Knoops vs Bubble CiTea
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Knoops
Discover your perfect chocolate drink with a unique percentage-based menu. Experiment with different chocolates, milks, and flavors to create personalized hot chocolates, milkshakes, and iced chocolates. Earn rewards for your delicious creations.
- Percentage-based chocolate menu
- Customizable drinks (milk, flavors)
- Hot chocolate, milkshake, iced chocolate
- Loyalty points collection
- Discover your perfect chocolate
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Our founder Jens Knoops has had a strong relationship with chocolate since his childhood in rural Germany. In 2013, he decided to share his passion and opened the first Knoops store in Rye, East Sussex. Since then, Jens has gone on to open more Knoops stores, built a team of chocolate lovers around him, developed an at-home range of chocolate flakes, and even released a chocolate cookbook. The Knoops concept is based around our carefully curated percentage menu which offers chocolates to suit every taste and mood. We find joy in helping you to discover your perfect chocolate drink, and encourage experimentation with different % chocolates and flavours in a process we call ‘Knoopology’. This process is simple;choose your chocolate %, milk, and extra flavours like sea salt, orange zest or chilli to be made into a hot chocolate, milkshake or iced chocolate. With our app, you can get rewarded for your experimenting with Knoopology by collect points with every drink you buy in our stores.
Bubble CiTea
Easily collect rewards and access exclusive offers by scanning a QR code with every purchase. Earn bubbles with each drink, redeemable for free beverages. Discover the full menu and enjoy special birthday treats.
- Collect rewards with every purchase
- Scan QR code at the till
- Earn 1 bubble per drink
- 10 bubbles = 1 free drink
- Exclusive offers and promotions
- Free rainbow topping on signup
- Birthday treat
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Our Bubble CiTea app is the easiest way to collect Rewards every time you shop with us! It’s never been easier! Everything is all in one place - simply open the app and scan the QR code at the till to collect the bubbles Be one of the first to access EXCLUSIVE offers and promotions! Here is how this works: Every time you purchase a drink from Bubble CiTea, you will collect 1 bubble! 10 bubbles = 1 free drink! It’s that simple! So, what's inside the app? - Free Rainbow topping gift when you sign up! - Bubble CiTea Rewards page! - A birthday treat! - Our Menu including Milk Teas, Fruit Teas, toppings, and our Seasonal Drinks!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Knoops at fortnightly against Bubble CiTea's every 3 months. Knoops also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (52% vs 31%). 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 — 5.0 for Knoops against 5.0 for Bubble CiTea. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Knoops has 19 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 52% of Knoops's written reviews are positive against 31% of Bubble CiTea's.
Knoops ships an update fortnightly, Bubble CiTea every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Knoops | Bubble CiTea |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (19 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 52.3% of reviews — better | 30.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.2 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KNOOPS | Bubble City LTD |
Customer experience
Knoops
Bubble CiTea
In-app purchases
Knoops
No in-app purchases
Bubble CiTea
No in-app purchases
