WebstaurantStore vs CityVend
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WebstaurantStore
This app is the largest online supplier for restaurant professionals and individual customers globally. It offers a vast selection of products and convenient 24/7 ordering via laptop, desktop, or smartphone. Enjoy fast shipping, low prices, and excellent customer service for all your food service supply needs.
- Largest online restaurant supplier
- Hundreds of thousands of products
- Millions of orders shipped
- 24/7 online ordering
- Fast shipping
- Low prices
- Outstanding customer service
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WebstaurantStore is the largest online restaurant supplier servicing professionals and individual customers worldwide. With hundreds of thousands of products available and millions of orders shipped, we have everything your business needs to function at its best. Our focus is your convenience – order online from your laptop, desktop, or smartphone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Our fast shipping, low prices, and outstanding customer service make WebstaurantStore the best choice to meet all your professional and food service supply needs.
CityVend
This service helps entrepreneurs expand their customer reach by enabling local business promotion. It targets potential customers in their immediate area, aiming to boost revenue and enhance customer experience. Focus on your offerings while this platform drives customer acquisition.
- Local customer targeting
- Business promotion tools
- Revenue stream increase
- Customer base expansion
- Enhanced customer experience
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CityVend is an online service designed for entrepreneurs looking to increase their customer base. Unlike traditional online advertising, CityVend's approach allows customers to promote their business in their local area, targeting potential customers where it matters the most. CityVend enables entrepreneurs to reach more customers and increase their revenue streams faster. Entrepreneurs can now focus on their products or services while getting more customers and creating a better overall experience. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: WebstaurantStore at none against CityVend's 17. WebstaurantStore also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (4.8K vs 1). CityVend's advantage is iOS requirement (12.4 vs 16.0). On price, rating, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. CityVend sells 17 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. WebstaurantStore asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for WebstaurantStore against 5.0 for CityVend. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WebstaurantStore has 4.8K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
WebstaurantStore ships an update fortnightly, CityVend every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WebstaurantStore | CityVend |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (4.8K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4.8K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WebstaurantStore | Cityvend LLC |
Customer experience
WebstaurantStore
CityVend
Bugs and requests
WebstaurantStore
Reported bugs
2 issues- Login and account creation problems
- Website issues with password reset
Requested features
3 requests- Allow coupon usage
- Improve account credit functionality
- Add delivery notifications
CityVend
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
WebstaurantStore
No in-app purchases
CityVend
- Cityvend Pro$5.991 Month
- HotSpot 3 miles$0.59
- Hotspot Radius 4 miles$1.19
- Hotspot Radius 5 miles$1.79
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- Hotspot Radius 6 miles$2.39
- Hotspot Radius 7 miles$2.99
- Hotspot Radius 8 miles$3.59
- Hotspot Radius 9 miles$4.19
- Hotspot Radius 17 miles$4.79
- Hotspot Radius 18 miles$5.39
- Hotspot Radius 19 miles$5.99
- Hotspot Radius 20 miles$6.59
- Hotspot Radius 21 miles$7.19
- Hotspot Radius 22 miles$7.79
- Hotspot Radius 23 miles$8.39
- Hotspot Radius 24 miles$13.00
- Hotspot Radius 25 miles$13.90
Questions
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