SmartTab App vs South Block
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SmartTab App
Easily open, view, and pay for your bar tab directly from your phone. Discover trending menu items at participating locations and manage your tab in real-time for a seamless night out.
- Open bar tabs
- View tabs in real-time
- Pay for tabs
- Discover trending menu items
- Find participating locations
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SmartTab App Open, View and Pay for your tab through SmartTab and never leave your credit card at the bar again. Download SmartTab App and register to view participating locations and discover what food and beverage items on the menu are currently trending and when you visit, view your tab in real time on your mobile phone and take control over your night out.
South Block
Enjoy fresh, nutritious açaí bowls, cold-pressed juices, and smoothies. Crafted with real fruits and vegetables, these blends are made from scratch without concentrates, syrups, or ice for a wholesome taste.
- Fresh açaí bowls
- Cold-pressed juice
- Smoothies
- Real fruits and vegetables
- Handcrafted blends
- No concentrates or syrups
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South Block offers fresh and nutritious açaí bowls, cold-pressed juice, and smoothies made with real fruits, vegetables, and other whole ingredients. We skip the concentrates, syrups, and ice, creating handcrafted goodness blended from scratch for a taste you can feel good about.
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Verdict
SmartTab App and South Block both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 84% of SmartTab App's written reviews are positive against 36% of South Block's. South Block's advantage is ratings volume (3.4K vs 144). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for SmartTab App against 4.8 for South Block. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: South Block has 3.4K ratings behind it against 144, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 84% of SmartTab App's written reviews are positive against 36% of South Block's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SmartTab App | South Block |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (144 ratings) | 4.8 (3.4K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.2% of reviews — better | 36.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 144 | 3.4K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 94 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Smarttab Corp | South Block Holding LLC |
Customer experience
SmartTab App
South Block
Bugs and requests
SmartTab App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
South Block
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes frequently
- Payment processing failures
- Rewards not working as expected
- Account creation and login issues
Requested features
4 requests- Allow customization of orders
- Integrate with Apple Pay
- Improve rewards system usability
- Provide better customer support
In-app purchases
SmartTab App
No in-app purchases
South Block
No in-app purchases
