Comparison

Thrive vs Sidewalk

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

Head to head
About

Thrive

Easily browse and order food from your workplace's connected menus. Customize your meals, order ahead for convenient pickup, and enjoy secure payments. Reorder past favorites or use Scan & Pay for grab-and-go items.

Highlights
  • Connect to workplace food menus
  • View breakfast and lunch options
  • Customize meal choices
  • Order ahead for pickup
  • Reorder past favorites
  • Scan & Pay for grab-and-go
Features
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Welcome to Thrive: Food ordering made for your workplace! Browse food options and menus at work then order ahead on your schedule with secure payments from any mobile device. Starved for time? Find a meal fast with clear menu options, custom choices and pickup options that suit you. Feed your workday with Thrive! Here's what you can expect: Connection to great food Thrive partners with your workplace to connect you directly with the food menus at your location. View what's for breakfast or lunch well before you get there. Custom choices View custom options available on food menus to help you make choices to match your taste. Order on the go Extra busy day? We have those too. Now you can order ahead and find a pickup time on your schedule. Flexible ordering Not sure what to eat? You can re-order items from your past orders and browse your order history. Select locations also offer Scan & Pay flexibility to easily add grab and go items on the spot. Safe and easy checkout All major credit cards accepted at checkout using secure encryption, including Apple Pay. Expensing lunch? Use your personal or company card and we’ll send you the receipt.

About

Sidewalk

Easily discover nearby food trucks and pop-up shops in real-time. Vendors can broadcast their current location, allowing customers to find them effortlessly on a map when they are open for business.

Highlights
  • Real-time location broadcasting
  • Interactive map interface
  • Discover local vendors
  • Vendor status updates
  • Effortless customer experience
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Sidewalk is the go-to platform for pop-up shops, food trucks, and street vendors! With Sidewalk, vendors can easily broadcast their real-time location using their phone’s GPS, making it a breeze for customers to find them right on the map when they’re open for business. It’s a game-changer for vendors and an exciting, effortless experience for customers.

Screenshots

Thrive4 screens
Sidewalk4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Thrive at 1.1K against Sidewalk's 1. Thrive also leads on chart position (#209 vs unranked). Sidewalk's advantage is rating (4.0 vs 3.8) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.5). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sidewalk holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Thrive has 1.1K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Thrive ships an update every 8 days, Sidewalk every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Thrive versus Sidewalk: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThriveSidewalk
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (1.1K ratings)4.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews31.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.1K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#209 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.513.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size105 MB29 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperCompass Group Canada LTDParth Parab

Customer experience

Thrive

All ratings1,129 ratings
Positive67.3%
Neutral4.5%
Negative28.2%
Written reviews202 reviews
Positive31.7%
Neutral8.9%
Negative59.4%

Sidewalk

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Thrive

No in-app purchases

None

Sidewalk

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Thrive free?
Thrive is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sidewalk free?
Sidewalk is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Thrive or Sidewalk?
Sidewalk is rated higher. Thrive averages 3.8 out of 5 from 1.1K ratings, while Sidewalk averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Thrive or Sidewalk have ads?
Neither Thrive nor Sidewalk shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Thrive or Sidewalk?
Thrive ships an update every 8 days, and Sidewalk every 10 days. Most recently, Thrive was updated on November 6, 2026 and Sidewalk on November 4, 2026.

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