Barro’s Pizza vs Backyard Taco
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Barro’s Pizza
Order delicious, award-winning pizzas, wings, salads, sandwiches, and pasta for dine-in, take-out, or delivery. Experience a family-secret pizza recipe passed down through generations, featuring a unique thick crust and tangy sauce.
- Browse full menu
- Secure mobile ordering
- Dine-in, take-out, and delivery options
- Family-secret pizza recipe
- Order wings, salads, sandwiches, and pasta
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Barro’s Pizza, the family owned and operated pizza restaurant with numerous locations across the Valley, is Arizona’s award winning pizzeria for wings, salads, deli-style sandwiches, pasta and pizza. Your favorite lunch and dinner options are all available for dine-in, take-out and delivery at Barro’s Pizza! The secret family pizza recipe has been passed down through multiple generations, bringing the original thick, yet fluffy crust and the tangy, sweet and spicy sauce straight from Italy to you. Now you can browse our menu and securely place your order from your iPhone! Download and get started today! You will be prompted to opt-in or opt-out of push notifications upon the first app start up after download from Apple App Store to an iOS device. Once a selection has been made, any changes to push notifications preferences have to come from your device operating system settings.
Backyard Taco
Order authentic Mexican food and track your loyalty rewards easily. Sign up for a free taco and earn points for free meals. Enjoy special birthday rewards and a frequency plan for frequent visitors.
- Easy ordering
- Loyalty program sign-up
- Free taco upon sign-up
- Birthday rewards
- Frequency plan for free meals
- Points system for rewards
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Backyard Taco is an authentic Mexican food restaurant in Arizona with multiple locations throughout the East Valley. We love simple, authentic Mexican food and why we proudly serve only the best quality ingredients. Our mesquite grill gives us the authentic taste of Tacos al Carbon. This isn’t just Mexican food. This is Mexcellence. We created this app so our loyal amigos can easily order and track your rewards. Download the Backyard Taco App, sign up for our Loyalty Program and enjoy: • A Free Taco (just for signing up!) • Birthday Reward • Frequency Plan - Visit 10 Times and Receive a free meal up to $5 • Points Plan – Earn 1 point for every $1 spent and receive $5 meal at 100 points
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Backyard Taco at 4.7 against Barro’s Pizza's 4.4. Barro’s Pizza's advantage is ratings volume (893 vs 132). On price, review sentiment, 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.
Backyard Taco holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Barro’s Pizza has 893 ratings behind it against 132, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 49% and 50% positive.
Barro’s Pizza ships an update every 5 months, Backyard Taco every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Barro’s Pizza | Backyard Taco |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (893 ratings) | 4.7 (132 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 49.4% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 893 — better | 132 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Barzza LLC | Backyard Tacos LLC |
Customer experience
Barro’s Pizza
Backyard Taco
Bugs and requests
Barro’s Pizza
Reported bugs
5 issues- Credit card info not saved
- Address not recognized
- Checkout errors
- Frequent crashes
- No order tracking
Requested features
5 requests- Add option to pay with cash
- Allow custom order notes and instructions
- Provide more pizza topping and sauce options
- Integrate email coupons and promos with app
- Add order history and status tracking
Backyard Taco
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Barro’s Pizza
No in-app purchases
Backyard Taco
No in-app purchases
Questions
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