Comparison

Kroger vs Brooks Grocery

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

Head to head
About

Kroger

Easily shop for groceries with delivery, pickup, or in-store options. Access digital coupons, weekly ads, and personalized savings to manage your shopping list and save money on everyday essentials.

Highlights
  • Grocery delivery and pickup
  • Digital coupons and weekly ads
  • Personalized savings and rewards
  • Fuel points for gas savings
  • In-store payment with Kroger Pay
  • Prescription management
Features
Currently charting
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Looking for an easier way to grocery shop, save money and manage your weekly grocery list? The Kroger app makes grocery shopping simple with Delivery, Pickup and In-store options, digital coupons, weekly ads and personalized savings. Download the Kroger grocery app to shop groceries online and find the best deals all in one place. Shop Groceries Your Way • Order groceries with Pickup (where available) or Delivery • Scan a recipe to quickly find ingredients and add them to your cart • Shop thousands of additional grocery and household items Save More on Groceries • Browse weekly ads and sales • Clip digital coupons and apply them at checkout • Discover personalized deals, bonus rewards and Cash Back offers • Track and redeem fuel points for gas savings Fast, Convenient Checkout • Use Kroger Pay for fast checkout in-store • Add your Plus Card Card to Apple Wallet • View purchase history and quickly reorder favorite items Helpful Everyday Tools • Refill and track Kroger Pharmacy prescriptions • Use the store locator to find the nearest Kroger store or fuel center Improving Your Experience To provide and personalize our offerings, make recommendations, detect and prevent fraud, and improve our services, we use tools that collect and record your data, which may include your searches for and purchases of health and wellness products. We also may share non-sensitive data with third parties, such as advertising and analytics vendors, social networks, technology providers, and research providers. By continuing to use our websites and apps and shop our store, this means you consent to these practices and accept our Terms (https://www.kroger.com/i/terms/website-and-app) and our Privacy Policy (https://www.kroger.com/i/privacy-policy). To use the Kroger app, you need a Kroger digital account. You can create a digital account and link your Kroger Rewards ID through the app. Don't have a Rewards ID? You'll get one when you create your digital account and enroll in Kroger's Rewards Program. You must be 18 to register for an account or join our rewards program (to obtain a Rewards ID). Terms apply: https://www.kroger.com/i/terms/website-and-app.

About

Brooks Grocery

Easily order groceries from your mobile device or tablet. Access weekly specials, search for products, view details, find recipes, and plan family meals.

Highlights
  • Mobile grocery ordering
  • Weekly circular access
  • Product search
  • Detailed product information
  • Recipe suggestions
  • Family meal planning
Features
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Order your groceries from Brooks Grocery on the go on your mobile device or from your iPad on your couch. Our award-winning grocery app makes grocery shopping a breeze with quick access to our weekly circular, an easy-to-use product search, detailed product details and labeling, tasty recipes, and family meal planning tools. What could be better than that?

Screenshots

Kroger4 screens
Brooks Grocery4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Brooks Grocery at none against Kroger's shown. Brooks Grocery also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (25% vs 10%). Kroger's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (1.3M vs 201). On price, rating, 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Kroger against 4.8 for Brooks Grocery. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kroger has 1.3M ratings behind it against 201, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 10% of Kroger's written reviews are positive against 25% of Brooks Grocery's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kroger ships an update weekly, Brooks Grocery every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Kroger versus Brooks Grocery: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKrogerBrooks Grocery
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.3M ratings) — better4.8 (201 ratings)
Positive reviews9.8% of reviews25.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.3M — better201
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#57 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size245 MB73 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThe Kroger Co.ShopHero INC

Customer experience

Kroger

All ratings1,313,839 ratings
Positive95.4%
Neutral2.6%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews2,463 reviews
Positive9.8%
Neutral9.3%
Negative80.9%

Brooks Grocery

All ratings200 ratings
Positive97.0%
Neutral1.0%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

Kroger

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App freezes and crashes frequently
  • Order history and shopping lists disappearing
  • Payment method issues and inability to update
  • Incorrect pricing and sale information
  • Delivery/pickup time slots not accurately reflected

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to save and reuse past orders
  • More intuitive layout and navigation
  • Better integration of coupons and discounts
  • Improved real-time inventory visibility
  • Seamless transition between in-store and online shopping

Brooks Grocery

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Kroger

No in-app purchases

None

Brooks Grocery

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kroger free?
Kroger is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Brooks Grocery free?
Brooks Grocery is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Kroger or Brooks Grocery?
Kroger is rated higher. Kroger averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.3M ratings, while Brooks Grocery averages 4.8 from 201 ratings.
Do Kroger or Brooks Grocery have ads?
Kroger shows ads; Brooks Grocery does not.
Which is updated more often, Kroger or Brooks Grocery?
Kroger ships an update weekly, and Brooks Grocery every 3 months. Most recently, Kroger was updated on October 28, 2026 and Brooks Grocery on October 21, 2026.

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