Beluga Eats vs MISSION BBQ
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Beluga Eats
Browse restaurant menus and place orders directly from your table by scanning a QR code. Save your order history for easy reordering of favorite dishes.
- QR code menu scanning
- In-app ordering
- Digital menu browsing
- Order history
- Save favorite dishes
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Welcome to the Beluga mobile app, powering a modern ordering experience for restaurants and diners. Scan a QR code at your favorite Beluga restaurant to browse their menu in a beautiful interface. Then add items to your cart and place an order right from your table. Sign up for an account to save your receipts and order history, so you can easily reorder your favorite dishes.
MISSION BBQ
Easily order your favorite low and slow BBQ for convenient pickup. Customize sandwiches, meat markets, and signature dishes to your exact preferences. Enjoy delicious, made-to-order BBQ without the wait.
- Mobile ordering
- Customized orders
- Order customization
- Pickup scheduling
- Payment processing
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With the MISSION BBQ mobile app, it’s even easier to place your order for low and slow BBQ ready for you to Pick Up, at your convenience, at your favorite location. Features: Ordering – Place your order through the app, pay and choose when you want to pick it up in store. Customized orders – Sandwiches, Meat Markets and Smokehouse Signatures all made to order, just how you like it!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MISSION BBQ at 4.2 against Beluga Eats's 3.8. Beluga Eats's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 9 months) and monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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.
MISSION BBQ holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 39 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Beluga Eats's written reviews are positive against 48% of MISSION BBQ's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Beluga Eats ships an update every 3 weeks, MISSION BBQ every 9 months. Both last shipped on September 17, 2026.
| Parameter | Beluga Eats | MISSION BBQ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (18 ratings) | 4.2 (39 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 48.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 18 | 39 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Beluga Technology, Inc | MISSION BBQ Management, LLC |
Customer experience
Beluga Eats
MISSION BBQ
In-app purchases
Beluga Eats
No in-app purchases
MISSION BBQ
No in-app purchases
Questions
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