Fred Meyer vs BabbleBuy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fred Meyer
Simplify grocery shopping with digital coupons, weekly ads, and personalized savings. Order groceries for pickup or delivery, scan recipes to add ingredients, and track fuel points for gas discounts. Manage prescriptions and find store locations easily.
- Digital coupons and weekly ads
- Grocery pickup and delivery
- Scan recipes for ingredients
- Personalized savings and rewards
- Fuel points tracking
- Prescription management
- Store locator
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Looking for an easier way to grocery shop, save money and manage your weekly grocery list? The Fred Meyer app makes grocery shopping simple with Delivery, Pickup and In-store options, digital coupons, weekly ads and personalized savings. Download the Fred Meyer 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 Rewards Card Card to Apple Wallet • View purchase history and quickly reorder favorite items Helpful Everyday Tools • Refill and track Fred Meyer Pharmacy prescriptions • Use the store locator to find the nearest Fred Meyer 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.fredmeyer.com/i/terms/website-and-app) and our Privacy Policy (https://www.fredmeyer.com/i/privacy-policy). To use the Fred Meyer app, you need a Fred Meyer digital account. You can create a digital account and link your Fred Meyer Rewards ID through the app. Don't have a Rewards ID? You'll get one when you create your digital account and enroll in Fred Meyer'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.fredmeyer.com/i/terms/website-and-app.
BabbleBuy
Discover local activities and support small businesses. Connect instantly with nearby food trucks, farmers markets, and scavenger hunts through one-click calling, directions, and messaging.
- Discover local activities
- Support small businesses
- Find food trucks
- Locate farmers markets
- One-click calling
- Instant messaging
- Get directions
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BabbleBuy helps you find activities nearby, like Food Truck pods, a Scavenger Hunt or Farmers Market. Focused on supporting small businesses, BabbleBuy shows you local, small biz and creates instant connections with one click calling, directions, sharing, and messaging.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: BabbleBuy at 80% against Fred Meyer's 10%. BabbleBuy also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Fred Meyer's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.2) and ratings volume (145K vs 5). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Fred Meyer holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fred Meyer has 145K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 10% of Fred Meyer's written reviews are positive against 80% of BabbleBuy's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Fred Meyer ships an update weekly, BabbleBuy monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fred Meyer | BabbleBuy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (145K ratings) — better | 4.2 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 9.6% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 145K — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 244 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Kroger Co. | Avata for Business LLC |
Customer experience
Fred Meyer
BabbleBuy
Bugs and requests
Fred Meyer
Reported bugs
4 issues- Items disappearing from cart
- Inability to log in or access saved lists
- Inconsistent behavior when modifying orders
- Coupons not applying correctly
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to opt out of using store bags
- Better organization and filtering options
- Streamlined checkout and order management
- Integration with password managers
- Real-time inventory updates and substitution options
BabbleBuy
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Fred Meyer
No in-app purchases
BabbleBuy
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Fred Meyer free?
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