Northern Lights Pizza vs What Dak
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.
What Dak
Easily order Korean fried chicken ahead of time to skip the wait. View menu details, track your order in real-time, and manage your account with reward balances and order history.
- Order ahead for quick pickup
- View detailed menu items
- Track orders in real-time
- Receive readiness notifications
- Check reward balances
- Access order history
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Order Ahead Order ahead and get your food without the wait! Menu Details Check the status of all dishes and place your order. My Orders Track your Orders and get real-time notifications your order is ready! My Account Check your Reward Balance, Order History and more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: What Dak at none against Northern Lights Pizza's shown. What Dak also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 8 months) and rating (4.9 vs 4.5). Northern Lights Pizza's advantage is ratings volume (166 vs 13). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
What Dak holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Northern Lights Pizza has 166 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Northern Lights Pizza ships an update every 8 months, What Dak monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Northern Lights Pizza | What Dak |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (166 ratings) | 4.9 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 166 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NLP, LLC (Apps) | PEBLLA, INC |
Customer experience
Northern Lights Pizza
What Dak
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
What Dak
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Northern Lights Pizza
No in-app purchases
What Dak
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Northern Lights Pizza free?
Is What Dak free?
Which has better reviews, Northern Lights Pizza or What Dak?
Do Northern Lights Pizza or What Dak have ads?
Which is updated more often, Northern Lights Pizza or What Dak?
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