Sips Coffee Eldridge vs FriendSips
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sips Coffee Eldridge
This drive-thru coffee shop offers a variety of coffee, espresso, teas, and energy drinks made with premium beans. Explore signature drinks and non-coffee options.
- Drive-thru only service
- Premium coffee beans
- Specialty lattes and mochas
- Teas and energy drinks
- Signature Sips Mocha
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Sips is a drive thru only coffee shop located in Eldridge, Iowa (GO LANCERS). We only serve coffee and espresso using premium beans that has been awarded Roaster Of The Year. Our Mission at Sips of Coffee is to inspire and nurture the human spirit - one person, one cup, and one neighborhood at a time. We specialize in Lattes, Mochas, Teas, and Energy Drinks. We recommend trying our signature Sips Mocha hot or over ice! Not a coffee lover? That’s ok, we have plenty of options for you.
FriendSips
Log your drinks, see what friends are enjoying, and build a personalized drink profile. AI instantly identifies beverages from photos, and you can share your sips with personality. Discover new tastes and unlock pairings.
- AI drink identification
- Social feed of friends' drinks
- Personalized drink gallery
- Interactive drinking map
- Monthly quests and pairings
- Customizable privacy settings
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FriendSips is a social app where you log what you're sipping, see what your friends are sipping, and build your own sipersona. Snap a photo of any drink and our AI identifies it instantly - a craft beer label, a cocktail in a glass, even the menu itself. Beer, wine, sake, spirits, cocktails, coffee, seltzers: if you can sip it, you can log it. YOUR FEED, BUT FUNNIER - Every sip becomes a post with personality ("@sam is one sip into a TED talk about a Hazy IPA"). Cheer your friends' finds, and get a buzz when they're out sipping something good. SHOWCASE YOUR SIPS - Add an in-the-moment photo to any post and build your gallery: six squares of your finest pours. No camera roll, no curation pressure — just what's in front of you. YOUR DRINKING PASSPORT - Every bar, café, and brewery you log builds your personal map. Watch your city fill in, one venue at a time. QUESTS & PAIRINGS - Level up by expanding your palate. Complete monthly quests, unlock food pairings, and discover your sipersona - the three-word personality your taste reveals. Your privacy, respected: share your location per-post (or not at all), use a mascot instead of your face, and your exact coordinates are never visible to anyone but you. Grab your crew and start sipping.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: FriendSips at every 11 days against Sips Coffee Eldridge's every 3 months. FriendSips also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Sips Coffee Eldridge's advantage is ratings volume (105 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
FriendSips holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sips Coffee Eldridge has 105 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Sips Coffee Eldridge ships an update every 3 months, FriendSips every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sips Coffee Eldridge | FriendSips |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (105 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 105 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Craver Solutions Inc. | Sam Sherman |
Customer experience
Sips Coffee Eldridge
FriendSips
In-app purchases
Sips Coffee Eldridge
No in-app purchases
FriendSips
No in-app purchases
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