Pagliacci Pizza vs Backyard Bagel
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pagliacci Pizza
Easily order your favorite pizzas, calzones, salads, and more for delivery or pickup. Earn loyalty points with every purchase to redeem for money-saving rewards. Customize your orders and manage your preferences for a convenient dining experience.
- Order for delivery or pickup
- Customize pizzas and menu items
- Earn loyalty points (Pags)
- Redeem Pags for rewards
- Save preferences and payment methods
- Reorder favorite items easily
- Pay with credit/debit card or gift card
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The Pagliacci Pizza app makes ordering more convenient than ever—from wherever you are—and rewards loyalty. Choose from Pagliacci favorites and seasonal pies or customize your pizza. Everything on our menu is available on the app, including salads, calzone, breadsticks, pasta, beer and wine, and gelato. Best of all, loyalty pays. Order through the app and earn reward Pags. The bigger your order, the more Pags you earn. Pags may be redeemed anytime or you can continue to collect Pags and watch your balance grow. Features: • Loyalty pays—earn Pags (money-saving rewards) with every order. • Do everything through the app. • Set your order for delivery or in-store pick up. • Create a profile to conveniently store your preferences, payment methods, addresses and recent orders. • Keep a list of favorite items for easy reordering. • Pay with credit card, debit card or Pagliacci gift card. • Qualify for bonus Pags days. • The app and Pags rewards work at all locations except the UW campus stores. • Scan at a store to earn and redeem Pags rewards on orders placed at locations.
Backyard Bagel
Easily order your favorite bagels, schmears, sandwiches, and coffee ahead of time. Earn rewards with every purchase and skip the line for quick pickups.
- Order bagels, schmears, sandwiches, and coffee
- Order ahead for pickup
- Earn rewards on purchases
- Skip the wait
- Mobile payment
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Backyard Bagel — bagels, schmear, sandwiches, and coffee. Order ahead, earn rewards, and skip the wait on every pickup.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Pagliacci Pizza at 16K against Backyard Bagel's 2. Pagliacci Pizza also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Pagliacci Pizza against 5.0 for Backyard Bagel. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pagliacci Pizza has 16K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Pagliacci Pizza ships an update every 3 months, Backyard Bagel every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pagliacci Pizza | Backyard Bagel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (16K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 16K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pagliacci | Per Diem Subscriptions, Inc. |
Customer experience
Pagliacci Pizza
Backyard Bagel
Bugs and requests
Pagliacci Pizza
Reported bugs
3 issues- App not loading or freezing
- Order history not displaying correctly
- Issues with time zone awareness
Requested features
3 requests- Add Apple Pay integration
- Improve half-and-half pizza customization
- Allow more flexibility with rewards redemption
Backyard Bagel
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pagliacci Pizza
No in-app purchases
Backyard Bagel
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Pagliacci Pizza free?
Is Backyard Bagel free?
Which has better reviews, Pagliacci Pizza or Backyard Bagel?
Do Pagliacci Pizza or Backyard Bagel have ads?
Which is updated more often, Pagliacci Pizza or Backyard Bagel?
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