Smart & Final vs Falling Prices
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smart & Final
Shop for groceries and household essentials at low prices. Order online for same-day delivery or store pickup. Access weekly ads, clip digital coupons, and view your order history.
- Online ordering for delivery or pickup
- Access weekly ads and promotions
- Clip digital coupons
- View order history
- Store locator
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Smart & Final offers the same great low pricing in our app as you'll find in our stores. Simply download the app, create an account or log in to access all these great benefits: • Place Orders Online… for delivery same-day or pickup from your local Smart & Final • Access Weekly Ads and Promotions… view flyers directly on the app and clip coupons for great savings • View Order History… through the app or at SmartandFinal.com • Find Your Nearest Store… with our store locator
Falling Prices
Gain priority access to store openings and exclusive shopping experiences. Stay informed about special announcements, event news, and offers. Upgrade for premium line passes and enhanced virtual shopping.
- Priority entrance access
- Live Drop Zone (in-store)
- Virtual Drop Zone experience
- Special announcements
- Drop Zone Event news
- Exclusive offers
- Platinum Line Passes
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The Falling Prices app is the way to get priority entrance at opening time for each Falling Prices location as well as access to our Live Drop Zone (In-store) and our Virtual Drop Zone experience. You can also stay up to date with special announcements, Drop Zone Event news, and exclusive offers. Register as a free basic member in the app to obtain a free general line pass (#101 and above). Upgrade to a Platinum Membership for the ability to purchase Platinum Line Passes and get ahead of the line.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Smart & Final at 4.6 against Falling Prices's 3.7. Smart & Final also leads on ratings volume (8.7K vs 237). Falling Prices's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (24% vs 14%). On price, update cadence, 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.
Smart & Final holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Smart & Final has 8.7K ratings behind it against 237, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 14% of Smart & Final's written reviews are positive against 24% of Falling Prices's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Smart & Final ships an update every 2 months, Falling Prices every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and August 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smart & Final | Falling Prices |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (8.7K ratings) — better | 3.7 (237 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews | 23.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8.7K — better | 237 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 119 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Smart & Final Stores LLC | RL Liquidators LLC |
Customer experience
Smart & Final
Falling Prices
User reviews
Smart & Final
From 8.7K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast delivery
- 👍 Organized app
- 💡 Digital coupons
Room to improve
- 🐛 Clipping coupons doesn't work
- 🐛 App crashes/freezes
- 🐛 Login/sign-in issues
- 🐛 Difficult to navigate
- 🐛 Inaccurate pricing/discounts
Falling Prices
From 237 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Amazing app
- 👍 Wonderful staff
- 👍 Employees are nice
- 👍 Store is clean
- 👍 Simple to use
Room to improve
- 🐛 App doesn't work
- 🐛 Falling prices app not working
- 🐛 Long checkout lines
- 🐛 Can't shop drop zones
- 🐛 Phone purchase nightmare
Bugs and requests
Smart & Final
Reported bugs
4 issues- Digital coupons not working
- App crashing/freezing
- Login/sign-in problems
- Incorrect pricing/discounts
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to see item stock at local store
- Easier coupon clipping process
- Loyalty points program
- More user-friendly interface
- Better integration with website
Falling Prices
Reported bugs
14 issues- App not loading
- App not working
- Unable to check in
- Unable to authenticate account
- App time is wrong
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- App not accepting confirmation
- App has glitches
- Pass deleted from app
- App says someone else using number
- App says no one registered with email
- App says account linked to phone number
- App shows location but no locations found nearby
- Password reset issues
- App requires photo every time
Requested features
17 requests- Fix app functionality
- Improve app loading
- Open more registers
- Vet phones better
- Fix photo change
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- Clarify membership benefits
- Allow check-in earlier
- Fix authentication issues
- Address Line A pass sell-outs
- Improve customer interaction
- Allow lowercase letters
- Fix time discrepancies
- Add better support
- Fix login issues
- Allow credit card storage
- Add user feedback option
- Require password entry twice
In-app purchases
Smart & Final
No in-app purchases
Falling Prices
No in-app purchases
Questions
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