Drift Coffee & Kitchen vs Alsies
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Drift Coffee & Kitchen
Order ahead from your local store, customize your items, and skip the line. Earn points with every purchase to unlock exclusive rewards and gifts as you climb through different loyalty tiers. Track your progress and enjoy convenient reordering of past favorites.
- Order ahead and customize items
- Skip the line for pickup
- Earn points for purchases
- Redeem rewards and gifts
- Track loyalty status and rewards
- Quick reorder of past items
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The Drift Order Ahead and Loyalty App is now available! Order on the app, skip the line and have your items ready when you arrive! Gain points towards status during each purchase and redeem rewards. Easily jump up and receive more free stuff as you climb to the next tier. Convenient and Quick Order Ahead - Customize, place your order and pick up from your local store without waiting in line - Redeem gifts and rewards on the app - Add your credit card for quick reorder - Quickly reorder past items Loyalty and Rewards - Earn a $4 credit each time you spend $50 - Exclusive rewards and gifts at differing tier levels - Gain status, get more free swag - Track your rewards and see status *Loyalty not available at our Ocean Isle Beach location
Alsies
This app revolutionizes the ice cream truck experience by allowing you to summon a truck to your location, track its real-time position, and view its planned route. Receive notifications when a truck is near and earn loyalty points with every purchase.
- Summon truck to your doorstep
- Real-time truck tracking
- View planned truck routes
- Proximity notifications
- Earn loyalty points
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Alsies is introducing a re-imagined, technology enhanced ice cream truck experience with our mobile app. The Alsies app will allow customers to: • call an Alsies truck to your doorstep • track our ice cream trucks in real-time • see the planned ice cream truck route (where the truck will be) • notify you when one of our trucks is nearby • earn loyalty points with every purchase
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Drift Coffee & Kitchen at 4.4 against Alsies's 3.8. Drift Coffee & Kitchen also leads on iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.6). Alsies's advantage is review sentiment (62% vs 29%) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Drift Coffee & Kitchen holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 62 and 51 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 29% of Drift Coffee & Kitchen's written reviews are positive against 62% of Alsies's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Drift Coffee & Kitchen ships an update every 5 months, Alsies fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Drift Coffee & Kitchen | Alsies |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (62 ratings) — better | 3.8 (51 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | 61.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 62 — better | 51 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Drift Coffee | Alsies LLC |
Customer experience
Drift Coffee & Kitchen
Alsies
In-app purchases
Drift Coffee & Kitchen
No in-app purchases
Alsies
No in-app purchases
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