Comparison

Duffl vs Silo!

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

Silo!

Discover fresh, homemade meals prepared by local home cooks. Browse and reserve limited batches of food, then pick them up directly. Support your neighbors and enjoy unique culinary creations.

Highlights
  • Discover local home-cooked meals
  • Reserve portions before they sell out
  • Simple QR code pickup verification
  • Filter by cuisine, price, and distance
  • Map view of nearby food drops
  • Rate and review meals
  • Home cooks can post drops and set prices
Features
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Silo connects you with talented home cooks in your neighborhood who prepare and sell fresh, homemade meals legally, under California's AB 626 Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations (MEHKO) law. Browse drops: limited batches of fresh food posted by your local home cooks. Reserve your portion, pick it up at the scheduled time, and enjoy a meal made with real care and craft, by a neighbor you can actually meet. FOR CUSTOMERS - Discover fresh drops from MEHKO-permitted home cooks near you - Reserve your portion before it sells out - Simple pickup with QR code verification at the drop window - Pickup-first means no delivery fees and no third-party drivers - Filter by cuisine, price, distance, or "open now" - Map view to see what's cooking nearby - Claim a seat at a cook-hosted group dinner - Rate and review your meals FOR HOME COOKS - Post your drops and set your own price - Manage orders from a clean supplier dashboard - Track potential revenue, earnings, and pickup countdowns at a glance - Upload your MEHKO permit and stay compliant - Get paid directly via Stripe Connect - Low fees: 5 to 10 percent on pickups, and your first few drops are free. You keep the rest. WHY PICKUP-FIRST Most food apps pile delivery fees and markups on customers, then squeeze cooks on margin, often taking 30 to 40 percent. Silo flips that. Customers pre-order, cooks only make what sold, and you pick up at a posted window. No drivers, no inflated prices, no food sitting in a thermal bag for 40 minutes. WHY MEHKO California's AB 626 lets home cooks legally sell food made in their own kitchens, with a county permit. Silo is built around that law. Every cook is verified with a valid permit before they can take orders. We follow AB 626 limits: no more than 30 meals per day, 90 per week, and $100,000 in annual sales per cook. Launching in Los Angeles. More neighborhoods soon. Privacy: https://www.silo.market/privacy Support: https://www.silo.market/support

Screenshots

Duffl3 screens
Silo!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Silo! at 5.0 against Duffl's 4.4. Silo! also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Duffl's advantage is ratings volume (193 vs 1) and update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

Silo! 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 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Duffl ships an update weekly, Silo! monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Duffl versus Silo!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDufflSilo!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (193 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings193 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB56 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperPowered Ventures, Inc.CALEB SPENCER NEWTON

Customer experience

Duffl

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

Silo!

All ratings1 ratings
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

Silo!

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Duffl

No in-app purchases

None

Silo!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Duffl free?
Duffl is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Silo! free?
Silo! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Duffl or Silo!?
Silo! is rated higher. Duffl averages 4.4 out of 5 from 193 ratings, while Silo! averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Duffl or Silo! have ads?
Neither Duffl nor Silo! shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Duffl or Silo!?
Duffl ships an update weekly, and Silo! monthly. Most recently, Duffl was updated on October 5, 2026 and Silo! on October 6, 2026.

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