Comparison

F&B Buyer vs pQuery

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head

About

F&B Buyer

This platform streamlines ingredient procurement for restaurants, offering a comprehensive solution for online ordering, delivery confirmation, returns, billing, and inventory management. It ensures access to safe and healthy ingredients while enabling intelligent, end-to-end operations anytime, anywhere.

Highlights

Online ingredient requisition
Order placement and delivery confirmation
Returns and billing management
Inventory transfers and stock management
Access to safe and healthy ingredients
End-to-end operational intelligence

Features

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CaterChain Procurement Manager is an ingredient procurement platform dedicated to the foodservice industry. It provides restaurants with safe and healthy ingredients and enables intelligent, end-to-end operations—including online requisition, ordering, delivery confirmation, returns, billing, inventory transfers, and stock management—anytime, anywhere, making ingredient procurement more convenient than ever.

About

pQuery

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Help the boss manage your restaurant

Screenshots

F&B Buyer4 screens

pQuery3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: F&B Buyer at every 10 days against pQuery's monthly. pQuery's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

F&B Buyer ships an update every 10 days, pQuery monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level

F&B Buyer versus pQuery: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter	F&B Buyer	pQuery
Price	Free	Free
Positive reviews	50.0% of reviews	—
Update frequency	Every 10 days — better	Monthly
Ads	No	No
In-app purchases	No	No
Monetization	Free	—
Devices	iPhone	iPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS	16.0	13.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size	29 MB	26 MB
Age rating	17+	4+
Developer	Hunan Can Zhi Technology Co., Ltd.	俊桂吴