The Coffee Bar vs A Special Blend
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Coffee Bar
Easily order your favorite coffee and food ahead for pickup. The app remembers your past orders for quick reordering and allows you to earn rewards and special offers. Pay securely with one-tap convenience.
- Order ahead for pickup
- View menu
- One-tap payment
- Order history recall
- Earn rewards and offers
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Order ahead with the new Coffee Bar app. Download today so you can start earning free food and catch the latest happenings. - View The Coffee Bar menu - Order ahead for pick-up and to-go - Pay through the app with one-tap ordering - Remembers your orders so you can re-order your favorites - Earn cool rewards and offers Download today!
A Special Blend
Order your favorite coffee ahead of time, pay securely, and skip the queue. This app offers a convenient way to manage your coffee orders and enhance your daily coffee experience.
- Order ahead
- Seamless payments
- Skip lines
- Intuitive interface
- Coffee community
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Introducing the A Special Blend app, designed for the discerning coffee enthusiast seeking convenience and quality. Experience the luxury of ordering ahead, seamless payments with Apple Pay, and the privilege of skipping lines, all through an intuitive mobile interface. Download now to join the A Special Blend community and elevate your daily coffee ritual to extraordinary.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: A Special Blend at every 6 weeks against The Coffee Bar's every 5 months. The Coffee Bar's advantage is ratings volume (139 vs 22). On price, rating, ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for The Coffee Bar against 5.0 for A Special Blend. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Coffee Bar has 139 ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two.
The Coffee Bar ships an update every 5 months, A Special Blend every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on July 21, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Coffee Bar | A Special Blend |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (139 ratings) | 5.0 (22 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 139 — better | 22 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 83 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hazlnut, LLC | Per Diem Subscriptions, Inc. |
Customer experience
The Coffee Bar
A Special Blend
In-app purchases
The Coffee Bar
No in-app purchases
A Special Blend
No in-app purchases
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