The Bubble Tea Factory vs Tapioca Express
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Bubble Tea Factory
Order your favorite bubble tea, coffee, and desserts ahead of time. Browse a wide selection of milk teas, flavored teas, iced coffees, frappes, smoothies, and slushees. Enjoy delicious treats like mochi ice cream and house-made cookie dough with your order.
- Order ahead
- Pay ahead
- Earn free drinks
- Milk tea and flavored teas
- Hot and iced coffees
- Frappes, smoothies, slushees
- Mochi ice cream and cookies
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Order ahead, pay ahead, earn free drinks. Choose from our menu of milk tea or flavored bubble tea, hot and iced coffees, frappes, smoothies and slushees! Grab a mochi ice cream, or house made cookie dough to pair with it.
Tapioca Express
Easily order your favorite bubble tea and snacks for pickup or delivery. Explore a diverse menu with over 150 options, including vegetarian choices, to satisfy any craving.
- Order bubble tea and snacks
- Pickup and delivery options
- Over 150 menu choices
- Vegetarian options available
- Satisfy any craving
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Order your favorite bubble tea and snacks for pickup or delivery with the Tapioca Express app! Our menu offers over 150 choices to satisfy every craving. We cater to all diets with vegetarian options and various drinks and bites.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Tapioca Express at every 10 days against The Bubble Tea Factory's every 4 months. The Bubble Tea Factory's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and ratings volume (108 vs 28). 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 The Bubble Tea Factory against 4.9 for Tapioca Express. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 108 and 28 respectively.
The Bubble Tea Factory ships an update every 4 months, Tapioca Express every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on August 13, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Bubble Tea Factory | Tapioca Express |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (108 ratings) | 4.9 (28 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 108 — better | 28 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Craver Solutions Inc. | Tapioca Express, Inc. |
Customer experience
The Bubble Tea Factory
Tapioca Express
In-app purchases
The Bubble Tea Factory
No in-app purchases
Tapioca Express
No in-app purchases
Questions
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