Comparison

Melissa's Checkout vs BRdata Cloud

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

Head to head
About

Melissa's Checkout

Discover a vast selection of exotic and specialty fruits and vegetables from around the globe. This app provides recipes, serving suggestions, and nutritional information to help you enjoy fresh, high-quality produce.

Highlights
  • Global produce selection
  • Recipes and serving suggestions
  • Nutritional information
  • Product details
  • Customer service contact
Features
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The Melissa's/World Variety Produce Story "Delivering The Global Market" Los Angeles, California (2012) – Think tasty, creamy, tangy, aromatic, tart, sweet, crunchy and delectable. Within the 280,000 square feet of the Melissa's/World Variety Produce, Inc. warehouse, one is sure to find the freshest fruits and vegetables -- quality products with exceptional value and first-class service. Established in 1984, Melissa's/World Variety Produce, Inc. is currently the largest distributor of specialty produce in the United States. With over 1000 items available at any given time, Melissa's imports and distributes exotic fresh fruits and vegetables from around the globe. Located in the Vernon district of Los Angeles, California, World Variety Produce began strictly as a source of specialty produce, selling to retailers in the Southern California region. Over the years the company's Food Service Division has become a full-service operation that supplies culinary professionals with staples, exotics and Melissa's full line of organic produce. Joe Hernandez, a Texas native, founded the business with a decade of produce industry experience in a small, rented produce warehouse lunchroom. The original office had three telephones and four chairs -- no one could have guessed that, within a few short years, the company would grow to occupy a newly renovated and expanded 280,000 square foot office, warehouse complex, and state-of-the-art CCOF/QAI Certified Organic Packing Facility. Family is a big part of World Variety's success. Through the years, the company has found stable growth thanks to the support of very loyal customers and a close-knit family of employees dedicated to customer service. After all, Joe Hernandez has made the company philosophy straightforward: "Give the customers what they want and keep them happy!" World Variety is committed to industry and consumer education about specialty produce. Product headers include recipes, serving suggestions, and nutritional information. "Wet Tags" attached to bulk produce items include a PLU number for fast, accurate check-out and offer general product information. Melissa’s easy-to-navigate Web site is updated monthly with features and recipes that are easy and convenient. But more important than these educational trademarks, a Melissa's/World Variety Produce employee -- ready to track down those hard-to-find items -- can answer questions about specialty produce items toll-free at (800) 588-0151. Melissa's/World Variety Produce, Inc. will continue with its product innovations and customer-satisfying service. "You can never slack off," says Hernandez. "...the little guys will catch up if you get over-confident. You can count on World Variety for the Freshest Ideas in Produce. The tag line -- more than good advertising -- is a company promise to provide product and service beyond expectation.”

About

BRdata Cloud

Access your BRdata Cloud system data securely from your mobile device. Look up item information, view sales dashboards with interactive charts, and upload photos for items. Future updates will bring enhanced functionality.

Highlights
  • Secure cloud login
  • Item lookup by typing or scanning UPC
  • View price, cost, and movement data
  • Interactive sales dashboard by department
  • Upload photos from camera or library
  • Assign images to UPCs
Features
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The BRdata Cloud app is the perfect companion to the BRdata Cloud system! Currently available functionality: Login – Use your cloud login information for secure access to your data from the convenience of your mobile phone. Item Lookup – View item information on the go! Simply look up an item by typing or scanning in a UPC. You can then quickly toggle between basic price and cost information, and item movement information by date range. Dashboard – View sales information by department via an interactive pie chart, which allows you to set date ranges and drill down to sub departments. Photo Upload – Quickly upload images from your photo library or camera and assign the image to a UPC in a snap! Look here for future updates as we continue to develop and enhance functionality available in the app!

Screenshots

Melissa's Checkout4 screens
BRdata Cloud4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: BRdata Cloud at every 3 weeks against Melissa's Checkout's every 14 months. BRdata Cloud also leads on ratings volume (10 vs 3). 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

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 — 4.0 for Melissa's Checkout against 4.0 for BRdata Cloud. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 10 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Melissa's Checkout ships an update every 14 months, BRdata Cloud every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Melissa's Checkout versus BRdata Cloud: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMelissa's CheckoutBRdata Cloud
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (3 ratings)4.0 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews—66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings310 — better
Update frequencyEvery 14 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperProduce Pro SoftwareBRdata

Customer experience

Melissa's Checkout

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

BRdata Cloud

All ratings10 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

Melissa's Checkout

No in-app purchases

None

BRdata Cloud

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Melissa's Checkout free?
Melissa's Checkout is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BRdata Cloud free?
BRdata Cloud is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Melissa's Checkout or BRdata Cloud?
Melissa's Checkout and BRdata Cloud are both rated 4.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 10 ratings respectively.
Do Melissa's Checkout or BRdata Cloud have ads?
Neither Melissa's Checkout nor BRdata Cloud shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Melissa's Checkout or BRdata Cloud?
Melissa's Checkout ships an update every 14 months, and BRdata Cloud every 3 weeks. Most recently, Melissa's Checkout was updated on September 29, 2026 and BRdata Cloud on October 3, 2026.

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