Dining Sidekick vs Spencer's Coffee
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dining Sidekick
Discover campus dining options, view menus, and place orders directly from your device. Pay using your meal plan or credit card, and earn loyalty rewards with every purchase.
- Browse campus restaurants and menus
- Place food orders
- Pay with Meal Plan or Credit Card
- Earn loyalty points
- View available dining options
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With Dining Sidekick, you’re able to browse available campus restaurants and menus, place an order, pay with your Meal Plan or Credit Card, and earn loyalty points along the way.
Spencer's Coffee
Easily order a variety of food and drinks, including coffee, pastries, and sandwiches. The app allows you to pay for your orders and earn rewards on every pickup.
- Order coffee, pastries, and meals
- Pay for orders within the app
- Earn rewards on purchases
- Pickup orders
- Browse menu items
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Order coffee, pastries, breakfast, sandwiches, salads, and beer with the Spencer's Coffee app. Earn rewards on every pickup.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Spencer's Coffee at 100% against Dining Sidekick's 46%. Spencer's Coffee also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Dining Sidekick's advantage is ratings volume (213 vs 5) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, 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.
Spencer's Coffee holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dining Sidekick has 213 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 46% of Dining Sidekick's written reviews are positive against 100% of Spencer's Coffee's.
Dining Sidekick ships an update monthly, Spencer's Coffee every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on October 12, 2026.
| Parameter | Dining Sidekick | Spencer's Coffee |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (213 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 46.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 213 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | ARAMARK Corporation | Per Diem Subscriptions, Inc. |
Customer experience
Dining Sidekick
Spencer's Coffee
In-app purchases
Dining Sidekick
No in-app purchases
Spencer's Coffee
No in-app purchases
Questions
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