Taco Palenque vs SlowPour
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Taco Palenque
Easily order your favorite Mexican dishes for pickup or delivery. Save your go-to orders and add special instructions for a personalized experience. Discover exclusive coupons and special offers.
- Order ahead for pickup
- Delivery options available
- Save favorite orders
- Add special instructions
- View past orders
- Exclusive coupons
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Fresh Mex is now closer than ever! Download our app and order your Taco P favorites faster than ever with our new and improved experience. And hey, you may even get a few coupons and special orders, just for you. FEATURES: · Create a profile to easily view your last orders or check out your favorite orders · Pay with credit card or debit card · Select time and date for pickup · Write any special instructions for any of your orders
SlowPour
Discover real-time deals at local bars and restaurants as they happen. Get instant notifications for specials like half-off appetizers and drink discounts. Simply show your QR code to redeem offers without any clipping or searching.
- Live deal alerts
- Personalized deal feed
- Map view of active deals
- QR code redemption
- 30-minute advance alerts
- Venue-specific deal posting
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Slow Pour connects you to real-time deals at your favorite bars and restaurants — not tomorrow, not next week. Tonight. When a bar or restaurant near you goes quiet, they drop a live deal just for you: half-off apps, drink specials, happy hour extensions. You get a push notification the moment it goes live. Walk in, show your QR code, and the deal is yours. NO CLIPPING. NO COUPONS. NO SEARCHING. Deals come to you based on where you are, what you like, and when you're out. HOW IT WORKS 1. Tell us your vibe — cuisines, neighborhoods, price range. Takes 60 seconds. 2. We notify you when a deal goes live nearby — real time, no delay. 3. Walk in and show your QR code at the bar. That's it. FOR BAR & RESTAURANT OWNERS Slow Pour gives your venue a direct line to hungry, thirsty customers during your slowest hours. Post a deal in under a minute. Watch foot traffic come through the door. Track every redemption and see the real revenue impact. WHAT YOU GET • Live deal alerts from bars and restaurants near you • Personalized feed based on your taste — not random spam • Map view showing active deals right now • QR code redemption — no printing, no hassle • 30-minute advance alerts so you can actually plan PILOT CITIES Currently live in Brownsville, TX — expanding soon. Slow Pour is free for consumers, always.
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Verdict
Taco Palenque and SlowPour both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of SlowPour's written reviews are positive against 63% of Taco Palenque's. SlowPour also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Taco Palenque's advantage is ratings volume (22K vs 8). 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 — 4.9 for Taco Palenque against 5.0 for SlowPour. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Taco Palenque has 22K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 63% of Taco Palenque's written reviews are positive against 100% of SlowPour's.
Taco Palenque ships an update monthly, SlowPour every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Taco Palenque | SlowPour |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (22K ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 22K — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 91 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Palenque Group | ADRIAN MANUEL CISNEROS ROMO |
Customer experience
Taco Palenque
SlowPour
Bugs and requests
Taco Palenque
Reported bugs
4 issues- Unable to create new account with existing phone number
- Pickup time discrepancies
- App crashes when selecting certain options
- Coupon codes not working as expected
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to order single items
- Option to pay in-person
- Improved order tracking
- Better integration with account management
SlowPour
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Taco Palenque
No in-app purchases
SlowPour
No in-app purchases
Questions
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