Northern Lights Pizza vs CACFP Shopper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Northern Lights Pizza
Order delicious pizzas, pastas, appetizers, desserts, and drinks for carryout or delivery. Customize your pizza with homemade dough, choice of sauces, and your favorite toppings. Browse the full menu and special offers directly from your iPhone.
- Browse full menu
- Place orders securely
- Carryout or delivery options
- Customizable pizza creations
- View special offers
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We offer a wide variety of pizza, pasta, appetizers, desserts & drinks for carryout or delivery! We start with our homemade pizza dough, choice of our zesty marinara or alfredo sauces and finally top your pizza creation with your favorite toppings. For full menu and special offers, please visit our website:www.northernlightspizza.com. We are locally owned and operated. We proudly serve the Des Moines, IA & Kansas City, MO areas. GREAT DEALS! GREAT MEALS! EVERYDAY!! Now you can browse our menu and securely place your order from your iPhone! Download and get started today! You will be prompted to opt-in or opt-out of push notifications upon the first app start up after download from Apple App Store to an iOS device. Once a selection has been made, any changes to push notifications preferences have to come from your device operating system settings.
CACFP Shopper
This tool helps users determine if food items are creditable for the CACFP program while shopping. It guides users through product questions and analyzes nutrition labels to identify eligible items and whole grain rich options.
- Determine creditable items while shopping
- Analyze nutrition labels for sugar requirements
- Identify whole grain rich options
- Store selected items in 'My List'
- Share shopping lists with teams
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The CACFP Shopper app is an interactive tool built by the Iowa Department of Education to determine creditable items while shopping in the store. It can be used by individuals in any US state, but if you have individual product questions be sure to check with your State Agency. In this app, just follow a series of questions about the products you see and the Shopper will tell you whether the item is creditable or whole grain rich. Some other notable features: - Enter a few numbers from the Nutrition Facts Label and find out whether a breakfast cereal or yogurt meets the sugar requirements. - Quickly get answers and make smart purchases with the CACFP Shopper. - Use the ‘My List’ feature to store information on items you have selected. - Keep the list for your next trip or share it with your team if someone else will be doing the shopping.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CACFP Shopper at 5.0 against Northern Lights Pizza's 4.5. CACFP Shopper also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Northern Lights Pizza's advantage is ratings volume (166 vs 3). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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.
CACFP Shopper holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Northern Lights Pizza has 166 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Northern Lights Pizza ships an update every 8 months, CACFP Shopper every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Northern Lights Pizza | CACFP Shopper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (166 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 166 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 7 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NLP, LLC (Apps) | Iowa Department of Education |
Customer experience
Northern Lights Pizza
CACFP Shopper
Bugs and requests
Northern Lights Pizza
Reported bugs
11 issues- App sends orders to wrong location
- App cancels orders and erases cart
- App/website does not allow half toppings
- Cannot create a password, shows error
- App is orphaned and does not work
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- App cannot find user's address (Google Maps error)
- App won't let user use saved credit card, shows error
- Email confirmation time estimate is way off
- App does not allow card transactions
- App crashes and UI is very buggy
- Trouble ordering plain breadsticks, pull down menu issue
Requested features
4 requests- Option to add more sides of marinara sauce
- Ability to do half toppings
- More options to edit an order
- Build your own slammich feature
CACFP Shopper
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Northern Lights Pizza
No in-app purchases
CACFP Shopper
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Northern Lights Pizza free?
Is CACFP Shopper free?
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Do Northern Lights Pizza or CACFP Shopper have ads?
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