Northern Lights Pizza vs Confluence Brewing
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.
Confluence Brewing
Access exclusive memberships, special perks, and stay updated with events and taplists. This app provides a convenient way to connect with the brewing company, shop their offerings, and earn rewards.
- Membership access
- Special perks
- Taplist
- Shop
- Events calendar
- Rewards program
- Notifications
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Download the Confluence Brewing Company app for access to our memberships & special perks! With the Confluence Brewing Company app you will find: - Taplist - Shop - Newsletter - Events - Membership - Notifications - Rewards - Taproom Information Stay connected to Confluence Brewing Company! Check out our taplist, see what events are upcoming, join one of our memberships, and receive exclusive offers & special perks all in one place!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Confluence Brewing at 5.0 against Northern Lights Pizza's 4.5. Confluence Brewing also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 8 months). Northern Lights Pizza's advantage is ratings volume (166 vs 1). On price, 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.
Confluence Brewing 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 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Northern Lights Pizza ships an update every 8 months, Confluence Brewing every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Northern Lights Pizza | Confluence Brewing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (166 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 166 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | NLP, LLC (Apps) | Confluence Brewing |
Customer experience
Northern Lights Pizza
Confluence Brewing
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
Confluence Brewing
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Northern Lights Pizza
No in-app purchases
Confluence Brewing
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Northern Lights Pizza free?
Is Confluence Brewing free?
Which has better reviews, Northern Lights Pizza or Confluence Brewing?
Do Northern Lights Pizza or Confluence Brewing have ads?
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