Riverford vs Franco Manca
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Riverford
Easily order seasonal organic produce and manage your deliveries from the farm. Get live alerts, browse a wide selection of items, and customize your regular orders. Never miss out on fresh, sustainable food again.
- Live delivery alerts
- Browse seasonal produce
- Create custom regular orders
- Pause or cancel deliveries
- Smart ordering reminders
- Shop recipe kits and staples
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Seasonal, sustainable, and in your pocket. Riverford’s easy order app is the quickest way to get your organic veg fix — and never forget your avocados again. Whether you’re a long-time customer or just starting your veg box journey, our app makes it simple to shop from the farm and manage your deliveries. Why download the Riverford app? - Live delivery alerts: Get ETA updates and alerts when your box arrives - See your next delivery at a glance - Browse everything: From seasonal veg boxes to recipe kits and everyday staples - Create your own regular order: Weekly, fortnightly, or every 3–4 weeks - Never miss what’s in season - Pause or cancel with a single tap - Smart reminders: Know when to order, and when to put your box out for collection From the carrotiest carrots to the sweetest tomatoes, Riverford has delivered flavour-packed organic produce for more than 30 years. All with a fair deal for farmers and the planet. The Riverford app puts our fields at your fingertips.
Franco Manca
This app allows you to order delicious sourdough pizzas for collection and track your loyalty rewards. Earn free pizzas with every purchase and discover your nearest location.
- Virtual loyalty card
- Earn free pizza rewards
- Order and collect
- View full menu
- Find a pizzeria
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Franco Manca is a Neapolitan pizzeria, pioneering sourdough pizza in the UK. We opened our very first pizzeria in Brixton Market, London, and are now open in towns and cities across the UK. Our dough is made daily. Our seasonal ingredients are sourced from small suppliers across Italy and the UK and our pizzas start from £5. The Franco Manca app is our way of saying ‘thank you’ to you for supporting our mission to bring slow fast food with real, small supplier ingredients to the UK. Earn your way to free pizza using the app in any of our pizzerias. For every 6 pizzas you buy, enjoy the 7th one on the house. You can also order pizza to collect, view our menu and find your local pizzeria. It’s simple. Eat Pizza= Earn pizza. What’s inside? - Our virtual loyalty card Buy 6 pizzas and enjoy the 7th pizza on the house Every new user receives a welcome bonus stamp Invite a friend and enjoy a bonus stamp Students buy 4 pizzas and the 5th is on the house -Menu View our full menu -Order & Collect Order online and collect at any pizzeria -Find a pizzeria You can also find your nearest pizzeria with our in-app location finder
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Riverford at 66% against Franco Manca's 9%. Riverford also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 2 months). Franco Manca's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
Riverford holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 66% of Riverford's written reviews are positive against 9% of Franco Manca's.
Riverford ships an update every 11 days, Franco Manca every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Riverford | Franco Manca |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 65.6% of reviews — better | 9.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Riverford | Franco Manca |
Customer experience
Riverford
Franco Manca
User reviews
Riverford
From 4 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use and navigate
- 🥕 Fresh, delicious produce
- 📦 Well-packed deliveries
- 💡 Great recipes and ideas
- 🚚 Reliable delivery service
Room to improve
- 🐛 App crashes frequently
- 🐌 Slow and clunky app performance
- 🔍 Unusable search functionality
- 🪲 Bugs in app notifications
- 🔄 Inconsistent order fulfillment
Franco Manca
From 1 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🍕 Great pizzas
- ✨ Nice app design (rare)
- 🤝 Staff welcoming and helpful (rare)
Room to improve
- ❌ Cannot log in
- ❌ Password reset issues
- ❌ App doesn't work
- ❌ Codes don't work
- ❌ Cannot create account
Bugs and requests
Riverford
Reported bugs
9 issues- App crashes on launch
- App not opening after download/update
- Search results are irrelevant (e.g., kale search shows potatoes, beer, meat)
- Notifications not working even after reinstall and checking settings
- App only works in portrait mode on iPad
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- Order confirmation issues (items not showing up)
- Login issues (account won't let user in)
- Payment declined issues and unclear process to clear balance
- App redirects to iTunes for update but no update available
Requested features
8 requests- Add live chat support
- Improve search functionality
- Remember filter and sort preferences
- Add option to filter by diet preference (e.g., plant-based)
- Enable landscape mode on iPad
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- Improve signposting for clearing outstanding balances
- Allow easier switching between recipes/menus
- Make ordering more flexible for specific menus
Franco Manca
Reported bugs
22 issues- Cannot log in after update
- Password reset requires email but sets keyboard to numbers only
- Lost rewards after logging out/resetting password
- App doesn't open/crashes
- Codes from receipts expire or don't register
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- Cannot add stamps
- Table check-in not working
- Opening app at restaurant is impossible
- App doesn't work for discounts
- Registration fails ('Request failed')
- Phone number already in use when trying to create new account
- SMS codes not received
- App sends users in an eternal loop back to login
- VPN/network issues with no feedback
- Resetting password updates but doesn't work
- App freezes or locks up
- QR codes lead to website or error pages
- Stamps disappear
- Cannot delete account
- Ordering takes you to website instead of in-app
- Local restaurant not showing in list
- Discount only works for one item when it should work for multiple
Requested features
13 requests- Allow email reset for password
- Fix numeric-only keyboard for password reset
- Improve app stability
- Ensure codes are always valid
- Guest checkout option
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- Allow 3rd party sign-in
- Improve autocomplete/autofill
- Clarify 'scan the table' feature
- Fix SMS function for codes
- Integrate ordering and rewards better
- Make ordering process easier
- Add dark mode
- Improve password handling (strong passwords, generation)
In-app purchases
Riverford
No in-app purchases
Franco Manca
No in-app purchases
