Comparison

Wegmans vs By the Whey

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Wegmans

Easily plan meals, discover recipes, and create organized grocery lists. Save money with digital coupons and find items quickly in-store with location-based lists. Streamline your shopping experience for pickup or delivery.

Highlights
  • Digital coupons for savings
  • Recipe discovery and import
  • Grocery lists organized by store location
  • Order grocery pickup or delivery
  • Meal planning tools
Features
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The Wegmans app is packed with features designed to help you put delicious meals on the table—fast—whether you shop in store or order grocery pickup or delivery. Tap into savings with exclusive digital coupons. Discover, import, and save recipes and turn them into grocery lists. Complete your shopping trip in record time with lists organized by item location at your local store. And so much more. Download today and discover so many ways to app happy.

About

By the Whey

Features
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By the Whey is a modern cheese journal and community built by The Curd Nerd. Explore a detailed catalog of cheeses from celebrated creameries, record what you taste, save cheeses for later, and remember the flavors, pairings, places, and people behind every wheel. Browse by style, rating, popularity, recency, and name. Log half-star ratings, tasting notes, typed locations, visibility, and photos. Build a personal Cellar, follow other cheese lovers, discuss public tastings, and see community ratings based on real tasting activity. Whether you are cheese-curious, a dedicated turophile, or a working cheesemonger, By the Whey helps you find your next favorite and remember why it mattered.

Screenshots

Wegmans4 screens
By the Whey4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: By the Whey at every 2 days against Wegmans's every 9 days. Wegmans's advantage is chart position (#108 vs unranked). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wegmans ships an update every 9 days, By the Whey every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
Wegmans versus By the Whey: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWegmansBy the Whey
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (38K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews13.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings38K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
Best chart rank#108 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size115 MB36 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperWegmans Food MarketsMATTHEW,JAMES SIMIELE

Bugs and requests

Wegmans

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Items disappearing from shopping lists
  • Inability to edit or manage multiple shopping lists

Requested features

3 requests
  • Siri integration for voice commands
  • Pharmacy order status and pickup notifications
  • Produce delivery schedule information

By the Whey

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Wegmans

No in-app purchases

None

By the Whey

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Wegmans free?
Wegmans is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is By the Whey free?
By the Whey is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Wegmans or By the Whey have ads?
Neither Wegmans nor By the Whey shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Wegmans or By the Whey?
Wegmans ships an update every 9 days, and By the Whey every 2 days. Most recently, Wegmans was updated on November 4, 2026 and By the Whey on October 8, 2026.

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