Dearborn Market vs BudWatcher
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dearborn Market
Plan your shopping trips with ease using this app. Access weekly ads, digital coupons, and create shopping lists. You can also order grocery delivery powered by Instacart.
- Weekly circular browsing
- Digital coupon clipping
- Grocery list management
- Grocery delivery via Instacart
- Simple navigation
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Plan your shopping trip easier than ever with the Dearborn Market app! All the tools you need for savings, recipes, coupons and more in the palm of your hand. Simple Navigation Simple and easy to use interface. Easily navigate and find products you love faster. Weekly Circular View circular pages in the app. Add items to your cart or lists, while browsing circular items by category. Digital Coupons Browse and clip digital coupons to load directly to your account. Grocery Delivery Order grocer delivery powered by Instacart. Manage Lists Create, rename, remove and set active shopping lists. Add any item to lists from the app.
BudWatcher
Discover real-time inventory of legal cannabis products at nearby dispensaries. Search and compare prices for various strains, edibles, and more without needing to log in. Stay informed about what's in stock and find your preferred items quickly.
- Real-time dispensary inventory monitoring
- Search and sort cannabis products
- Compare product prices
- View in-stock items
- Anonymous usage
- No login required
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BudWatcher continuously monitors every dispensary near you to produce a real-time feed of all legal cannabis products which are currently in-stock. Use the search and sort features to quickly find your favorite strains, flower, carts, edibles, concentrates, extracts, and topicals. Quickly compare the current price of any cannabis product(s) from the dispensaries of your choosing. No login required. We'll never ask you for your details. We do not need to know any of your personal information and prefer that you remain as anonymous as possible while using BudWatcher. You can view the terms of use here https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dearborn Market at none against BudWatcher's 5. Dearborn Market also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 21%) and rating (4.7 vs 4.5). BudWatcher's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). On price, ratings volume and device support 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. BudWatcher sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Dearborn Market asks for nothing beyond the download.
Dearborn Market holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 100 and 240 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Dearborn Market's written reviews are positive against 21% of BudWatcher's.
Dearborn Market ships an update every 6 weeks, BudWatcher fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dearborn Market | BudWatcher |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (100 ratings) — better | 4.5 (240 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 21.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 100 | 240 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #36 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 101 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Wakefern Food Corp | Joomify, LLC |
Customer experience
Dearborn Market
BudWatcher
In-app purchases
Dearborn Market
No in-app purchases
BudWatcher
- BudWatcher Pro$1.997 Days
- BudWatcher Pro3 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Budwatcher Early Adopter$4.991 Month
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- BudWatcher Pro7 Days trial$9.993 Months
- BudWatcher Pro Annual7 Days trial$34.991 Year
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