PC Express vs Deals
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PC Express
Easily shop for groceries from your favorite stores and choose convenient pickup at a nearby location. Delivery options are available in select areas. Provide feedback directly through the app.
- Shop at favorite stores
- Convenient store pickup
- Delivery available
- Easy online ordering
- Provide feedback
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Use this app to easily shop for groceries at your favourite stores and pick them up at a PC Express store near you. Delivery available in select locations. Do you have feedback about your online shopping experience? Share them with us: https://www.loblaws.ca/contact-us
Deals
This app helps post-secondary students in BC save money by providing access to discounts at various local businesses. Users can search for deals by location or category and use a virtual student card for redemption.
- Search discounts by location
- Browse discounts by category
- Bookmark favorite discounts
- Virtual student card for redemption
- Offers at restaurants, retailers, and fitness studios
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Being a student is expensive, increasing tuition fees, the outrageous price of textbooks, rent and other monthly bills, all add up fast; that’s why we created The Deals App. The Deals App is run for students, by students, to help make everyday life more affordable while in college and university. Get access to discounts at restaurants, retailers, fitness studios and more, with offers all across BC! What are you waiting for? Download the app and start saving today. With the Deals App, you can: - Search for discounts by location, using the map view - Browse discounts by category - Bookmark your favourite discounts for future or repeated use; - Use your virtual student card to redeem discounts in store and online. The Deals App is a service provided by the British Columbia Federation of Students, in partnership with students’ unions across the province, for post-secondary students in BC. The BCFS offers these discounts to students across the province to help save them money in their daily lives. The Deals App is free for students attending BCFS member institutions as well as UNBC and is available for purchase by non-member students – not sure if you’re a member? Ask your students’ union for more details!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PC Express at none against Deals's 1. PC Express also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 months) and review sentiment (25% vs 0%). Deals's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price 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. Deals sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $11.49 per year. PC Express asks for nothing beyond the download.
PC Express ships an update every 2 weeks, Deals every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PC Express | Deals |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.7K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 24.6% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.7K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 200 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Loblaw Companies Limited | British Columbia Federation of Students |
Customer experience
PC Express
Deals
Bugs and requests
PC Express
Reported bugs
5 issues- App not loading or crashing on launch
- Issues with adding/removing items from cart
- Problems with selecting delivery timeslots
- Inconsistent behavior when switching stores
- Inability to use gift cards or promo codes
Requested features
5 requests- Improve search functionality
- Add more product details and photos
- Allow editing of past orders
- Integrate with Apple Pay and other payment options
- Provide better communication on order status
Deals
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PC Express
No in-app purchases
Deals
- Annual Subscription$11.491 Year
