Comparison

Northern Lights Pizza vs Ground Control OTF

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Browse full menu
  • Place orders securely
  • Carryout or delivery options
  • Customizable pizza creations
  • View special offers
Features
Read full description

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.

About

Ground Control OTF

Features
Read full description

On The Fly’s Ground Control is an easy to use application for employees to communicate with the On The Fly's point of sale system.  Whether is taking orders, line busting or managing tables, Ground Control puts the power of Point of Sale in any handheld device.  No need for extra expensive hardware - do it on your personal device.  This app only works if you have On The Fly POS services.

Screenshots

Northern Lights Pizza3 screens
Ground Control OTF4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Ground Control OTF at none against Northern Lights Pizza's shown. Ground Control OTF also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 8 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Northern Lights Pizza ships an update every 8 months, Ground Control OTF monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Northern Lights Pizza versus Ground Control OTF: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNorthern Lights PizzaGround Control OTF
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (166 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews72.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings166 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB27 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperNLP, LLC (Apps)KUBILABS LLC

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
Show 6 more
  • 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

Ground Control OTF

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Northern Lights Pizza

No in-app purchases

None

Ground Control OTF

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Northern Lights Pizza free?
Northern Lights Pizza is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ground Control OTF free?
Ground Control OTF is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Northern Lights Pizza or Ground Control OTF have ads?
Northern Lights Pizza shows ads; Ground Control OTF does not.
Which is updated more often, Northern Lights Pizza or Ground Control OTF?
Northern Lights Pizza ships an update every 8 months, and Ground Control OTF monthly. Most recently, Northern Lights Pizza was updated on October 24, 2026 and Ground Control OTF on October 13, 2026.

Other comparisons