Lion's Choice vs Beluga Eats
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lion's Choice
Easily order your favorite roast beef sandwiches, fries, and salads for pickup. Skip the lines and enjoy quick access to all your LC favorites. Reorder past meals with ease if you're a registered user.
- Online ordering for pickup
- Browse menu favorites
- Reorder past meals
- Find nearest location
- Earn rewards
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The Lion’s Choice mobile app brings all your LC favorites right to your fingertips. Now it’s even easier get our famous roast beef, natural-cut fries, premium salads and sides from the nearest Lion’s Choice location with our new online ordering feature. Just download the official Lion’s Choice mobile app and start enjoying some honest-to-goodness awesome food today! No lines. No waiting. And no account needed. But if you are a registered user, it’s even easier to reorder your favorite menu items.
Beluga Eats
Browse restaurant menus and place orders directly from your table by scanning a QR code. Save your order history for easy reordering of favorite dishes.
- QR code menu scanning
- In-app ordering
- Digital menu browsing
- Order history
- Save favorite dishes
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Welcome to the Beluga mobile app, powering a modern ordering experience for restaurants and diners. Scan a QR code at your favorite Beluga restaurant to browse their menu in a beautiful interface. Then add items to your cart and place an order right from your table. Sign up for an account to save your receipts and order history, so you can easily reorder your favorite dishes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Beluga Eats at 3.8 against Lion's Choice's 2.6. Beluga Eats also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months) and review sentiment (50% vs 29%). Lion's Choice's advantage is ratings volume (68 vs 18). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Beluga Eats holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 68 and 18 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of Lion's Choice's written reviews are positive against 50% of Beluga Eats's.
Lion's Choice ships an update every 5 months, Beluga Eats every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 25, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lion's Choice | Beluga Eats |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (68 ratings) | 3.8 (18 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.8% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 68 — better | 18 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 127 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Paytronix Systems Inc | Beluga Technology, Inc |
Customer experience
Lion's Choice
Beluga Eats
Bugs and requests
Lion's Choice
Reported bugs
20 issues- App inoperable with new iOS updates
- App not working
- Transaction errors and duplicate charges
- App freezes
- Cannot set up account
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- Apple Pay not working
- Rewards not reapplying after order modification
- App crashes on login
- Server returned error
- App won't open
- Cannot log in
- App doesn't work with latest software upgrade
- Cannot open app on iOS 15
- Old rewards not syncing
- Order not reaching store
- App customer service nonexistent
- Duplicate charges
- App doesn't recognize account
- No points or rewards showing
- Roar rewards not showing
Requested features
10 requests- Add mayonnaise option
- Add quantity option for items
- Allow pickup in drive-through
- Improve customer support responsiveness
- Add option to add loyalty card to Apple Wallet
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- Integrate loyalty program
- Allow selection of drink/fry size
- Add discount options for retirees
- Allow tipping for dashers
- Improve store-to-app communication for specials
Beluga Eats
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Lion's Choice
No in-app purchases
Beluga Eats
No in-app purchases
Questions
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