Kooler Ice® vs AL BOSS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kooler Ice®
Locate the nearest vending machine for fresh bagged ice and filtered water. Get directions to a machine and learn more about its services. Purchase ice or water using cash or coins.
- Locate nearest ice vending machines
- Get directions to machines
- Information about machine services
- Purchase bagged ice
- Purchase filtered water
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The Kooler Ice Locator App helps you find the nearest Kooler Ice Vending Machine to your current location. The app can help you navigate to a machine or give you additional information about a machine. Kooler Ice vending machines provide fresh bagged ice 24/7 on demand and in some cases fresh filtered water. Simply insert cash or coins and a fresh bag of ice will dispense in 10-15 seconds or dispense 1 Gallon or 5 Gallons of fresh filtered water on demand.
AL BOSS
Find alcoholic beverages available in Alabama ABC stores. Search by product, category, or store, and save favorites. Get directions to stores and stay updated on events.
- Product search by category, name, price, and size
- Check product availability by store
- Save favorite products and stores
- Create private product notes
- Get directions to ABC stores
- View news and upcoming events
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The Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board’s mobile application improves customer access to available products in its stores. The mobile application will allow customers (ages 21 and older) to quickly find products in the store(s) most convenient to them. App users can search for products by category, name, price, bottle size, user ratings, and availability by store. Additionally, users may opt to create a user profile where they can save their favorite items and stores, as well as to make private notes on each individual product. The app displays directions to ABC store(s) from their current location through the primary map application installed on their device. The app also provides a news area where upcoming events such as barrel releases and other current information can be found.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Kooler Ice® at 4.0 against AL BOSS's 2.9. Kooler Ice® also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). AL BOSS's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 30 months) and ratings volume (34 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Kooler Ice® holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AL BOSS has 34 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Kooler Ice® ships an update every 30 months, AL BOSS every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kooler Ice® | AL BOSS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (3 ratings) — better | 2.9 (34 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 42.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 34 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 30 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Kooler Ice | Mindfire Consulting Group, LLC |
Customer experience
Kooler Ice®
AL BOSS
In-app purchases
Kooler Ice®
No in-app purchases
AL BOSS
No in-app purchases
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