Comparison

Duffl vs The Bites App

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Duffl

This app provides rapid delivery of snacks, drinks, and household essentials to college campuses. Order items and receive them within 10 minutes, delivered by fellow students. It aims to be the most convenient store for students.

Highlights
  • 10-minute delivery
  • Snack and drink delivery
  • Household goods delivery
  • Student-powered delivery
  • Community support
  • Referral discounts
Features
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Welcome to a new era of convenience. Duffl delivers snacks, drinks, and household goods in college communities in 10 minutes. Dying for a bag of chips? Maybe an impromptu Yerba Mate? How about that NyQuil when you just don’t want to leave? Duffl is the world’s most convenient store, and we’ve got your back. Order through the app, dance for 10 minutes, and a fellow student will drop your bag at your door. You can shop at Duffl and support your community at: UCLA USC UC Berkeley University of Alabama Florida State University University of Central Florida Boise State University More coming soon! What does Duffl sell? Anything a successful college student might need: snacks, chips, ice cream, fruit, toilet paper, notebooks, toothpaste, and much more. We carry some awesome new brands like Dream Pops, Milk Bar, Guyaki, Simulate Nuggs, Oatly, Snaklins, and others you might not have heard of yet. We promise we also carry all your favorite brands too! We’ve got Takis, Cheetos, Ben & Jerry’s, M&Ms, Celcius, Amy’s, Tide, DayQuil, and so many more for you to choose from. How much does Duffl cost? No hidden fees, no surge pricing, no price-gouging. Our small delivery fee helps us offer a competitive wage to our student workforce, and helps us invest more into empowering the community. Get free Duffl cash! After you place your first order, we’ll send you a custom discount code that you can share with your friends. When they use your discount code at checkout, they’ll get $5 off their first two orders and we’ll drop $10 Duffl Cash into your account, it’s our way of saying “you’re amazing!” Discounts & Promos?! If you’re a top customer, we’ll add you to our “Thank You Thursday” list where we say thank you by texting you cool promos and big discounts. There’s no limit to how many times you can be on the list, so try to be a top customer every week! Get involved with Duffl! We’re hiring students for roles in every community: Admirals to manage and grow the campus store; Captains to pick, pack, and batch our bags; Racers to deliver bags via electric scooters; Supply Sergeants to help keep our store organized; Content Cadets to run the community Instagram page; Squad Members to help us with marketing activations in each community; and Social Media Special Ops to help promote Duffl on Instagram and TikTok. Do any of these sound like a good fit for you? Please apply today! Learn more at jobs.duffl.com.

About

The Bites App

Discover local dishes through a personalized, scrollable feed of real food at nearby restaurants. Rate your meals to build a taste profile and see what friends and locals recommend. Plan your next meal with ease, whether it's a quick lunch or a travel destination.

Highlights
  • Personalized food feed
  • Scrollable dish discovery
  • Tap-to-go directions
  • Travel mode for local eats
  • Build personal food leaderboard
  • See friends' rankings
  • Global and city leaderboards
Features
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Bites: Food Discovery, Decoded Join fellow food lovers who've ditched endless Yelp scrolls and group chat debates. Bites is the food discovery app that turns "what should we eat?" into a 30-second scroll — and turns every meal into part of your food identity. DISCOVER FOOD LIKE YOU DISCOVER EVERYTHING ELSE Open the app. Scroll a feed of real dishes at real spots near you. Tap to go. Rate after. That's the loop. No lists, no maps, no review paragraphs to wade through — just food, served the way your feed already works. A FEED BUILT FOR YOUR TASTE Your Bites feed is personalized and hyperlocal, tuned to your location and your taste. Late-night cravings, date night plans, lunch break decisions — the feed reads the room. TAP TO GO Every bite in your feed links straight to directions, hours, and details. Discovery and decision in one tap. No tab-switching, no copy-pasting addresses — just go eat. TRAVEL MODE Flip a switch before your trip and your feed transforms. Get the best local eats wherever you're headed, powered by real rankings from people who actually live there. Skip the tourist traps. Eat like a local from day one. CHANNEL YOUR INNER INFLUENCER Every meal you rate builds your personal food leaderboard. Climb, drop, defend your top spots. Your rankings become your taste profile — the kind of receipts that make people actually trust your recs. FRIENDS & GLOBAL LEADERBOARDS See what your friends are eating and ranking in real time. Contribute to citywide leaderboards and find out whose palate you actually trust. The best burger in Miami isn't decided by an algorithm — it's decided by the people eating them. BUILT FOR FOOD LOVERS From Miami holes-in-the-wall to Tokyo ramen counters to your nonna's Sunday sauce, Bites is where food discovery and social ranking finally live in one place. Stop guessing. Start eating. Download Bites.

Screenshots

Duffl3 screens
The Bites App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: The Bites App at 5.0 against Duffl's 4.4. The Bites App also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 74%) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Duffl's advantage is ratings volume (193 vs 11). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Bites App holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Duffl has 193 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Duffl's written reviews are positive against 100% of The Bites App's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Duffl ships an update weekly, The Bites App every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Duffl versus The Bites App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDufflThe Bites App
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (193 ratings)5.0 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings193 — better11
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB55 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperPowered Ventures, Inc.Jonathan Greenip

Customer experience

Duffl

All ratings193 ratings
Positive83.4%
Neutral1.0%
Negative15.5%
Written reviews34 reviews
Positive73.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative26.5%

The Bites App

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Duffl

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Hi-chew shenanigans
  • Free delivery for a year not redeemable
  • Customer service not responding
  • Inability to cancel orders
  • Delivery to the wrong location/not arriving
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  • Alcohol section not loading
  • Age verification failing

Requested features

6 requests
  • Ability to redeem free delivery for a year
  • Improved customer service responsiveness
  • Option to cancel orders
  • Ensuring delivery drivers come to the door
  • Fixing the alcohol section
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  • Working age verification

The Bites App

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Duffl

No in-app purchases

None

The Bites App

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Duffl free?
Duffl is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Bites App free?
The Bites App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Duffl or The Bites App?
The Bites App is rated higher. Duffl averages 4.4 out of 5 from 193 ratings, while The Bites App averages 5.0 from 11 ratings.
Do Duffl or The Bites App have ads?
Neither Duffl nor The Bites App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Duffl or The Bites App?
Duffl ships an update weekly, and The Bites App every 2 weeks. Most recently, Duffl was updated on October 17, 2026 and The Bites App on October 7, 2026.

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