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Head-to-head

Slickdeals vs Kohl's

Slickdeals 4.8★ · Free to download 70
Winner Slickdeals
Kohl's 4.8★ · Free to download 40

Slickdeals is better for finding a wide variety of deals across many retailers, while Kohl's is only useful for shopping at Kohl's and suffers from significant technical issues for many users.

Full reviews: Slickdeals · Kohl's

Slickdeals excels at aggregating deals from numerous retailers, helping users save money on diverse products, despite persistent app bugs and UI complaints. Kohl's app, while offering convenience for its store, is plagued by critical technical issues, including an inability to update or load content for many users, making it largely unusable for a significant portion of its customer base.

Head to head

Features & Deal Variety edge: SlickdealsR2R3R5R9
Slickdeals Slickdeals users praise the app for its ability to find a wide range of deals across various retailers, including Amazon, Lowe's, and Walmart, helping them save hundreds of dollars R2R5R17. However, some users note a disproportionate number of Amazon deals and question the reliability of deals from other retailers R3. Users also desire features like a 'thumb-down' or 'hide deal' button for personalization R9.
Kohl's Kohl's app offers features like in-store pickup, a scanner for price checks, and access to account information, rewards, Kohl's Cash, and coupons . However, users complain about the inability to filter out 'Marketplace' items which they perceive as lower quality , and issues with applying Kohl's Cash or promo codes . The app also lacks basic functionality like consistently displaying product reviews R61R66R72R76 and the ability to scan barcodes at home .
Ease of Use & UI edge: SlickdealsR1R4R6R16
Slickdeals Slickdeals users report significant frustration with recent UI changes, including a font that is too big, choppy scrolling, difficulty accessing categories, removal of search term deletion, and a cluttered search history R1R4R6R16. Some users find the website to be a better experience than the app R16.
Kohl's Kohl's app users face severe usability issues, with many reporting that the app is slow, lags, freezes, crashes, and is generally buggy R61. Specific complaints include blank screens when trying to read reviews, shopping carts emptying automatically, and filters not working correctly R61R72.
Reliability & Performance edge: SlickdealsR1R7R10R12
Slickdeals Slickdeals is criticized for numerous bugs, including listings not loading fully, comments not appearing, constant 'an error occurred' messages, and the app not loading at all R1R7R10. Users also report issues with automatic page refreshes that reset their position, accidental ad clicks, and the app being slow and draining battery R1R12R18.
Kohl's Kohl's app has critical reliability issues, with many users unable to use the app at all due to update loops or incompatibility with older iOS versions R62R64. Beyond update problems, the app is frequently reported as glitchy, freezing, crashing, and slow, making online shopping difficult or impossible R61.
Price/Value edge: SlickdealsR2R5R8R17
Slickdeals Slickdeals is highly valued for its ability to help users save significant amounts of money through deals, discounts, and free shipping offers R2R5R17. Users consider it the 'goat of deal websites' and a great way to save money R8.
Kohl's Kohl's users appreciate the discounts, Kohl's Cash, coupons, and special offers available through the app, which help them save money . However, some report issues with Kohl's Cash not applying correctly or sales prices not being honored .
Support & Privacy tieR1R18R38R46
Slickdeals Slickdeals users express frustration with the lack of developer response to long-standing bugs, such as auto-opening ads, which have been reported for years R1R18R38. There are also serious privacy concerns raised about the app collecting and selling user activity data R46.
Kohl's Kohl's users report poor customer service experiences, particularly when dealing with order issues or app glitches preventing the use of discounts . Many users are frustrated by the lack of support for older phones, effectively locking them out of the app R62R64R79.
Pick Slickdeals if

You want to find deals from a wide variety of retailers and are willing to tolerate some UI annoyances and occasional bugs to save money R2R5.

Pick Kohl's if

You primarily shop at Kohl's, have a newer phone that supports the latest app updates, and are looking for a convenient way to manage your Kohl's rewards and coupons .

Evidence note: Kohl's reviews are heavily skewed by a recent update that rendered the app unusable for many users with older phones, significantly impacting its perceived reliability and ease of use. This makes direct comparison on some dimensions challenging as many users cannot even access the app's core functionality.

Frequently asked

Why can't I use the Kohl's app on my phone?
Many users with older iPhones are unable to use the Kohl's app because a recent update requires iOS 17 or 18, which their devices cannot support R62R64R79R88.
Does Slickdeals have issues with ads?
Yes, Slickdeals users frequently report issues with ads automatically opening when scrolling, even without touching them, which has been a long-standing problem R1R18R34R38.
Can I read product reviews on the Kohl's app?
Many Kohl's app users report that product reviews do not load, showing a blank screen instead, making it difficult to research items R61R66R72R76.

