Impact Coffee vs Sidecar Coffee
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Impact Coffee
Easily order your favorite coffee, matcha, smoothies, pastries, and waffles for quick pick-up. Save your go-to items and payment methods for faster checkout. Receive notifications for order readiness and exclusive deals.
- Order coffee beverages, matcha, smoothies
- Purchase pastries and Nordic Waffles
- Select pick-up time
- Save favorite items
- Save preferred payment methods
- Receive order status notifications
- Access exclusive app deals
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Getting your Impact Coffee fix has never been easier. Download our new, easy-to-use App & place your first order today! Use this app to order your favorite coffee beverages, matcha drinks, smoothies, pastries & Nordic Waffles from Impact Coffee. Just add items to your cart, select your pick-up time, checkout, and pick up your order from our bar in downtown Decorah (101 W Water St, Decorah, IA). Save your favorite items and preferred payment methods (including Apple/Google Pay) to make ordering even easier! Please allow notifications to make picking up your order seamless and easy, we’ll use them to notify you when your order is ready to be picked up, as well as for sharing exclusive deals only available to the Impact Coffee App squad (to join the squad, just hit that “Get” button)!
Sidecar Coffee
Easily order and pay for your favorite food and drinks. Customize your selections, skip the queue, and get rewarded for every purchase. Enjoy faster service and a seamless ordering experience.
- Order food and drinks
- Secure payment options
- Earn rewards
- Customize orders
- Skip the line
- Faster service
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Order your favorite drinks and food with the Sidecar Coffee app. Pay securely with Apple Pay and earn rewards on every visit. Customize, skip the line, and enjoy faster service.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Impact Coffee at 13.0 against Sidecar Coffee's 18.0. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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 — 4.9 for Impact Coffee against 4.9 for Sidecar Coffee. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 196 and 74 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Impact Coffee | Sidecar Coffee |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (196 ratings) | 4.9 (74 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 196 — better | 74 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 89 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Craver Solutions Inc. | Per Diem Subscriptions, Inc. |
Customer experience
Impact Coffee
Sidecar Coffee
In-app purchases
Impact Coffee
No in-app purchases
Sidecar Coffee
No in-app purchases
Questions
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