Choco vs Apicbase
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Choco
Streamline food supply ordering for restaurants and cafes. This app connects chefs and managers with distributors, offering digital order guides, catalog browsing, and team communication. It simplifies the entire ordering process, making it faster and more accurate.
- Order from multiple distributors
- Manage multiple locations
- Digital order guides
- Browse distributor catalogs
- Team communication
- Showcase products for distributors
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Choco: Your Ultimate Food Supply Solution for Restaurants and Cafes Fed up with endless sheets of invoices and late-night phone calls? Choco makes placing distributor orders better and easier—for free. Designed for chefs, managers, and food service businesses, Choco streamlines the ordering process, making it faster, more accurate, and hassle-free. For Chefs & Ordering Managers: - Order from Anywhere: Place orders from all your distributors directly through the app, available on all mobile and tablet devices. - Manage Multiple Locations: Easily update employee information, check orders, and receive order alerts, all from one app. - Digital Order Guides: Stay organized with customizable digital order guides categorized for your convenience. - Browse Distributor Catalogs: Discover new and exciting products tailored to your needs. - Team Communication: Chat with your team and sales reps; devices are synced across your team to keep everyone updated. For Distributor & Sales Reps: - Showcase Products: Send photos and update product information to highlight your offerings and boost sales. - Efficient Communication: Quickly confirm orders and respond to questions, ensuring excellent customer service without delays. - Customer Management: Manage all your customers in one app, whether you're in the office, on the road, or at a client site. Experience the convenience of Choco and revolutionize your food supply management. Download now and join a community of businesses that thrive with reliable, efficient ordering all at no cost.
Apicbase
Manage your food business's back-of-house operations with this cloud-based platform. Scan inventory, create new items, and track stock, even when offline.
- Cloud-based food management
- Inventory scanning
- Create new articles on the fly
- Offline functionality
- Stock management
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Apicbase is the backbone of any food business and helps you manage your back of house with a world class food & beverage management platform. With the help of this app you can scan your stock directly into the platform, create newly delivered articles on the fly, both when you're online or offline in any storage unit.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Choco at 4.4 against Apicbase's 1.0. Choco also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (86 vs 2). Apicbase's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 84%). 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.
Choco holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Choco has 86 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 84% of Choco's written reviews are positive against 100% of Apicbase's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Choco ships an update weekly, Apicbase every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Choco | Apicbase |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (86 ratings) — better | 1.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 86 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 125 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Choco Communications GmbH | Apicbase |
Customer experience
Choco
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In-app purchases
Choco
No in-app purchases
Apicbase
No in-app purchases









