GrubSouth vs Jeffersons
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GrubSouth
Discover and order from local restaurants for convenient delivery. Browse menus, customize meals, and track your driver in real-time. Enjoy your favorite dishes brought directly to your door.
- Browse local restaurant menus
- Customize meals with special instructions
- Real-time driver tracking
- Secure stored payment information
- Order from over 500 partner establishments
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Eating just got easier! Use GrubSouth's free mobile app to get your favorite food delivered to your door Founded in 2012, we are a locally owned and operated restaurant delivery service, which means you can get your favorite local restaurants delivered by your favorite local delivery service! With tons of options to choose from, when you order through GrubSouth, you’ll be enjoying your favorite meals in no time. Just browse our menus, select your items, and sit back and relax while our delivery drivers handle the rest. Did you know that you can... Easily customize your meal by adding notes and special instructions for the restaurant. Follow your driver's delivery progress through real-time status alerts. Safely store credit card information in order to speed up the payment process. GrubSouth opened in the Rocket City in 2012, starting with only 9 restaurants, but we now partner with over 500 restaurant establishments and are continuously adding more to the list.
Jeffersons
Discover a restaurant's menu, find nearby locations, and place online orders for popular dishes like wings, oysters, and burgers. You can also purchase branded merchandise directly through the app.
- Find nearby locations
- View full menu
- Place online orders
- Purchase merchandise
- Family-friendly atmosphere
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Jefferson's is known for its world famous wings as well as its oysters, burgers, and fun family-friendly atmosphere. Use our app to find a location near you, look over our menu, place your orders online, or even grab some of our amazing Jefferson's merchandise.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Jeffersons at 3.8 against GrubSouth's 3.1. Jeffersons also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 28%). GrubSouth's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 18 months). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Jeffersons holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 28% of GrubSouth's written reviews are positive against 50% of Jeffersons's.
GrubSouth ships an update every 4 months, Jeffersons every 18 months. Both last shipped on October 21, 2026.
| Parameter | GrubSouth | Jeffersons |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (13 ratings) | 3.8 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.3% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 18 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Grub South | Jeffersons Franchise Systems LLC |
Customer experience
GrubSouth
Jeffersons
Bugs and requests
GrubSouth
Reported bugs
13 issues- App freezes and crashes during ordering/payment
- Login issues with Apple ID and Google
- Apple Pay not a supported payment method despite being listed
- App tells users restaurants are closed when they are not
- New version of the app shows no nearby restaurants
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- Payment system is jacked up
- App hasn't worked since iOS14.2 update
- Contact Us options on the app don't work
- Randomly adds ingredients to orders
- App doesn't take copy/paste for user/password fields
- Freezes at checkout
- Orders cancelled without explanation or notification
- App doesn't process orders even with confirmation email
Requested features
9 requests- Sort restaurants by delivery fee, distance, etc.
- Display star rating and reviews for food
- Option to remember login
- Landscape mode for iPad
- Add drinks from locations
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- Add Tazekis restaurant
- Lower minimum order amount
- More options to modify orders
- Better notification control (less advertising)
Jeffersons
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
GrubSouth
No in-app purchases
Jeffersons
No in-app purchases
