Lin's vs Pop Drinks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lin's
Enhance your grocery shopping with a digital list, weekly ad access, and a recipe database. Easily add items, track purchases, and find store locations. Future updates promise an even better experience.
- Digital shopping list with item check-off
- Weekly ad offers integration
- Store locator and home store selection
- Recipe database with ingredient adding
- Emailing list contents
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The Lin's app has the power to super-charge your shopping experience! Download today to take advantage of a variety of useful features such as: - A handy shopping list to group future purchases together for shopping convenience! Add items from other parts of the application, or add your own custom entries. Easily check off items as you go throughout the store! Includes handy features such as emailing list contents out, or quickly editing quantities on items added to the list. - Access weekly ad offers directly on your phone, and add the offers directly to your shopping list, all with one click! - Use our store locator feature to select a home store or find the nearest Lin's location! - Check out our recipe database on the go and add ingredients directly to your shopping list with the push of a button! Features handy multi-filter search functionality to find just the dish you're craving. We appreciate your interest and feedback as we continued to develop the best possible app for you! Look out for future updates and enhancements as we continue to deliver the best possible shopping experience for our customers.
Pop Drinks
Easily order a variety of popular beverages from local establishments. Discover and select from a curated list of top drinks available in your area.
- Order best drinks in town
- Discover local beverage options
- User-friendly ordering interface
- Curated drink selection
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Thirsty? Not anymore. Order some of the best drinks in town using our very own app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pop Drinks at 100% against Lin's's 0%. Pop Drinks also leads on rating (4.7 vs 1.4) and ads (none vs shown). Lin's's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). On price, ratings volume 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.
Pop Drinks holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 40 and 24 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Lin's's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pop Drinks's.
Lin's ships an update fortnightly, Pop Drinks every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lin's | Pop Drinks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.4 (40 ratings) | 4.7 (24 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 40 — better | 24 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 283 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Associated Food Stores, Inc. | Pop Drinks |
Customer experience
Lin's
Pop Drinks
In-app purchases
Lin's
No in-app purchases
Pop Drinks
No in-app purchases
