Comparison

Hg vs The Piggy

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

Head to head
About

Hg

This app allows you to order delicious, healthy meals made with real ingredients for pickup or delivery. Enjoy personalized dishes, earn rewards, and find the closest locations. It's a convenient way to access ethically sourced, unprocessed food.

Highlights
  • Skip the line or order pickup
  • Order delivery to your door
  • Personalize your dishes
  • Earn rewards with Honest Rewards
  • Find closest locations
  • Order for company delivery
  • Early access to new menus
Features
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Hg, known as Honest Greens outside of the UK, was Born from bold Mediterranean flavours, open fire cooking, and real ingredients. We’re quietly pioneering a movement to democratise Real Food and make healthy eating an easy, exciting choice. We proudly serve ethically sourced products made from the heart; no pretence, no processing, no preservatives, just Real Food done right. We work with local artisans whenever possible, serve more plants and grass fed meats, and only cook with olive oil. Our products are ethically sourced, organic where possible, unprocessed and free from anything artificial You can use our App to: • Skip the line or order pick up at all Honest Greens stores • Order delivery straight to your door • Order daily delivery to your company with privileged pricing on Honest Base • Personalize your dish • Honest Rewards — earn with every order • Find the closest Honest Greens locations • Get early access to new menus

About

The Piggy

Discover new dining and drinking spots using natural language. This app uses a unique AI to understand your cravings and recommend vetted establishments. Save your favorites and explore a curated list of over 18,000 places.

Highlights
  • Natural language search for food and drink
  • 18,000+ vetted restaurants, bars, and cafes
  • No paid listings or ranking manipulation
  • Personalized recommendations based on feedback
  • Piggy Passport for saving favorite places
  • Pro subscription for unlimited access and advanced filters
Features
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Trust a pig. Tell it what you're in the mood for, in your own words, and it'll sniff out where to eat and drink tonight. • 18,000+ hand-vetted restaurants, bars, cafés and experiences, from over a decade of research • No place has ever paid to be listed or to rank higher • Even a thumbs down sharpens what the Piggy finds you • Love a place to stamp its cuisine or drink in your Piggy Passport Free shows you six places a day. The Piggy Pro subscription lifts the daily limit and lets you filter your saved places by Little Piggy Points (our own rating) or what's open now. Less doom scrolling. More living. Terms of Use: https://www.theprodigiouspiggy.com/terms

Screenshots

Hg4 screens
The Piggy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: The Piggy at 5.0 against Hg's 4.3. Hg's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (260 vs 4). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. The Piggy sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Hg asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Piggy holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hg has 260 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hg ships an update every 2 weeks, The Piggy weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Hg versus The Piggy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHgThe Piggy
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (260 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews46.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings260 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size221 MB21 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperHonest GreensTHE PRODIGIOUS PIGGY LTD

Bugs and requests

Hg

Reported bugs

20 issues
  • Payment fails with 'invalid data' error on all payment methods
  • Apple Pay not processing transactions
  • Phone number verification code not arriving
  • App crashes on payment screen
  • Login with Apple no longer works
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  • App freezes during checkout
  • Orders disappear from system after placement
  • Verification code not sent to phone numbers
  • App doesn't detect location
  • Menu scrolling causes layout shifts and visual glitches
  • Spotify pop-up constantly appearing after updates
  • Cannot change delivery address in app
  • App stuck on address screen during takeaway ordering
  • Offline detection issues despite active connection
  • Cart resets unexpectedly during ordering
  • Failed payment retry button missing
  • Referral credits not being applied to account
  • Account logout and data loss
  • App requires forced updates for minor icon changes
  • Region switching from Spain to Portugal fails

Requested features

11 requests
  • Calorie and macronutrient information per dish
  • Cash payment option
  • Support for Portugal locations
  • Ability to add foreign phone numbers
  • Vegetable milk pricing parity with dairy
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  • Clearer order confirmation for scheduled pickups
  • Better category-based menu layout without excessive scrolling
  • Region switching functionality
  • Permanent fix for phone number verification
  • Free bread option (standard in restaurants)
  • Improved delivery time accuracy and guarantees

The Piggy

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Hg

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

The Piggy

Subscriptions1
  • Prodigious Piggy Pro$4.991 Month

Questions

Is Hg free?
Hg is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Piggy free?
The Piggy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hg or The Piggy?
The Piggy is rated higher. Hg averages 4.3 out of 5 from 260 ratings, while The Piggy averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Hg or The Piggy have ads?
Neither Hg nor The Piggy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hg or The Piggy?
Hg ships an update every 2 weeks, and The Piggy weekly. Most recently, Hg was updated on November 11, 2026 and The Piggy on November 10, 2026.

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