Rita's Ice vs Beards & Broads
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rita's Ice
Discover nearby Italian ice and custard locations to satisfy your cravings. Earn rewards and exclusive offers for every visit, leading to free treats. Track your progress and enjoy happiness with every purchase.
- Find nearby locations
- Earn free treats
- Exclusive offers
- Loyalty program
- Location tracking
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If you’re a true Rita’s fan, this app is for you! Find a Rita’s Italian Ice location near you (enjoy Rita’s wherever you go), earn FREE treats and find exclusive offers. Ice + Custard = Happiness! Remember to use it every time you visit to earn punches towards FREE treats. --- The Rita’s Team *Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
Beards & Broads
Order delicious brick oven pizza, wings, pasta, and sandwiches for pickup or dine-in. Earn loyalty points with every purchase to redeem exclusive rewards. Enjoy a fun, family-friendly atmosphere with entertainment and axe throwing.
- Mobile food ordering
- Loyalty points program
- Reward redemption
- Event calendar
- Restaurant information
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Locally & Veteran Owned Brick Oven Restaurant offering constant Entertainment, Axe Throwing and a Monthly Calendar full of Axcellent Events! Beards & Broads the name stands for the two types of Axes used in competition Axe Throwing. Our first location was started just for Axe Throwing Competition; we quickly expanded into a Full Restaurant offering Brick Oven Pizza, Wings, Pasta, Sandwiches, Tots & More! We’ve created an environment where families can gather, eat, have fun, and look forward to coming back again and again! Much love to everyone! Use this app to order food, earn points and redeem rewards at our first Full Restaurant location at Broadway, VA!
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Verdict
Rita's Ice and Beards & Broads both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Beards & Broads's written reviews are positive against 54% of Rita's Ice's. Beards & Broads also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). Rita's Ice's advantage is ratings volume (14K vs 27) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). 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 Rita's Ice against 5.0 for Beards & Broads. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rita's Ice has 14K ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 54% of Rita's Ice's written reviews are positive against 100% of Beards & Broads's.
Rita's Ice ships an update every 3 weeks, Beards & Broads every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rita's Ice | Beards & Broads |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (14K ratings) | 5.0 (27 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14K — better | 27 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 105 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rita's Italian Ice | Craver Solutions Inc. |
Customer experience
Rita's Ice
Beards & Broads
Bugs and requests
Rita's Ice
Reported bugs
3 issues- Registration process issues
- Login and account problems
- Glitches with app functionality
Requested features
4 requests- Flavor locator feature
- Mobile ordering capabilities
- Improved rewards history tracking
- Display of daily flavors in-app
Beards & Broads
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Rita's Ice
No in-app purchases
Beards & Broads
No in-app purchases
Questions
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