Comparison

Macey's vs Thirst Drinks

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

Head to head
About

Macey's

Streamline your grocery shopping with a digital list, weekly ad access, and recipe integration. Easily find stores, manage your purchases, and add ingredients directly to your list for a convenient shopping trip.

Highlights
  • Digital shopping list
  • Weekly ad offers
  • Store locator
  • Recipe database
  • Add ingredients to list
  • Email shopping list
Features
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The Macey's app has the power to super-charge your shopping experience! Download today to take advantage of a variety of useful features such as: - A handy shopping list to group future purchases together for shopping convenience! Add items from other parts of the application, or add your own custom entries. Easily check off items as you go throughout the store! Includes handy features such as emailing list contents out, or quickly editing quantities on items added to the list. - Access weekly ad offers directly on your phone, and add the offers directly to your shopping list, all with one click! - Use our store locator feature to select a home store or find the nearest Macey's location! - Check out our recipe database on the go and add ingredients directly to your shopping list with the push of a button! Features handy multi-filter search functionality to find just the dish you're craving. We appreciate your interest and feedback as we continued to develop the best possible app for you! Look out for future updates and enhancements as we continue to deliver the best possible shopping experience for our customers.

About

Thirst Drinks

Track your loyalty rewards, order drinks for delivery or pickup, and get exclusive promotions. Stay updated with the latest offers from your favorite beverage provider.

Highlights
  • Loyalty tracking
  • Order delivery
  • Store pickup
  • Exclusive promotions
  • Receive updates
Features
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Use the Thirst app to view and track your loyalty, order delivery or store pickup, receive exclusive promos and updates, and more!

Screenshots

Macey's4 screens
Thirst Drinks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Thirst Drinks at 2.7 against Macey's's 2.0. Thirst Drinks also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Macey's's advantage is ratings volume (77 vs 9). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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

Thirst Drinks holds the better App Store score, 2.7 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Macey's has 77 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of Macey's's written reviews are positive against 14% of Thirst Drinks's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Macey's versus Thirst Drinks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMacey'sThirst Drinks
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (77 ratings)2.7 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews13.2% of reviews14.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings77 — better9
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size284 MB95 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAssociated Food Stores, Inc.Olympus Shaving Enterprises LLC

Customer experience

Macey's

All ratings77 ratings
Positive23.4%
Neutral1.3%
Negative75.3%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive13.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative86.8%

Thirst Drinks

All ratings9 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive14.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative85.7%

In-app purchases

None

Macey's

No in-app purchases

None

Thirst Drinks

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Macey's free?
Macey's is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Thirst Drinks free?
Thirst Drinks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Macey's or Thirst Drinks?
Thirst Drinks is rated higher. Macey's averages 2.0 out of 5 from 77 ratings, while Thirst Drinks averages 2.7 from 9 ratings.
Do Macey's or Thirst Drinks have ads?
Macey's shows ads; Thirst Drinks does not.
Which is updated more often, Macey's or Thirst Drinks?
Macey's ships an update fortnightly, and Thirst Drinks fortnightly. Most recently, Macey's was updated on September 16, 2026 and Thirst Drinks on September 17, 2026.

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