Roots Natural Kitchen Ordering vs Hello Bistro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Roots Natural Kitchen Ordering
Easily order your favorite meals online for quick pickup. Save your go-to orders for even faster reordering. Skip the wait and enjoy your food sooner.
- Order online
- Save favorite orders
- Quick reorder
- Skip the line
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Order online, save your faves, and quickly reorder
Hello Bistro
Easily order salads and burgers for pickup or delivery. Access exclusive coupons and track your delivery in real-time. Find nearby locations and filter by services like outdoor dining.
- Mobile ordering for pickup or delivery
- Exclusive digital coupons
- Real-time delivery tracking
- Find nearby restaurant locations
- Filter restaurants by services
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Salads and burgers—two delicious eats under one roof. And now, they're just a tap away! Say hello to hella cool perks and easy mobile ordering. - Mobile Order - Order what you want when you want—whether it’s burgers or salads, for pickup or delivery, for now or later. Want to order your usual? We’ve got you covered! Make a quick re-order in just a couple taps! - Exclusive Coupons - Don't just eat your greens—save some green with special Hello Bistro coupons! Use your offers when you order with the app or at one of our restaurants. We keep our coupons fresh, so check back frequently—you won’t want to miss these deals! - Locations - Scouting unfamiliar territory? Find the nearest Hello Bistro from the Restaurants screen, then get directions, place your order, or give us a ring. Plus, you’ll always find what you need when you filter our restaurants by services like Delivery, Outdoor Dining, Pickup Window, and more. - Delivery Tracking - No more wondering about when your delivery order will arrive. We’ll keep you posted on its progress every step of the way.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Roots Natural Kitchen Ordering at fortnightly against Hello Bistro's every 6 weeks. Roots Natural Kitchen Ordering also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and ratings volume (4K vs 690). On price, rating, 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
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 Roots Natural Kitchen Ordering against 4.7 for Hello Bistro. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Roots Natural Kitchen Ordering has 4K ratings behind it against 690, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 31% of Roots Natural Kitchen Ordering's written reviews are positive against 23% of Hello Bistro's.
Roots Natural Kitchen Ordering ships an update fortnightly, Hello Bistro every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.
| Parameter | Roots Natural Kitchen Ordering | Hello Bistro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (4K ratings) — better | 4.7 (690 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 31.1% of reviews — better | 22.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4K — better | 690 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 94 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | VINE Holdings, LLC | Eat 'n Park Hospitality Group |
Customer experience
Roots Natural Kitchen Ordering
Hello Bistro
User reviews
Roots Natural Kitchen Ordering
From 4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Convenient app
- 👍 Customizable bowls
- 🚀 Fast and efficient
- 👍 Healthy and delicious food
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy and glitchy
- 👎 Confusing and unintuitive UI
- 👎 Difficult to navigate and use
- 🐛 Ordering issues and errors
- 👎 Slow and unresponsive
Hello Bistro
From 690 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great food quality
- 🥗 Excellent salads
- 🍔 Delicious burgers
- 💡 Easy to customize salads
- 💰 Affordable prices
Room to improve
- ❌ App is clunky and frustrating
- ❌ App is slow and cumbersome
- ❌ App is terrible and broken
- ❌ App is outdated
- ❌ App doesn't save login info
Bugs and requests
Roots Natural Kitchen Ordering
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes and freezes
- Inconsistent behavior and errors
- Issues with login, password reset, and account management
- Problems with payment processing and order placement
Requested features
6 requests- Ability to reorder previous orders
- Add option to use gift cards
- Improve customization options
- Integrate with Apple Pay
- Provide order tracking and updates
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- Save user preferences and default store
Hello Bistro
Reported bugs
37 issues- App does not advance order after required selection
- App does not auto-populate info fields
- App requires multiple attempts to enter payment information
- App goes to a black and white screen and stops loading on mobile
- Saved card cannot be used at checkout
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- Saved orders do not work
- App loses information from one screen to the next
- App times out
- App loses information
- App does not save login info
- App is clumsy and confusing for reordering
- App does not let you use gift cards unless for the whole balance
- App forgets address
- App fails
- App goes on vacation
- App is slow and cumbersome
- Cannot use Apple Pay
- App glitches and causes order redo
- Map does not work sometimes
- Payment occasionally fails to go through
- Cannot get an order to go through
- Please Wait message spins for 10 minutes before timing out
- Online ordering not working for local locations
- Location not found error
- Cannot successfully sign in on Apple app
- App has never worked
- Cannot change password
- App doesn't keep you signed in
- Order cannot be completed after going through the process
- Login info never saves
- Requires too many clicks to order food
- App feels clumsy and non-intuitive
- App doesn't save your information
- Unable to create profile
- Error message: unable to create profile
- App won't go past profile page
- Cannot click button to create profile
Requested features
16 requests- Fix the app
- Outsource app development
- Improve app functionality
- Add Apple Pay
- Allow gift card use for partial balances
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- Allow coupon use
- Add Eatn Park Hospitality card discount option
- Improve login persistence
- Improve saved order functionality
- Improve address saving
- Improve payment information saving
- Fix profile creation errors
- Fix checkout errors
- Fix loading screen errors
- Fix map functionality
- Fix location selection
In-app purchases
Roots Natural Kitchen Ordering
No in-app purchases
Hello Bistro
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Roots Natural Kitchen Ordering free?
Is Hello Bistro free?
Which has better reviews, Roots Natural Kitchen Ordering or Hello Bistro?
Do Roots Natural Kitchen Ordering or Hello Bistro have ads?
Which is updated more often, Roots Natural Kitchen Ordering or Hello Bistro?
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