Beluga Eats vs HI Cravings
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.
HI Cravings
Order customizable acai, pitaya, and cookie dough smoothie bowls with fresh fruit toppings. Skip the line by ordering ahead and earn rewards on your favorite selections.
- Customizable smoothie bowls
- Fresh fruit toppings
- Order ahead
- Skip the line
- Earn rewards
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HI Cravings serves customizable acai, pitaya, and cookie dough smoothie bowls made with fresh fruit toppings across Hawaii. With the HI Cravings app, you can order ahead, skip the line, and earn rewards on your favorite bowls.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HI Cravings at 5.0 against Beluga Eats's 3.6. HI Cravings also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Beluga Eats's advantage is ratings volume (21 vs 3) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, 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.
HI Cravings holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Beluga Eats has 21 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Beluga Eats ships an update every 3 weeks, HI Cravings fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Beluga Eats | HI Cravings |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (21 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Beluga Technology, Inc | Craver Solutions Inc. |
Customer experience
Beluga Eats
HI Cravings
In-app purchases
Beluga Eats
No in-app purchases
HI Cravings
No in-app purchases
