Comparison

Black Bear Diner vs Sbarro

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

Head to head
About

Black Bear Diner

Easily order home-style comfort food for pickup from your mobile device. Explore the full menu with nutritional information, find nearby locations, and reorder past favorites. Enjoy breakfast all day, hearty burgers, and classic dinners.

Highlights
  • Mobile ordering
  • Full menu exploration
  • Nutritional information
  • Location finder
  • Reorder favorites
  • Breakfast served all day
Features
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Looking for a fast meal, but one with all of the qualities of home-style comfort food? Download the Black Bear Diner app, order your favorites and take it to your cave! Our app makes it easy to order from your mobile device, explore our menu and nutritional information, find a location near you, access our clubs and gift card information, and post to your favorite social media platform. Download the Black Bear Diner app and find the comfort food classic that’s just right for you. With breakfast served all day, hearty burgers and sandwiches, and home-style dinners, our menu has something for everyone and our app is the simplest way to take our delicious home-style meals back to your cave. Do you enjoy breakfast any time of day? Order our secret recipe sweet cream pancakes and waffles – so decadent you’ll think you’re eating cake! Or maybe you’d like to try the heartier side of breakfast with Bruce’s Meat Lover’s Omelette or a California Bacon Benedict. There’s a lot to decide with breakfast, and the choice is yours, sunup to sundown. If lunch is your game, dive into a Bob’s Big Bear Burger, named after our co-founder who claims any burger with his name must have you licking your elbows! We offer a variety of Specialty Burgers, all built on a golden brioche bun, and we feature Signature Sandwiches like The Gobbler, a festive California Thanksgiving between two slices of bread! If its salad you’d prefer, there’s a Super Salad just right for you. From a classic Caesar or Taco to the Fit & Focused Tuna Chef or Bacon Cheeseburger, there’s a salad for every palate. For dinner, we offer traditional comfort food classics, just like grandma used to make. Delicious home-style meals like Chicken Fried Steak, Slow-Cooked Pot Roast, and Housemade Meatloaf just to name a few. You may also enjoy something from our Steak and Ribs section, or a pasta selection such as Grilled Chicken & Pesto Pasta, or Linguica & Penne Pasta. Whatever you choose, you the Black Bear Diner app is the easiest way to find the location near you, and take it to your cave! Plus, save your past orders and favorites!  It’s the fastest way to Feed Your Inner Bear, anywhere, anytime. Download the Black Bear Diner app now. Online Tracking Opt-Out Guide: https://order.blackbeardiner.com/online-tracking-opt-out-guide

About

Sbarro

Order your favorite handmade New York-style pizza ahead for pickup or delivery. Earn rewards and easily reorder past meals. Find nearby locations and view menus.

Highlights
  • Order ahead for pickup
  • Earn and redeem rewards
  • View menus
  • Find nearby locations
  • Delivery to your door
  • Reorder favorites
Features
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FEATURES + Order ahead & pick up in-restaurant + Earn and Redeem Rewards (at participating locations) + View menus & find nearby locations + Get your order delivered right to your door (at participating locations) + Easily re-order your favorites & recent orders ABOUT SBARRO Sbarro, The Original NY Pizza, makes their pizza handmade fresh every day with hand stretched dough made from scratch and never frozen. Started in Brooklyn in 1956 as an Italian Delicatessen, Carmela Sbarro quickly found that employees and guests alike enjoyed her handmade NY style pizza. Since then Sbarro has expanded to over 600 locations globally in over countries 25 countries.

Screenshots

Black Bear Diner4 screens
Sbarro3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Black Bear Diner at none against Sbarro's shown. Black Bear Diner also leads on review sentiment (49% vs 22%) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Sbarro's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 7 months). On price, rating, 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

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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Black Bear Diner against 4.7 for Sbarro. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2.8K and 1.8K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 49% of Black Bear Diner's written reviews are positive against 22% of Sbarro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Black Bear Diner ships an update every 7 months, Sbarro fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Black Bear Diner versus Sbarro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlack Bear DinerSbarro
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (2.8K ratings) — better4.7 (1.8K ratings)
Positive reviews49.3% of reviews — better21.6% of reviews
Number of ratings2.8K — better1.8K
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBlack Bear DinerSbarro, LLC

Customer experience

Black Bear Diner

All ratings1,928 ratings
Positive95.6%
Neutral1.9%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews73 reviews
Positive49.3%
Neutral15.1%
Negative35.6%

Sbarro

All ratings1,681 ratings
Positive93.5%
Neutral2.5%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive21.6%
Neutral16.2%
Negative62.2%

User reviews

Black Bear Diner

From 2.8K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great customer service
  • 👍 Delicious food
  • 👍 Friendly and attentive staff
  • 👍 Excellent breakfast options
  • 👍 Generous portions

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Inconsistent food quality
  • 🐛 Order mistakes and missing items
  • 🐛 Slow service at times
  • 🐛 Outdated and confusing app design
  • 🐛 Lack of customization options in the app

Sbarro

From 1.8K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🍕 Good pizza
  • 👍 Convenient ordering

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Buggy and unstable app
  • 👎 Difficult to use and set up
  • 💰 More expensive than in-store
  • 🤔 Inconsistent menu between app and store

Bugs and requests

Black Bear Diner

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes and freezes
  • Inability to create an account
  • Promo codes not working
  • Incorrect or missing menu items in the app

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add Apple Pay option
  • Improve app functionality and user experience
  • Provide more customization options in the app
  • Implement a loyalty/rewards program
  • Display wait times and busy status in the app

Sbarro

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Account creation and login issues
  • Payment processing problems
  • Incorrect location detection

Requested features

2 requests
  • Ability to add order notes
  • In-store purchase tracking and rewards

In-app purchases

None

Black Bear Diner

No in-app purchases

None

Sbarro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Black Bear Diner free?
Black Bear Diner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sbarro free?
Sbarro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Black Bear Diner or Sbarro?
Black Bear Diner is rated higher. Black Bear Diner averages 4.8 out of 5 from 2.8K ratings, while Sbarro averages 4.7 from 1.8K ratings.
Do Black Bear Diner or Sbarro have ads?
Sbarro shows ads; Black Bear Diner does not.
Which is updated more often, Black Bear Diner or Sbarro?
Black Bear Diner ships an update every 7 months, and Sbarro fortnightly. Most recently, Black Bear Diner was updated on October 29, 2026 and Sbarro on October 30, 2026.

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