averages 2.6 out of 5 from 2.1K ratings, while dear. averages 5.0 from 39 ratings.
Do HomeGoods or dear. have ads?
Neither HomeGoods nor dear. shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HomeGoods or dear.?
HomeGoods ships an update every 2 months, and dear. every 2 months. Most recently, HomeGoods was updated on November 6, 2026 and dear. on November 3, 2026.

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