Gordon Now vs BEEFoodservice
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
BEEFoodservice
This app serves as a comprehensive resource for foodservice professionals interested in beef. It offers insights into cattle raising, sustainability, nutrition, and product quality. Explore innovative beef cuts, learn preparation and cooking techniques, and find menu inspiration to enhance profitability and versatility.
- Beef raising and sustainability information
- Product quality and nutrition details
- Comprehensive beef cuts section
- Menu application inspiration
- Interactive beef training courses
- Connect with state beef councils
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BEEFoodservice is a resource for restaurant operators, chefs, center-of-the-plate specialists, foodservice distributor sales staff, culinary instructors and students, and others in the foodservice community looking to increase profitability, versatility and crave-ability of beef in their business. BEEFoodservice is ultimately a guide and resource for foodservice professionals about beef. App users can learn how cattle are raised, beef’s sustainability story, product quality, and beef nutrition. Through the comprehensive Beef Cuts section, the foodservice community can explore innovative beef cuts and their versatility in exciting menu applications, NAMP/IMPS ordering numbers and tips, cut preparation tips, and cooking methods. App users can watch beef cutting videos and complete one of two interactive beef training courses. BEEFoodservice provides inspiration for crave-able beef dishes and menu creativity, and enables the foodservice community to discover beef’s profit power, and how it drives foodservice sales—Beef means business. The topics of the BEEFoodservice app include: Raising Beef, Product Quality, Sustainability, Real Beef, Nutrition, Foodservice Inspiration, and Beef Cuts. The app also includes two free beef training programs, an Inbox messaging feature, and the capability to connect with your local state beef council.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BEEFoodservice at 5.0 against Gordon Now's 2.6. BEEFoodservice also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.4). Gordon Now's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 13 months) and ratings volume (40 vs 2). 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.
BEEFoodservice holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gordon Now has 40 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Gordon Now ships an update every 4 weeks, BEEFoodservice every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gordon Now | BEEFoodservice |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (40 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 40 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 100 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Gordon Food Service, Inc. | California Beef Council |
Customer experience
Gordon Now
BEEFoodservice
In-app purchases
Gordon Now
No in-app purchases
BEEFoodservice
No in-app purchases
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