Portillo's vs Beggars Pizza
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Portillo's
Discover and order iconic Chicago-style hot dogs, Italian beef sandwiches, and other signature dishes. Customize your meals, save favorites, and enjoy convenient pickup or delivery options. Plus, get a free slice of chocolate cake on your birthday.
- Order signature Chicago-style dishes
- Customize orders precisely
- Save favorite orders and locations
- Track delivery in real-time
- Multiple pickup options
- Free birthday cake reward
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Portillo’s We're known for our famous Chicago-style hot dogs, Italian beef sandwiches, chopped salad, cheese fries, homemade chocolate cake, and chocolate cake shake. Our Italian beef is slow-roasted for four hours, thinly sliced, and served on freshly baked French bread. Then, it's dipped in hot gravy made with our homemade blend of seasonings that we've been perfecting for 50 years. Haven't tried Portillo's yet? Order an Italian beef, dipped with sweet or hot peppers (add mozzarella if you're feeling cheesy), or a Chicago-style hot dog "dragged through the garden" and you'll see what all the hype is about. Enjoy these features of the Portillo’s app: Free Cake on Your Birthday: Join Portillo’s Perks and get a free slice of our famous Chocolate Cake on your birthday, half birthday, and sign up anniversary! Delivery: Order delivery from your nearby Portillo’s. Track your order. Receive status updates about your order in real time. Easy Ways to Pick Up: There are three easy ways: Inside the Restaurant, Delivery, or Curbside pickup at participating locations. Save your Favorites: Easily save your favorite order and location so you can order quickly and come back again and again. Favorite Portillo’s locations that you order from the most. Customize your Order: Want your Italian beef sandwich dry, cut in half, with hot peppers and mozzarella cheese and gravy on the side? No problem! Simply customize your Portillo’s favorites to get exactly what you want.
Beggars Pizza
Join a loyalty program to earn points with every purchase of pizza, appetizers, sandwiches, and more. Track your progress and receive exclusive monthly promotions.
- Create Big Cheese Loyalty account
- Earn points on purchases
- Connect to online ordering
- Track points earned
- Receive exclusive monthly promotions
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Download our Official Beggars Pizza Loyalty App! Create a Big Cheese Loyalty account to start earning points today. Easily connect to online ordering to enjoy our variety of delicious mouthwatering pizza, appetizers, sandwiches, pastas, salads and more. Track points earned with every dollar spent. Recieve monthly exclusive Big Cheese Loyalty promotions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Beggars Pizza at 4.1 against Portillo's's 1.9. Beggars Pizza also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). Portillo's's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 10 months) and chart position (#192 vs unranked). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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.
Beggars Pizza holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 1.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 803 and 301 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 9% of Portillo's's written reviews are positive against 5% of Beggars Pizza's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Portillo's ships an update every 2 months, Beggars Pizza every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Portillo's | Beggars Pizza |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.9 (803 ratings) | 4.1 (301 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 8.6% of reviews — better | 4.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 803 — better | 301 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #192 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 115 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Portillo's Hot Dogs, LLC | Begcom, LLC |
Customer experience
Portillo's
Beggars Pizza
User reviews
Portillo's
From 803 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to order
- 👍 Customization options
- 🚀 Seamless ordering process
- 👍 App is very easy to use
- 🚀 Fast and efficient
Room to improve
- 🐛 Ordering issues
- 🐛 App crashes
- 🐛 Login problems
- 🐛 Rewards not working
- 🐛 Buggy app
Beggars Pizza
From 301 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ⭐ Excellent pizza quality
- 👍 Great customer service (in-store)
Room to improve
- 🐛 App constantly restarting
- 🐛 Cannot enter credit card info
- 🐛 Cannot add address
- 🐛 Login issues (password invalid, not registered)
- 🐛 Cannot migrate account/rewards
Bugs and requests
Portillo's
Reported bugs
5 issues- App only works in North America
- Can't create an account
- Endless login loop
- Ordering process not working
- Rewards not syncing properly
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to customize orders
- Separate pickup line for online orders
- Integration with Apple Pay
- Ability to check rewards balance
- More menu options in the app
Beggars Pizza
Reported bugs
10 issues- App crashes/restarts
- Payment information entry failure
- Address entry failure
- Login authentication errors
- Account migration failures
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- Coupon redemption issues
- Order functionality disabled (greyed out)
- Keyboard input failure
- Incorrect account association
- Web login issues (Apple Login)
Requested features
5 requests- Fix the app to be fully functional
- Allow users to migrate points/rewards correctly
- Enable online ordering through the app
- Allow users to change associated email
- Ensure keyboard appears for new account creation
In-app purchases
Portillo's
No in-app purchases
Beggars Pizza
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Portillo's free?
Is Beggars Pizza free?
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