Chow Match vs Dara's
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chow Match
This app connects businesses with surplus food to charitable organizations. It facilitates the donation and distribution of food to various outreach programs, including shelters and community feeding initiatives.
- Surplus food matching
- Connects donors and recipients
- Distributes food to charities
- Supports shelters and feeding programs
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The Chow Match App uses matching logic to connect donated surplus food with organizations. Food donated by restaurants, super markets, caterers, farms, and other businesses is distributed to agencies and organizations such as family shelters, homeless shelters, neighborhood feeding programs, churches, schools, 100% affordable housing programs, and many other outreach programs.
Dara's
Access exclusive coupons for gas, snacks, and more at this store. Simply present your phone at checkout to redeem offers. The app uses location services to find nearby deals and send timely notifications.
- Exclusive coupons
- Redeem via phone
- Find nearby stores
- Location-based notifications
- Coupon reminders
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Save money at Dara's with great coupons on gas, snacks, and more! Simply tap the orange redeem button and show your phone at purchase to redeem your coupons. Special, limited time, offers are only accessible via this easy to use app powered by RoverTown. Find nearby stores and get notified of nearby coupons. The Dara's app uses GPS and beacons to find nearby coupons. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. Easily set coupon reminders and never forget your coupons at home again.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Dara's at 4.8 against Chow Match's 4.0. Dara's also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and ratings volume (44 vs 5). Chow Match's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). 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.
Dara's holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dara's has 44 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Chow Match's written reviews are positive against 100% of Dara's's.
| Parameter | Chow Match | Dara's |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (5 ratings) | 4.8 (44 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 44 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.2 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Hing Consulting and Development, LLC | Rover Enterprises |
Customer experience
Chow Match
Dara's
In-app purchases
Chow Match
No in-app purchases
Dara's
No in-app purchases
