Lemon & Thyme vs Vale Official
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lemon & Thyme
Order food for pick-up and to-go with this app. It remembers your past orders for quick re-ordering and allows for one-tap payment. Earn rewards and stay updated on the latest happenings.
- View menu
- Order ahead for pick-up
- One-tap payment
- Re-order favorites
- Earn rewards and offers
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Order ahead with the new Lemon & Thyme app. Download today so you can start earning free food and catch the latest happenings. - View Lemon & Thyme menu - Order ahead for pick-up and to-go - Pay through the app with one-tap ordering - Remembers your orders so you can re-order your favorites - Earn cool rewards and offers Download today!
Vale Official
Create your own healthy meals with customizable bowls, salads, and acai bowls. Enjoy a variety of fresh ingredients, smoothies, and dessert options. Perfect for quick, nutritious meals or catering needs.
- Build-your-own bowls
- Customizable salads
- Acai bowls
- Smoothies
- Poke bowls
- Dessert options
- Catering services
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Vale Healthy Food Co. is a Healthy Fast Casual Restaurant that offers build your own bowls, salads, acai bowls, smoothies, poke bowls, dessert options and catering services.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Vale Official at every 4 weeks against Lemon & Thyme's every 12 months. Vale Official also leads on ratings volume (215 vs 38). Lemon & Thyme's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 71%) and device support (3 vs 1). 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.
Lemon & Thyme holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Vale Official has 215 ratings behind it against 38, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Lemon & Thyme's written reviews are positive against 71% of Vale Official's.
Lemon & Thyme ships an update every 12 months, Vale Official every 4 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Lemon & Thyme | Vale Official |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (38 ratings) — better | 4.8 (215 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 71.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 38 | 215 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 123 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hazlnut, LLC | Incentivio, Inc. |
Customer experience
Lemon & Thyme
Vale Official
In-app purchases
Lemon & Thyme
No in-app purchases
Vale Official
No in-app purchases
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