Thrive Driver vs ezCater for Restaurants
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Thrive Driver
This app assists restaurant delivery drivers in managing their orders. It provides features like viewing assigned orders, integrated navigation, direct calling, arrival time logging, and digital customer signatures with tip recording.
- View assigned orders
- Native navigation
- Native calling
- Record arrival times
- Digital customer signatures
- Digital tip entry and storage
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Drive delivery app works in conjunction with the Thrive POS systems to help restaurant delivery drivers manage their orders. View assigned orders, native navigation, native calling , record arrival times, and allow customers to sign for their orders & enter and store tips digitally.
ezCater for Restaurants
This app helps restaurants and delivery drivers manage catering orders and deliveries efficiently. It provides real-time order visibility, payout tracking, and delivery instructions to streamline operations and improve customer experiences.
- View and manage all restaurant locations
- Real-time order visibility
- Track past and upcoming payouts
- View upcoming deliveries and instructions for drivers
- Receive timely notifications
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ezCater for Restaurants makes it easy for restaurants and drivers to view and manage their ezCater orders and deliveries, with features that let you plan, view, execute, and streamline everything, helping to create a better experience for you and customers. Provides operator visibility Restaurant operators can view and manage all their locations in one place. Keeps orders in good order With ezCater orders viewable in real time, restaurants can stay organized and efficient. Shows you the money Operators can keep track of all past and upcoming payouts. Helps drivers stay on track Drivers see upcoming deliveries and drop-off instructions, and can provide tracking updates. Keeps everyone in the loop Timely notifications keep operators and drivers informed without having to constantly check the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ezCater for Restaurants at 2.8 against Thrive Driver's 1.6. ezCater for Restaurants also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 13 months) and ratings volume (77 vs 7). Thrive Driver's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ezCater for Restaurants holds the better App Store score, 2.8 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ezCater for Restaurants has 77 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 30% of Thrive Driver's written reviews are positive against 24% of ezCater for Restaurants's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Thrive Driver ships an update every 13 months, ezCater for Restaurants every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Thrive Driver | ezCater for Restaurants |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.6 (7 ratings) | 2.8 (77 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 30.0% of reviews — better | 23.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 77 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 145 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Diamond Touch, Inc. | ezCater, Inc. |
Customer experience
Thrive Driver
ezCater for Restaurants
In-app purchases
Thrive Driver
No in-app purchases
ezCater for Restaurants
No in-app purchases
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