Strack & Van Til vs Tomato Bar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Strack & Van Til
Streamline your grocery shopping by ordering directly from your phone at participating stores. Access exclusive coupons, sales flyers, and create personalized shopping lists. Discover new recipes for meal inspiration and save time and money.
- Order groceries from phone
- Exclusive coupons and deals
- View sales flyers and promotions
- Create and manage shopping lists
- Discover recipes for meal inspiration
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Enhance your grocery shopping experience with our app! Shop at participating stores and place orders directly from your phone to save time and money. Access store ads and coupons all in one convenient place. Features: • Convenient Grocery Shopping: Order groceries right from your phone. • Exclusive Coupons: Unlock special discounts and deals. • Sales Flyers: Stay updated with the latest store promotions. • Shopping List: Create and manage your personalized shopping lists. • Recipes: Discover new recipes for meal inspiration.
Tomato Bar
Easily find the closest restaurant, browse the full menu, and place your order for pickup. Save time by ordering in advance and earn rewards for your purchases.
- Find nearest location
- View full menu
- Place online orders
- Order ahead
- Earn loyalty points
- Track rewards status
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Use the Tomato Bar app to find your nearest location, view our menu, and place an order. Save time by ordering ahead. Earn loyalty points and track your rewards status from within the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Tomato Bar at 4.9 against Strack & Van Til's 4.6. Tomato Bar also leads on review sentiment (33% vs 14%). Strack & Van Til's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (929 vs 246). 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.
Tomato Bar holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 929 and 246 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of Strack & Van Til's written reviews are positive against 33% of Tomato Bar's.
Strack & Van Til ships an update fortnightly, Tomato Bar every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Strack & Van Til | Tomato Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (929 ratings) | 4.9 (246 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.2% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 929 — better | 246 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 108 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Indiana Grocery Group LLC | Tomato Bar LLC |
Customer experience
Strack & Van Til
Tomato Bar
Bugs and requests
Strack & Van Til
Reported bugs
17 issues- App freezes during coupon clipping
- Login loops and authentication failures
- Coupons fail to load or apply at checkout
- App crashes when selecting store
- Server errors and content retrieval failures
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- SMS verification code not accepted
- App closes unexpectedly during navigation
- Infinite loading screens
- Cart/order data loss
- App won't reopen after closing
- Password reset links not sent
- Scan code functionality buried or non-functional
- Digital ads persist and cannot be closed
- Slow response times when clipping coupons
- App redirects to web browser instead of functioning natively
- Incompatibility with certain phone models and iOS versions
- App update installation failures
Requested features
13 requests- Product search with aisle location
- Automatic coupon application at checkout
- Ability to add items to existing orders
- Real-time shopping progress tracking
- In-app tip functionality
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- Dark mode option
- Simplified login process
- Better rewards points redemption system
- Integrated price scanner
- Electronic coupons auto-applied without manual clipping
- Grocery list builder functionality
- Ability to delete clipped coupons
- Store-specific inventory management
Tomato Bar
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Strack & Van Til
No in-app purchases
Tomato Bar
No in-app purchases
Questions
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