Backyard Taco vs Melty
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Backyard Taco
Order authentic Mexican food and track your loyalty rewards easily. Sign up for a free taco and earn points for free meals. Enjoy special birthday rewards and a frequency plan for frequent visitors.
- Easy ordering
- Loyalty program sign-up
- Free taco upon sign-up
- Birthday rewards
- Frequency plan for free meals
- Points system for rewards
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Backyard Taco is an authentic Mexican food restaurant in Arizona with multiple locations throughout the East Valley. We love simple, authentic Mexican food and why we proudly serve only the best quality ingredients. Our mesquite grill gives us the authentic taste of Tacos al Carbon. This isn’t just Mexican food. This is Mexcellence. We created this app so our loyal amigos can easily order and track your rewards. Download the Backyard Taco App, sign up for our Loyalty Program and enjoy: • A Free Taco (just for signing up!) • Birthday Reward • Frequency Plan - Visit 10 Times and Receive a free meal up to $5 • Points Plan – Earn 1 point for every $1 spent and receive $5 meal at 100 points
Melty
Streamline your food ordering and loyalty program management. Enjoy features like real-time driver tracking and secure payment options for a seamless experience.
- Order ahead
- Manage loyalty rewards
- Real-time driver tracking
- Apple Pay integration
- Convenient ordering
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Easily place orders and manage rewards through the Melty mobile app! Offering loyalty rewards, real-time driver tracking, Apple Pay, and more to make your experience smooth and convenient.
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Verdict
Backyard Taco and Melty both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Melty's written reviews are positive against 50% of Backyard Taco's. Backyard Taco's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, rating, update cadence 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Backyard Taco against 4.7 for Melty. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 132 and 32 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Backyard Taco's written reviews are positive against 100% of Melty's.
Backyard Taco ships an update every 6 months, Melty every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Backyard Taco | Melty |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (132 ratings) — better | 4.7 (32 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 132 — better | 32 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 86 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Backyard Tacos LLC | Acelerate, Inc. |
Customer experience
Backyard Taco
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In-app purchases
Backyard Taco
No in-app purchases
Melty
No in-app purchases
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