Plentiful vs Western Beef
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Plentiful
Instantly connect with food pantries to find food, manage visits, and receive updates. This app features a map of over 40,000 food pantries across the U.S., making food access easier for everyone.
- Find food pantries
- Manage pantry visits
- Receive updates from pantries
- Access Map of 40,000+ pantries
- Locate food resources
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Plentiful helps you instantly connect with food pantries: find food pantries, make and manage visits, and receive updates from the food pantries you visit. Today we’re proud to introduce the Plentiful Access Map, a map of more than 40,000 food pantries across the U.S. Free and easy to use, Plentiful’s Access Map helps anyone, anywhere, find the food they need. This map bridges the gap between food banks and the communities and food pantries who make food access possible. In this moment of uncertainty and rising need, we hope this app can be a small act of stability and a way for our neighbors to find the help they need.
Western Beef
Create and manage shopping lists, view weekly ad offers, and find store locations. Easily add items, check them off as you shop, and email your list contents. Discover nearby stores and plan your grocery trips efficiently.
- Create and manage shopping lists
- Add custom items to lists
- Check off items while shopping
- Email shopping list contents
- Access weekly ad offers
- Find store locations
- Select a home store
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The Western Beef app has the power to super-charge your shopping experience! Download today to take advantage of a variety of useful features such as: - A handy shopping list to group future purchases together for shopping convenience! Add items from other parts of the application, or add your own custom entries. Easily check off items as you go throughout the store! Includes handy features such as emailing list contents out, or quickly editing quantities on items added to the list. - Access weekly ad offers directly on your phone - Use our store locator feature to select a home store or find the nearest Western Beef location! We appreciate your interest and feedback as we continued to develop the best possible app for you! Look out for future updates and enhancements as we continue to deliver the best possible shopping experience for our customers. Powered by BRdata Connect
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Plentiful at 55% against Western Beef's 8%. Plentiful also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.6) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). Western Beef's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Plentiful holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Plentiful has 574 ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of Plentiful's written reviews are positive against 8% of Western Beef's.
Plentiful ships an update every 3 weeks, Western Beef every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Plentiful | Western Beef |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (574 ratings) — better | 2.6 (22 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 55.0% of reviews — better | 8.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 574 — better | 22 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Help Kitchen | Western Beef Retail Inc |
Customer experience
Plentiful
Western Beef
In-app purchases
Plentiful
No in-app purchases
Western Beef
No in-app purchases
