Gordon Now vs CACFP Shopper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gordon Now
Track your current food service delivery with real-time updates on estimated arrival, truck contents, and out-of-stock alerts. Access past orders and request chemical and beverage services. Links to online ordering are also provided.
- Real-time truck arrival estimates
- View truck contents
- Out-of-stock and short-ship alerts
- Access past orders
- Request chemical and beverage service
- Quick links to online ordering
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Got a Gordon Food Service business account? Gordon Now is your ordering app. Search the catalog or start from your order guide, then build your order and check out from your phone. See when your truck will get there, what is on it, and which items are out of stock or coming up short. Pull up past orders to check what you bought. Gordon Now is another way that Gordon Food Service is always at your table to help you run your operation. Shopping a Gordon Food Service Store for your home? Please use gfsstore.com
CACFP Shopper
This tool helps users determine if food items are creditable for the CACFP program while shopping. It guides users through product questions and analyzes nutrition labels to identify eligible items and whole grain rich options.
- Determine creditable items while shopping
- Analyze nutrition labels for sugar requirements
- Identify whole grain rich options
- Store selected items in 'My List'
- Share shopping lists with teams
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The CACFP Shopper app is an interactive tool built by the Iowa Department of Education to determine creditable items while shopping in the store. It can be used by individuals in any US state, but if you have individual product questions be sure to check with your State Agency. In this app, just follow a series of questions about the products you see and the Shopper will tell you whether the item is creditable or whole grain rich. Some other notable features: - Enter a few numbers from the Nutrition Facts Label and find out whether a breakfast cereal or yogurt meets the sugar requirements. - Quickly get answers and make smart purchases with the CACFP Shopper. - Use the ‘My List’ feature to store information on items you have selected. - Keep the list for your next trip or share it with your team if someone else will be doing the shopping.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CACFP Shopper at 5.0 against Gordon Now's 2.6. Gordon Now's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (42 vs 3). 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.
CACFP Shopper holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gordon Now has 42 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Gordon Now ships an update every 4 weeks, CACFP Shopper every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gordon Now | CACFP Shopper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (42 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 42 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 100 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gordon Food Service, Inc. | Iowa Department of Education |
Customer experience
Gordon Now
CACFP Shopper
In-app purchases
Gordon Now
No in-app purchases
CACFP Shopper
No in-app purchases
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