Editor's Review
For anyone who follows sneaker restocks and end-of-season fashion sales, the problem is never a shortage of deals; it is that they sit scattered across dozens of retailer apps and social accounts. Dropsy, from BMR Group, pulls them into a single feed of releases and discounts.
The app is organised around drops and offers: upcoming releases with their dates, price cuts at the stores it tracks, and notifications timed so an alert arrives while sizes remain available. Browsing works by brand and category, and tapping through hands you to the retailer to complete the purchase.
A 4.0 rating over 500K+ installs points to something useful rather than flawless, and the usual limits of this category apply. Coverage depends on which shops the app follows, so a favourite boutique may simply be absent, and alerts are only as good as the feed behind them.
Features
One feed combining sneaker releases and fashion discounts
Notifications for upcoming drops and price cuts
Browsing by brand, category and store
Links straight through to the retailer to finish the order
Pros
Saves checking a dozen shop apps for the same information
Free to install and use
Cons
Coverage is limited to the stores and brands the app follows
Buying happens on the retailer's own site, so checkout speed is out of its hands
