The Loop vs Ripper Rater
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Loop
Easily order your favorite food ahead for pickup or to-go. The app allows for one-tap ordering, remembers past orders for quick reordering, and lets you earn rewards.
- View menu
- Order ahead for pickup
- One-tap ordering
- Reorder favorites
- Earn rewards
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Order ahead with the new The Loop app. Download today so you can start earning free food and catch the latest happenings. - View the The Loop menu - Order ahead for pick-up and to-go - Pay through the app with one-tap ordering - Remembers your orders so you can re-order your favorites - Earn cool rewards and offers Download today!
Ripper Rater
Log and rate energy drinks to see how your taste compares to others. Discover where specific flavors are available on a community-driven map and track your personal drinking history. Follow friends to see their favorite drinks and engage in discussions.
- Rate energy drinks out of 10
- Log consumed beverages
- View live community leaderboards
- Map of drink locations
- Filter map by specific flavors
- Track personal rating history
- Follow friends and their ratings
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Ripper Rater is where energy drink fans keep score. Rate any drink out of 10, log what you're drinking, and see how your taste stacks up against everyone else's. Every rating feeds a live leaderboard, so the rankings come from the people actually drinking these things instead of from marketing copy. FIND FLAVORS NEAR YOU The map shows spots other people have marked and exactly which flavors turned up there. Hunting one specific flavor? Filter the map by it and see who's stocking it. Gas stations, grocery stores, campus shops — if someone found it, it's on the map. RATE WHAT YOU DRINK Pick a brand, pick a flavor, score it. Twenty brands and hundreds of flavors are already catalogued, and anything missing will be added by request. TRACK YOUR HISTORY Your profile keeps a running log of everything you've rated, your average score, and the flavors you keep coming back to. FOLLOW YOUR FRIENDS Follow other raters, watch what they're drinking, and argue about whether blue raspberry is actually good. Ripper Rater is independent and fan-made. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any beverage company. All brand names and logos belong to their respective owners.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Ripper Rater at weekly against The Loop's every 2 months. The Loop's advantage is ratings volume (1.3K vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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 The Loop against 5.0 for Ripper Rater. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Loop has 1.3K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
The Loop ships an update every 2 months, Ripper Rater weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Loop | Ripper Rater |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (1.3K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.3K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 80 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Hazlnut, LLC | JACKSON PAUL ULLMER |
Customer experience
The Loop
Ripper Rater
Bugs and requests
The Loop
Reported bugs
2 issues- Cannot select store location
- App crashes when processing orders
Requested features
2 requests- Allow double toppings
- Add beverage ordering
Ripper Rater
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
The Loop
No in-app purchases
Ripper Rater
No in-app purchases