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

  1. [R2] Slickdeals 5/5 · US Like deals?: Well this is the app for you I have save over 300 and that is within less than a couple of months on Amazon !!!
  2. [R3] Slickdeals 3/5 · US Okay: The listings need some moderation. The Amazon links seem to be the most reliable. Lowe’s and other retailer clearance deals are questionable.
  3. [R5] Slickdeals 5/5 · US Deals everywhere!: Slickdeals has already saved me hundreds on items that I’ve been wanting to get but wanted to wait for sales to get them. Love this app!!!!!
  4. [R9] Slickdeals 3/5 · US Should have thumb-down or X too: This app should have a thumb-down or a “hide-this” deal button so we don’t have to see the deals that we’re not interested in again.
  5. [R1] Slickdeals 1/5 · US Incompetent developers: Font is too big now and ads still open when you scroll on them. Also says “an error occurred” like all the time now. Good news is the app is almost at a CS senior design project level now. Also has extremely choppy scrolling App is now having an issue where nothing loads. Textbook Slickdeals quality That time of the year. Ads auto open to generate extra revenue. Devs said
  6. [R4] Slickdeals 1/5 · US Newest update makes app lousy: Why in the world would you remove the quick access to categories. People are not going to use the app if it becomes next to impossible to figure out how to see what they want to see. I’m still mind-blown that someone agreed to the current layout as being the best choice. This is wildly off.
  7. [R6] Slickdeals 3/5 · US Redesign not so slick: Monday, January 05, 2026 The redesign no longer allows you to delete previous search terms. If you make a spelling mistake, if you refine your search terms, all those previous searches stay in history. This got past the BAs, Developers, QAs and the executive team. They all saw this and did not one person speak up and say “this is bad”. They all thought giving everyone a
  8. [R16] Slickdeals 2/5 · US Getting worse. Website is better.: Every week it seems like they bury features more and more. Like the ability to just view one category. You have to go to search before you can then switch to category view. It’s better to just use the website for me. One less bloat app on my phone too worry about privacy
  9. [R7] Slickdeals 1/5 · US Bugs bugs bugs: When you click on a listing only the top half loads but not the comments then you have to go back out then back into the listing again 2 or 3 times before the comments load. This bug has existed for ages
  10. [R10] Slickdeals 1/5 · US Doesnt load: Doesnt load
  11. [R12] Slickdeals 3/5 · US Automatic Refresh: Overall I really like the Slickdeals app. But what I hate is the automatic refresh of the page/tab that you are looking on. For example you are scrolling through the deals on a page and lets say you are half way through or wherever you are on that page of deals and then you switch to a different app and then you switch back to the slickdeals app and now you are back at the top
  12. [R8] Slickdeals 5/5 · US Fabulous: It is the goat of deal websites
  13. [R17] Slickdeals 5/5 · US Great deals: My brother told me about this app and I’m having a great time. I’ve bought about 5 things now, taking advantage of the half off deals and free shipping as much as I can! Keep it up SD
  14. [R18] Slickdeals 3/5 · US Ads Auto Opening: You scroll through and touch an ad, it automatically opens. Obviously it’s generating more income because it shows that people are clicking on ads when they’re technically not. Happens so often. Additionally, it freezes up when scrolling vertically through the home pages and I have to close the app and reopen it. I’ve tried to delete the app and re-download it but it seems like
  15. [R38] Slickdeals 2/5 · US Auto opens ads in Safari: The app will auto open ads in Safari when you simply scroll vertically in a results page if your finger happens to scroll over the ad. This is extremely poor and unexpected user interaction. This issue hasn’t been fixed for years.
  16. [R46] Slickdeals 1/5 · US Privacy Nightmare: Look at what they collect and track. They sell your activity data and then you are on tons of lists for marketing ads, calls, emails, etc
  17. [R62] Kohl's 4/5 · US Help!: I’ve used the Kohls app for years. Loved using it. All of a sudden it tells me to update, so I did, won’t let me, says I need a 17 or higher phone?? I have an 8+. Disappointed that I couldn’t use for a 30% off on Sephora. I even tried deleting and reinstalling. Didn’t work. What can I do?
  18. [R64] Kohl's 1/5 · US Unable to use this app / no support for older phones: Your latest update requires iOS 18 or later. My iPhone 8 cannot update beyond iOS 16. You’ve rendered the app I’ve been using for years as now useless. Don’t tell me I need to buy a new phone. Any work around? Another version for us frugal shoppers who don’t need the latest phone?
  19. [R79] Kohl's 1/5 · US App no longer works on older phones: The latest update doesn’t work on an older phone, whether using the app or website.
  20. [R88] Kohl's 1/5 · US No longer works: Now that Kohl’s was chosen to replace their APP with a version that requires ISO 18.0, I am not able use the APP. Not every one has phones that can be updated. Kohl’s should have the old version available along with the latest and greatest.
  21. [R34] Slickdeals 1/5 · US Ads pop up automatically: ads are forced open while scrolling even if you do not touch it. very annoying.
  22. [R61] Kohl's 1/5 · US Always Glitching: It is infuriating to shop with this app. It constantly glitches. When I’m in the store for a pick up, it takes forever (and several closing out the app and reopening it) to get the location of my order. At home, it brings me to a blank screen when I want to read reviews. When I add things to my bag and am still working on making decisions, it automatically empties my bag with
  23. [R66] Kohl's 3/5 · US Reviews: You can never see the reviews on the app for some reason.
  24. [R72] Kohl's 3/5 · US No reviews?: Why don’t any of the reviews pop up? You click on the reviews of items and you get a blank page.
  25. [R76] Kohl's 1/5 · US Updates made it useless: After the most recent update, reviews are no longer visible and store/item locator just constantly says “Failed to load stores.”

Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store