Franco Manca vs GAIL's Bakery
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Franco Manca
This app allows you to order delicious sourdough pizzas for collection and track your loyalty rewards. Earn free pizzas with every purchase and discover your nearest location.
- Virtual loyalty card
- Earn free pizza rewards
- Order and collect
- View full menu
- Find a pizzeria
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Franco Manca is a Neapolitan pizzeria, pioneering sourdough pizza in the UK. We opened our very first pizzeria in Brixton Market, London, and are now open in towns and cities across the UK. Our dough is made daily. Our seasonal ingredients are sourced from small suppliers across Italy and the UK and our pizzas start from £5. The Franco Manca app is our way of saying ‘thank you’ to you for supporting our mission to bring slow fast food with real, small supplier ingredients to the UK. Earn your way to free pizza using the app in any of our pizzerias. For every 6 pizzas you buy, enjoy the 7th one on the house. You can also order pizza to collect, view our menu and find your local pizzeria. It’s simple. Eat Pizza= Earn pizza. What’s inside? - Our virtual loyalty card Buy 6 pizzas and enjoy the 7th pizza on the house Every new user receives a welcome bonus stamp Invite a friend and enjoy a bonus stamp Students buy 4 pizzas and the 5th is on the house -Menu View our full menu -Order & Collect Order online and collect at any pizzeria -Find a pizzeria You can also find your nearest pizzeria with our in-app location finder
GAIL's Bakery
Earn digital stamps with every purchase at participating bakeries. Collect stamps to redeem free bread, coffee, or barista-made drinks. Order ahead to skip the queue and browse the online shop.
- Digital stamp collection
- Earn free bread or drinks
- Order ahead for pickup
- Browse and shop online
- QR code scanning
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Introducing the GAIL's Loyalty App; perfect if you’re a regular of our bakeries. • Scan the app's QR code with every shop to receive a digital stamp. • If you spend more than £20, we'll give you an extra stamp. • Collect 9 stamps and enjoy a handcrafted loaf of bread, coffee or any barista-made drink on us. It's our little way of saying thank you. If you already know what you fancy, you can order ahead to skip the queue and have your favourites ready and waiting. The app also makes it easier to browse and shop online with GAIL’s.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: GAIL's Bakery at 4.3 against Franco Manca's 1.0. GAIL's Bakery also leads on ratings volume (50 vs 1) and review sentiment (26% vs 9%). Franco Manca's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
GAIL's Bakery holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GAIL's Bakery has 50 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 9% of Franco Manca's written reviews are positive against 26% of GAIL's Bakery's.
Franco Manca ships an update every 2 months, GAIL's Bakery monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Franco Manca | GAIL's Bakery |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.3 (50 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 9.4% of reviews | 26.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 50 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Franco Manca | Gail's |
Customer experience
Franco Manca
GAIL's Bakery
User reviews
Franco Manca
From 1 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🍕 Great pizzas
- ✨ Nice app design (rare)
- 🤝 Staff welcoming and helpful (rare)
Room to improve
- ❌ Cannot log in
- ❌ Password reset issues
- ❌ App doesn't work
- ❌ Codes don't work
- ❌ Cannot create account
GAIL's Bakery
From 50 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to set up and clear design
- 👍 User-friendly app
- 👍 Delicious pastries
- 👍 Excellent app
- 👍 Worth getting
Room to improve
- 🤬 Annoying marketing emails
- 🐛 Stamps not always added
- 🐛 Tills not working
- 🐛 App unable to download
- 🐛 Stamps frequently not added
Bugs and requests
Franco Manca
Reported bugs
22 issues- Cannot log in after update
- Password reset requires email but sets keyboard to numbers only
- Lost rewards after logging out/resetting password
- App doesn't open/crashes
- Codes from receipts expire or don't register
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- Cannot add stamps
- Table check-in not working
- Opening app at restaurant is impossible
- App doesn't work for discounts
- Registration fails ('Request failed')
- Phone number already in use when trying to create new account
- SMS codes not received
- App sends users in an eternal loop back to login
- VPN/network issues with no feedback
- Resetting password updates but doesn't work
- App freezes or locks up
- QR codes lead to website or error pages
- Stamps disappear
- Cannot delete account
- Ordering takes you to website instead of in-app
- Local restaurant not showing in list
- Discount only works for one item when it should work for multiple
Requested features
13 requests- Allow email reset for password
- Fix numeric-only keyboard for password reset
- Improve app stability
- Ensure codes are always valid
- Guest checkout option
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- Allow 3rd party sign-in
- Improve autocomplete/autofill
- Clarify 'scan the table' feature
- Fix SMS function for codes
- Integrate ordering and rewards better
- Make ordering process easier
- Add dark mode
- Improve password handling (strong passwords, generation)
GAIL's Bakery
Reported bugs
8 issues- Tills aren't working
- The app is unable to download
- Stamps not Added
- Click and Collect not working
- Rewards disappear
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- Verification failure
- App not usable with no internet connection
- Stamps don't record
Requested features
3 requests- Add loyalty QR Code to Apple Wallet
- Option for honey or syrup
- Order history on the app
In-app purchases
Franco Manca
No in-app purchases
GAIL's Bakery
No in-app purchases
