Mister Softee NorCal vs Outside Eats
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mister Softee NorCal
Locate Mister Softee trucks in the Bay Area with a live map. Save your favorite spots and receive alerts when a truck is nearby. Share information about gatherings to potentially attract a truck.
- Live truck map
- Save favorite locations
- Proximity alerts
- Crowd tip reporting
- Private event labeling
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Find your Mister Softee truck in the Bay Area. See where our trucks are on a live map, save the places that matter to you, and get a heads-up when a truck is close by. LIVE MAP Trucks appear on the map while they're out, updated continuously through the afternoon and evening. Every pin shows how recently it was seen, so you always know what you're looking at. YOUR PLACES Save home, work, a park, or anywhere else you'd want to catch us. Type an address - no need to be standing there. A HEADS-UP WHEN WE'RE CLOSE Turn on alerts and we'll let you know when a truck is getting near one of your saved places. Quiet hours are built in, and we deliberately keep alerts rare: no spam, no repeats, no buzzing all afternoon. CROWD TIPS Big group at the park? Let us know about a gathering happening right now. If we're close, we will try to make it there. WHEN A TRUCK IS AT A PRIVATE EVENT Trucks booked for private events still show on the map, clearly labeled, so you know they're not available to flag down. Mister Softee NorCal serves the San Francisco Bay Area.
Outside Eats
Discover over 1,500 curated restaurants across 20+ SF Peninsula cities. Browse by cuisine, price, or location to find new dining spots. Watch and interact with short food videos, and see what your friends are saving.
- 1,500+ curated restaurants
- Browse by cuisine, price, location
- Discover new dining spots
- Watch short food videos
- Like and comment on videos
- See friends' saved restaurants
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Outside Eats covers 1,500+ curated restaurants across 20+ SF Peninsula cities. Browse by cuisine, price, or location. Find new and interesting restaurants wherever you are. Watch short food videos from our team, like and comment on your favorites, and see what your friends are saving. New restaurants and videos added regularly.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Outside Eats at 100% against Mister Softee NorCal's 14%. Outside Eats also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.7) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months). Mister Softee NorCal's advantage is ratings volume (112 vs 4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Outside Eats holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mister Softee NorCal has 112 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of Mister Softee NorCal's written reviews are positive against 100% of Outside Eats's.
Mister Softee NorCal ships an update every 2 months, Outside Eats every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mister Softee NorCal | Outside Eats |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (112 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 112 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Mister Softee NorCal, Inc. | David Gagne |
Customer experience
Mister Softee NorCal
Outside Eats
Bugs and requests
Mister Softee NorCal
Reported bugs
21 issues- Truck location inaccurate
- Music cannot be silenced
- Location tracking runs when app closed
- App asks for motion cues
- App doesn't show exact location
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- App shows pins with no address
- App constantly asks for location access
- App doesn't update
- Notifications for trucks far away
- App shows trucks across the country
- App stopped showing truck locations
- App tries to demand background refresh permission
- App says background refresh is off when it's on
- Map is non-functional, no zoom
- App doesn't detect truck even when close
- App shows truck in same spot for hours
- App shows wrong states
- Music plays even on do not disturb
- App doesn't work at all
- App doesn't list hours
- App doesn't list exact address
Requested features
10 requests- Update truck locations regularly
- Set a radius for notifications
- Show approximate time of arrival
- Option to view future scheduled locations
- Show accepted payment methods
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- Indicate current wait times
- Request truck to come to location
- Develop tracker for NY area
- Allow users to request truck to come home
- Notify when truck within 5 miles
Outside Eats
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mister Softee NorCal
No in-app purchases
Outside Eats
No in-app purchases
Questions
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