Comparison

Sweet Cow vs Birdcall

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Sweet Cow

Discover nearby ice cream shops, view current flavor offerings, and check ingredient details. Save your favorite flavors and receive notifications when they're available. Enjoy handcrafted, locally sourced ice cream made fresh daily.

Highlights
  • Find nearby shops
  • View current flavor boards
  • See flavor descriptions and allergens
  • Favorite flavors
  • Receive flavor notifications
  • Locally sourced ingredients
Features
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Hey Colorado (and beyond)! We are happy to introduce the Sweet Cow Ice Cream mobile app. With the Sweet Cow Ice Cream app, you can: - Find the closest Sweet Cow to you and set a ‘Home’ shop location that the app opens to! - See the current flavor boards for all shops! - View descriptions and allergens for all flavors! - ‘Favorite’ the flavors you love and get real-time Notifications when they are available! - Sweet Cow is about great tasting ice cream, made small batch, with love and some of the finest and locally sourced ingredients around. We create ice cream that is hand crafted on site and served fresh daily. Expanding on the normal parameters of milk, cream and sugar is what propels our recipe book to be the finest. Come into Sweet Cow and you will be greeted by the friendliest scoopers ready to share their big smiles. Our attitude is contagious and our ice cream is simply moolicious. We encourage our customers to grab a stool at the counter for conversation and to soak up the fun. We believe in being green, using only compostable and recyclable products, and pride ourselves on being the cleanest ice cream shop on the planet. Most of all, we enjoy being part of the local communities we serve in Colorado, and putting smiles on all the faces that come through our barn doors each day. mooo

About

Birdcall

Order delicious chicken sandwiches, salads, and tenders for pickup or delivery. Earn rewards with every purchase and redeem them for free items. Find nearby locations and get exclusive access to new menu items and special offers.

Highlights
  • Order chicken sandwiches, salads, and tenders
  • Earn rewards for free items
  • Find nearby locations
  • Access to new menu items
  • Exclusive special offers
  • Refer friends for discounts
Features
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• Earn $5 off your next visit when you sign up! Order, earn, and redeem for free chicken sandwiches, salads, tenders, and more. • And, join us in supporting our local communities by donating your points for a meal for your family. • Find your closest location, and look for one with a patio, drive-thru, or bar for whatever the occasion might be. • Get insider access to new menu items and score special offers before anyone else. • Invite your friends and earn $10 off your next visit after their first order!

Screenshots

Sweet Cow3 screens
Birdcall4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Birdcall at 3.2 against Sweet Cow's 2.6. Birdcall also leads on review sentiment (33% vs 21%). Sweet Cow's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 8 months) and iOS requirement (9.1 vs 14.0). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Birdcall holds the better App Store score, 3.2 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 30 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 21% of Sweet Cow's written reviews are positive against 33% of Birdcall's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sweet Cow ships an update every 6 weeks, Birdcall every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Sweet Cow versus Birdcall: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSweet CowBirdcall
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.6 (30 ratings)3.2 (13 ratings) — better
Positive reviews21.4% of reviews33.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings30 — better13
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS9.1 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB88 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBoulder Moo LLCBirdcall Holdings, LLC

Customer experience

Sweet Cow

All ratings21 ratings
Positive47.6%
Neutral4.8%
Negative47.6%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive21.4%
Neutral7.1%
Negative71.4%

Birdcall

All ratings13 ratings
Positive38.5%
Neutral15.4%
Negative46.2%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

Sweet Cow

No in-app purchases

None

Birdcall

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sweet Cow free?
Sweet Cow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Birdcall free?
Birdcall is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sweet Cow or Birdcall?
Birdcall is rated higher. Sweet Cow averages 2.6 out of 5 from 30 ratings, while Birdcall averages 3.2 from 13 ratings.
Do Sweet Cow or Birdcall have ads?
Neither Sweet Cow nor Birdcall shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sweet Cow or Birdcall?
Sweet Cow ships an update every 6 weeks, and Birdcall every 8 months. Most recently, Sweet Cow was updated on November 2, 2026 and Birdcall on November 4, 2026.

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