Chick vs Subway®
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chick
Easily locate nearby restaurants, place orders in advance, and pay directly from your phone. Earn points on purchases to redeem for free food, birthday treats, and more. The app remembers your preferences for a personalized experience.
- Find nearby restaurants
- Order ahead and pay
- Earn points on purchases
- Redeem rewards for free food
- Personalized menu
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Welcome to the Chick-fil-A® App. Find a restaurant near you and order ahead. Chick-fil-A One® Members can receive points with qualifying purchases, redeem available rewards of your choice and reach new tiers with increasing benefits. FEATURES 1. Find restaurants - Find Chick-fil-A® restaurants near you while searching from home or out and about. 2. Order Ahead – Place your order through your phone and pay, choose your preferred pick-up method, and let us know when you arrive. 3. Receive points – Receive points with every qualifying purchase by scanning your QR code in the Chick-fil-A® App, paying with your Chick-fil-A One® digital gift card, or placing mobile orders at participating Chick-fil-A® restaurants. 4. Redeem rewards – Use your points to redeem available rewards of your choice, including: free food rewards, birthday rewards, meal donations and more. 5. Personalized menu – We’ll remember what you like and – even better – how you like it.
Subway®
Customize your favorite sandwiches and meals exactly how you like them. Earn rewards and exclusive offers through a loyalty program. Quickly reorder past favorites and choose convenient pickup or delivery options.
- Customize sandwiches
- Subway Rewards program
- Rapid re-ordering
- Pickup and delivery options
- Exclusive offers
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Your go-to order just got easier than ever with the new Subway® app. • Make It Your Own or Keep It Classic: Double the meat. Extra cheese. All the veggies. Build your Footlong just the way you would in the restaurant — choose your toppings, toast your bread, and add two cookies and drink to craft your perfect Footlong meal. • Subway® Rewards: Join Sub Club! Redeem points for Subway® Cash plus get access to exclusive offers and member-only rewards. • Rapid Reorder: Find your favorites in a snap. Your favs or past orders in a single tap, right from the menu bar. • Get it fast: Choose Pick Up or Delivery. What are you waiting for?
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Verdict
Chick and Subway® both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 72% of Chick's written reviews are positive against 17% of Subway®'s. Chick also leads on ratings volume (4.2M vs 1.2M) and chart position (#6 vs #22). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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 Chick against 4.8 for Subway®. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4.2M and 1.2M respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 72% of Chick's written reviews are positive against 17% of Subway®'s.
Chick ships an update every 2 weeks, Subway® weekly. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Chick | Subway® |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (4.2M ratings) — better | 4.8 (1.2M ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.5% of reviews — better | 16.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4.2M — better | 1.2M |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #6 — better | #22 |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 137 MB | 116 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chick-fil-A, Inc. | SUBWAY Restaurants |
Customer experience
Chick
Subway®
User reviews
Chick
From 4.2M App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 🚀 Convenient mobile ordering
- 👍 Rewards program
- 🚀 Fast service
- 👍 Customization options
Room to improve
- 🐛 App glitches and bugs
- 🔒 Security issues
- 👎 Complicated rewards redemption process
- 👎 Limited payment options
- 👎 Inconsistent experience across locations
Subway®
From 1.2M App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Convenient mobile ordering
- 💡 Rewards program
- 👍 Clean and polished store experience
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent app crashes and glitches
- 🔍 Difficulty selecting/changing store location
- ❌ Coupons/deals not working as expected
- 💳 Incorrect charges and order issues
- 🕰️ Slow and unresponsive app performance
Bugs and requests
Chick
Reported bugs
5 issues- Orders not being received by restaurants
- App crashing or freezing
- Incorrect order fulfillment
- Rewards not being properly applied
- Location tracking issues
Requested features
5 requests- Allow combining payment methods
- Improve rewards program
- Add more customization options
- Enhance location-based features
- Improve order tracking and status updates
Subway®
Reported bugs
3 issues- App not registering orders at the store
- Inability to apply gift card balances properly
- Rewards and points not tracking correctly
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to cancel orders within the app
- Integration with Apple Wallet for rewards
- More customization options for sandwiches
In-app purchases
Chick
No in-app purchases
Subway®
No in-app purchases
