Comparison

Fairgrounds Coffee & Tea vs Parallel Bars

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

Head to head
About

Fairgrounds Coffee & Tea

Discover a unique cafe experience with a wide selection of specialty coffees, craft teas, and fresh, chef-made food. Order conveniently through the app and earn rewards with every purchase.

Highlights
  • Specialty coffee from a dozen roasters
  • Extensive craft tea selection
  • Refreshing elixirs
  • Chef-made food
  • Easy mobile ordering
  • Earn rewards tickets
Features
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Fairgrounds Coffee & Tea is a first-of-its-kind cafe, offering variety and choice for all. Enjoy coffee from a dozen specialty roasters, an extensive selection of craft teas, refreshing elixirs and fresh, chef-made food everyday. Ordering is as easy as 1, 2, 3! 1. Download the app 2. Easy and convenient ordering 3. Earn tickets, collect rewards Serving Chicago and its suburbs, Milwaukee, WI and Minneapolis, MN

About

Parallel Bars

Features
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Your favorite bar has a twin in every city. Parallel Bars finds it. You know your bar. The one where the music's right, the crowd's right, the pour's right. Then you travel, and you're stuck googling "best bars near me" with 4.5 stars and no soul. Parallel Bars matches bars by vibe, not ratings. Tell us your spot at home, and we'll find its parallel wherever you're headed — the same energy, the same kind of night, a thousand miles away. HOW IT WORKS Every bar is tagged three ways by people who've actually been there: the vibe (low-key, clubby, gritty, upscale...), the experience (dive bar, speakeasy, honky-tonk, cocktail lounge...), and what's on (live music, trivia, pool, karaoke...). Search by your home bar's name and we'll match its profile against every bar in your destination. Or search by vibe directly and build the night you want. KEEP IT HONEST Every tag gets voted up or down by the crowd, so a bar's profile reflects what it's actually like — not what its marketing says. LIVE IN 15 CITIES New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, Las Vegas, Austin, Nashville, New Orleans, Denver, Seattle, San Francisco, Boston, Philadelphia, Atlanta, and San Diego — with more on the way. Free to use. No ads. Built by one person who just wanted to find his bar in other cities. 21+ only. Please drink responsibly.

Screenshots

Fairgrounds Coffee & Tea4 screens
Parallel Bars4 screens

Verdict

The call

Fairgrounds Coffee & Tea and Parallel Bars are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Fairgrounds Coffee & Tea versus Parallel Bars: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFairgrounds Coffee & TeaParallel Bars
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (574 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings574 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB33 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperCraver Solutions Inc.Dean Caplan

Bugs and requests

Fairgrounds Coffee & Tea

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • Cannot sign up for an account on mobile
  • App is mentally challenged and needs redo
  • Business hour settings prevent ordering
  • App does not provide accurate delivery window or live order tracking
  • Apple pay button doesn't do anything
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  • Food listed twice at different prices
  • Full of glitches, clunky, and ugly
  • No confirmation email
  • Account creation is a mess
  • Downtown location didn't receive app orders
  • Employees rarely get app orders, often missing items

Requested features

3 requests
  • On tap flavor profiles needed
  • Fix business hour settings
  • Use Toast or similar system instead of custom app

Parallel Bars

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Fairgrounds Coffee & Tea

No in-app purchases

None

Parallel Bars

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fairgrounds Coffee & Tea free?
Fairgrounds Coffee & Tea is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Parallel Bars free?
Parallel Bars is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Fairgrounds Coffee & Tea or Parallel Bars have ads?
Neither Fairgrounds Coffee & Tea nor Parallel Bars shows ads.

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