Flint Eats vs Crust
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flint Eats
This app connects Flint residents with local food retailers, offering information on food quality, cost, and preparation. It features a map of food locations and a social feed for sharing deals and tips, aiming to incentivize retailers to offer healthy, high-quality food.
- Map of local food retailers
- Social feed for food deals and tips
- Information on food quality and cost
- Knowledge sharing on food preparation
- Retailer advertising opportunities
- Incentives for healthy food offerings
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Flint Eats is a mobile application that was designed by researchers at Michigan State University and residents in Flint, Michigan. The app was designed with four goals in mind: 1) To provide Flint residents with a way to share information about the quality and cost of food available from Local Food Retailers; 2) To provide Flint residents with a way to share knowledge about food preparation and nutritional value; 3) To provide Flint retailers with an opportunity to advertise affordable, healthy food to Flint residents; 4) To create incentives for food retailers in Flint to provide healthy, high quality food in safe, friendly, accessible environments. The app provides a map-based interface, indicating where all Local Food Retailers are located (including farmer’s markets and corner stores), and a social feed where people can create and discuss different types of food related content, including deals and tips, and in subsequent releases, reviews and recipes. The app also includes a reference library where people can learn about foods and retailers in Flint.
Crust
Easily find the nearest bakery, browse the full menu, and place orders for pickup. Save time by ordering ahead and earn loyalty points to track your rewards status directly within the application.
- Find nearest location
- View menu
- Place orders online
- Order ahead
- Earn loyalty points
- Track rewards status
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Use the Crust - a baking company app to find your nearest location, view our menu, & place an order! Save time by ordering ahead. Earn loyalty points & track your rewards status from within the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Crust at 5.0 against Flint Eats's 3.9. Crust also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). Flint Eats's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 1). 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.
Crust holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flint Eats has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Flint Eats ships an update every 3 months, Crust every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flint Eats | Crust |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| 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 | 184 MB | 110 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Flint Innovative Solutions, Inc. | Crust - a baking company |
Customer experience
Flint Eats
Crust
In-app purchases
Flint Eats
No in-app purchases
Crust
No in-app purchases
