Newk's Eatery vs Touchpoint Pay
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Newk's Eatery
Earn points on every purchase to unlock free food and exclusive deals. Order ahead for pickup or dine-in, browse the menu with nutritional info, and find nearby locations. Get a signup bonus and birthday rewards.
- Earn points on purchases
- Redeem points for free food
- Exclusive deals and offers
- Order ahead for pickup/dine-in
- Browse menu with nutritional info
- Find nearby locations
- Signup bonus and birthday reward
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Newk's Rewards is here! Sign up today to earn points and get FREE Newk's. Here's how it works: Earn points while dining in, picking up, grabbing curbside, or getting delivery through the Newk's Eatery app. You'll earn 10 points for every $1 you spend. Then, unlock FREE Newk’s food with your points – Rewards like FREE Sandwiches, Soups, Pizzas, Desserts, and more! Plus, get exclusive deals from your favorite Newk's Eatery location. When you sign-up, you’ll get an instant offer to use right away. You will also receive a birthday reward the week of your birthday, exclusive news, and perks for referring friends. With the Newk's Eatery app, you can place faster orders for pickup, curbside, or dine-in with new features so that you don’t have to wait in line. Browse our menu of toasted sandwiches, hand-crafted pizzas, fresh salads, scratch-made soups of the day, and Newk’s famous fresh-baked cakes. Visit "My Newk's" in the app for nutritional information on our entire menu. Of course, our app will also help you find the Newk’s Eatery location nearest you, wherever you may be.
Touchpoint Pay
Facilitates secure, contactless payments at participating merchants. Avoid touching shared devices by scanning pay codes and completing transactions with Apple Pay. Merchants can use a companion app with an iPad for curbside and counter payments.
- Contactless payments
- Scan pay codes
- Secure Apple Pay integration
- Safe distance transactions
- Merchant iPad app
- Curbside and counter payments
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The safest and easiest way to pay at a Safe Distance. Use at every merchant using SafeDistancePay.com for curbside payments, safe distance counter payments, and safe distance with SMS pay link. Stay safe and protected from germs or viruses on credit cards, payment terminals, shared screens, or kiosks. Simply scan SafeDistancePay pay codes and pay in seconds, securely with Apple Pay. There is no touching or tapping of any shared device. Are you a merchant? No need for NFC payment terminals, just an iPad and free Safe Distance Pay app in your store, drive thru, or curbside pickup line.
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Verdict
Newk's Eatery and Touchpoint Pay both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Touchpoint Pay's written reviews are positive against 53% of Newk's Eatery's. Touchpoint Pay also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). Newk's Eatery's advantage is ratings volume (36K vs 4). On price, rating, update cadence 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Newk's Eatery against 5.0 for Touchpoint Pay. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Newk's Eatery has 36K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 53% of Newk's Eatery's written reviews are positive against 100% of Touchpoint Pay's.
Newk's Eatery ships an update every 2 weeks, Touchpoint Pay every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Newk's Eatery | Touchpoint Pay |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (36K ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 36K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 87 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Newk's Eatery | Touchpoint Restaurant Innovations, Inc |
Customer experience
Newk's Eatery
Touchpoint Pay
Bugs and requests
Newk's Eatery
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes and freezes
- Ordering not possible during store hours
- Rewards not properly applied
- Notification bugs
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to customize orders without extra charges
- Option to save payment information
- Improved user interface and navigation
- Better integration between app and in-store experience
Touchpoint Pay
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Newk's Eatery
No in-app purchases
Touchpoint Pay
No in-app purchases
Questions
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