VRG Rewards vs Sbarro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VRG Rewards
Earn points and exclusive rewards for dining at participating quick-service restaurants. Order takeout, track your balance, and get special offers. Join today to start earning points on every dollar spent and receive a free slice.
- Earn points on purchases
- Receive bonus points for joining
- Order takeout and redeem rewards
- Track member account balance
- Access catering and location finder
- Birthday and referral rewards
- In-store check-in code
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Our VRG Rewards program was created to provide our guests the opportunity to enjoy everything about our quick service brands, and earn points when doing so! Download the VRG Rewards app today for free and you’ll be able to: • Join our program and receive 500 points upon joining. - Earn 10 points for every $1 spent • Receive a FREE (Any) SLICE reward. - Redeemable upon joining. • Order takeout from any of our participating locations. - Redeem rewards at checkout. • View your member account balance and your rewards. • Access our catering link, refer a friend, and location finder. • Check in code accessible on your home screen. - Provide your check in code at the counter to earn points and/or redeem rewards in-store. • Birthday Reward: FREE NEO CHEESE SLICE • Bonus points for referring a friend to the program. • Redeemable food items - Redeem food items with points prior to placing your purchase. • Get notifications from us announcing new menu items, special events, and more!
Sbarro
Order your favorite handmade New York-style pizza ahead for pickup or delivery. Earn rewards and easily reorder past meals. Find nearby locations and view menus.
- Order ahead for pickup
- Earn and redeem rewards
- View menus
- Find nearby locations
- Delivery to your door
- Reorder favorites
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FEATURES + Order ahead & pick up in-restaurant + Earn and Redeem Rewards (at participating locations) + View menus & find nearby locations + Get your order delivered right to your door (at participating locations) + Easily re-order your favorites & recent orders ABOUT SBARRO Sbarro, The Original NY Pizza, makes their pizza handmade fresh every day with hand stretched dough made from scratch and never frozen. Started in Brooklyn in 1956 as an Italian Delicatessen, Carmela Sbarro quickly found that employees and guests alike enjoyed her handmade NY style pizza. Since then Sbarro has expanded to over 600 locations globally in over countries 25 countries.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sbarro at 4.7 against VRG Rewards's 3.2. Sbarro also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 12 months) and ratings volume (1.8K vs 33). VRG Rewards's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, 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.
Sbarro holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sbarro has 1.8K ratings behind it against 33, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 18% of VRG Rewards's written reviews are positive against 22% of Sbarro's.
VRG Rewards ships an update every 12 months, Sbarro fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VRG Rewards | Sbarro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (33 ratings) | 4.7 (1.8K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 18.2% of reviews | 21.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 33 | 1.8K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 121 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Villa Restaurant Group LLC | Sbarro, LLC |
Customer experience
VRG Rewards
Sbarro
Bugs and requests
VRG Rewards
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Sbarro
Reported bugs
3 issues- Account creation and login issues
- Payment processing problems
- Incorrect location detection
Requested features
2 requests- Ability to add order notes
- In-store purchase tracking and rewards
In-app purchases
VRG Rewards
No in-app purchases
Sbarro
No in-app purchases
Questions
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