Comparison

Transact Mobile Ordering vs BAR

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

Head to head
About

Transact Mobile Ordering

Order food and pay directly from your phone at participating campus restaurants. Browse menus, customize your meals, and receive notifications about your order status. Earn reward points for purchases and engagement.

Highlights
  • Order and pay from your phone
  • Browse restaurants and menus
  • Customize orders
  • Pay with campus card or credit/debit
  • Order status notifications
  • Earn reward points
Features
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Get ‘outta line! Mobile Ordering is a simple, super convenient way to order, pay and pick up - right from your mobile device. Use the app to browse restaurants and menus, order from your favorite campus spot, pay by credit/campus card or even your meal plan (whatever your campus allows). We’ll tell you when to expect your order, notify you every step of the way, and send a message when your order is ready. No more wasted time waiting in line. We’ll even remember your favorites, so you can reorder superfast. But wait, there’s more… not only are you going to get rewarded with shorter order and wait times, you may be able to earn actual reward points (at participating locations). You’ll get points for things like opening messages, ordering food, and rating your purchases. Complete challenges for bonus points and level up, where you can earn points even faster. Then use your points to enter contests and receive rewards. Key benefits: · Order, pay and pick up - right from your phone · Browse restaurants and menus · Customize your order, your way · Pay with campus card or credit/debit card · Know when to expect your order and get notified when your food is ready · Earn points, get rewards at participating locations

About

BAR

Discover local bar deals and real-time crowd levels. Find happy hours, drink specials, and events, with predictions on how busy venues are. Navigate your night out with a live map of hotspots.

Highlights
  • Local bar deals and specials
  • Real-time crowd level predictions
  • Event listings
  • Interactive map of hotspots
  • Deal provenance and verification
  • No account, ads, or tracking
Features
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BARometer answers the two questions every night out starts with: where's the deal, and how packed is it? EVERY DEAL, ONE PLACE Happy hours, drink specials, food deals, and events from your local bars, gathered from the bars' own public announcements and reviewed by a human before they appear. Filter by day, deal type, or price; search for "wings" or "2-for-1"; see exactly when tonight's specials start and end. POURCAST — OUR CROWD FORECAST Our own prediction engine blends posted deals, weather, day of week, game days, and 30+ other signals into an hourly crowd estimate for every bar — how busy it is now and how busy it usually gets through the night. When people at the bar file anonymous crowd reports, everyone sees the room as it actually is, within the hour. HOTSPOTS MAP The whole night on one map: every bar pinned with its live crowd level, from quiet to packed, so you can route the night before you leave the house. BUILT FOR THE NIGHT - Open-now timelines for every venue, including late-night closing hours - "Near me" sorting that never sends your location anywhere — distance is computed entirely on your phone - Deal provenance shown honestly: where a deal came from and when it was last checked NO ACCOUNT, NO ADS, NO TRACKING There is nothing to sign up for. No analytics SDKs, no advertising, no identity. The only thing the app ever transmits is an anonymous, random token with crowd reports so the server can rate-limit them — it is tied to no one and tracks nothing. Deals, hours, cover charges, and crowd levels are estimates synthesized and predicted from public sources. They can be out of date or wrong — always confirm with the venue. BARometer is independent and not affiliated with any listed bar. Starting with the bars of Tuscaloosa, Alabama — home of the University of Alabama — with more campuses on the way.

Screenshots

Transact Mobile Ordering4 screens
BAR4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Transact Mobile Ordering at 63K against BAR's 1. Transact Mobile Ordering also leads on chart position (#105 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). BAR's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BAR holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Transact Mobile Ordering has 63K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Transact Mobile Ordering ships an update every 2 months, BAR fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Transact Mobile Ordering versus BAR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTransact Mobile OrderingBAR
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (63K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews92.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings63K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#105 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB3 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperTransact Campus, LLCBraxton Bevis

Customer experience

Transact Mobile Ordering

All ratings63,356 ratings
Positive95.6%
Neutral2.9%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews510 reviews
Positive92.7%
Neutral2.7%
Negative4.5%

BAR

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Transact Mobile Ordering

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Login screen issues and white screen problems
  • Menus not loading properly
  • Order confirmation and pickup process inconsistencies

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add ability to customize orders and remove ingredients
  • Implement option to hide food items with specific allergens
  • Improve order tracking and status updates
  • Provide a way to leave order feedback and comments

BAR

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Transact Mobile Ordering

No in-app purchases

None

BAR

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Transact Mobile Ordering free?
Transact Mobile Ordering is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BAR free?
BAR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Transact Mobile Ordering or BAR?
BAR is rated higher. Transact Mobile Ordering averages 4.8 out of 5 from 63K ratings, while BAR averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Transact Mobile Ordering or BAR have ads?
Neither Transact Mobile Ordering nor BAR shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Transact Mobile Ordering or BAR?
Transact Mobile Ordering ships an update every 2 months, and BAR fortnightly. Most recently, Transact Mobile Ordering was updated on October 14, 2026 and BAR on October 7, 2026.

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