NDSU Dining vs Babb's Coffee House
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NDSU Dining
Access detailed dining hall menus, including nutritional and allergy information. View operating hours, serving times, and real-time occupancy for dining centers.
- View daily dining menus
- Access nutritional information
- Check allergy details
- See operating hours
- View serving times
- Monitor live occupancy
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View breakfast, lunch, dinner, and late night menus from West, Residence and Union dining centers at North Dakota State University. You can also view nutrition information as well as allergy information. As well as viewing menus, you can also view hours of operation and serving times and the live occupancy of the dining centers.
Babb's Coffee House
Easily order your favorite coffee and food online for pickup or delivery. Save time by ordering ahead and enjoy a streamlined checkout process with saved addresses and real-time order confirmations.
- Online food ordering
- Order ahead for pickup
- Delivery options available
- Fast checkout with saved details
- Save multiple addresses
- Real-time order confirmation
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Do you love to order Coffee & Food online from Babb's Coffee House? Use our mobile app to personalize your experience and benefit from the easiest, fastest way to order your favorite food. Features: - Online food ordering optimized for your mobile device. - Order ahead so you don't have to wait in line. -Order for delivery & pay online or in the app. - The checkout details are pre-filled, so you can order with just a few clicks. - Save multiple addresses and pick the preferred one at checkout. - Real time confirmation of the order - meaning that the restaurant staff confirms your order right away, with the estimated ready-time. No middle-man, no confusing call-center, no over-promises. This is just between you and Babb's Coffee House.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Babb's Coffee House at 4.2 against NDSU Dining's 3.0. Babb's Coffee House also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 14.2). NDSU Dining's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (27 vs 5). 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.
Babb's Coffee House holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NDSU Dining has 27 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.
NDSU Dining ships an update every 5 weeks, Babb's Coffee House every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NDSU Dining | Babb's Coffee House |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (27 ratings) | 4.2 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 44.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 27 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.2 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 80 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | North Dakota State University | Babbs Coffee House LLC |
Customer experience
NDSU Dining
Babb's Coffee House
In-app purchases
NDSU Dining
No in-app purchases
Babb's Coffee House
No in-app purchases
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