Comparison

Fred Meyer vs Red Canoe Perks

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Digital coupons and weekly ads
  • Grocery pickup and delivery
  • Scan recipes for ingredients
  • Personalized savings and rewards
  • Fuel points tracking
  • Prescription management
  • Store locator
Features
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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.

About

Red Canoe Perks

Discover thousands of local and national discounts on dining, shopping, travel, and entertainment. Present mobile coupons for instant savings and manage your favorite merchants. Submit requests for retailers you'd like to see featured.

Highlights
  • Thousands of dining, shopping, and travel deals
  • Mobile coupon redemption
  • Deal notifications
  • Favorite merchant list
  • Merchant request submission
  • Savings Calculator
Features
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Use Standard Description: Never miss a deal with the Red Canoe Perks mobile app! Open the app to see available discounts near you and browse thousands of dining, shopping, travel, service, and entertainment deals across the United States. Present your coupon on your mobile phone to the retailer for instant savings. You can easily adjust your settings to only see notifications for discounts that interest you. Red Canoe Perks will store all of your favorite merchants, plus give you access to your benefit information, health savings, and more. Don’t see your favorite retailer listed? Submit a merchant request directly through the app. Red Canoe Perks App Features: • Over 400,000+ deals across the country, and more added every day. • Travel discounts on hotels, car rentals, entertainment, and more. • Online shopping discounts that you can redeem right in the app. • Deal notifications when you’re near the store. • Map feature to view deals and follow directions to the retailer of your choice. • It’s easy! Just present your mobile coupon to the retailer. • Use most coupons as many times as you like. • Savings Calculator to keep track of how much money you save. • Quick access to your BaZing benefit information. Access to Red Canoe Perks requires membership through Red Canoe Credit Union.

Screenshots

Fred Meyer4 screens
Red Canoe Perks2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Red Canoe Perks at none against Fred Meyer's shown. Red Canoe Perks also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Fred Meyer's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 18 months) and ratings volume (148K vs 2). 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

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

Red Canoe Perks holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fred Meyer has 148K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fred Meyer ships an update weekly, Red Canoe Perks every 18 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Fred Meyer versus Red Canoe Perks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFred MeyerRed Canoe Perks
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (148K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews10.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings148K — better2
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 18 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size245 MB73 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThe Kroger Co.Red Canoe Credit Union

Customer experience

Fred Meyer

All ratings146,558 ratings
Positive93.9%
Neutral3.3%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews628 reviews
Positive10.0%
Neutral7.8%
Negative82.2%

Red Canoe Perks

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Red Canoe Perks

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Fred Meyer

No in-app purchases

None

Red Canoe Perks

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fred Meyer free?
Fred Meyer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Red Canoe Perks free?
Red Canoe Perks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Fred Meyer or Red Canoe Perks?
Red Canoe Perks is rated higher. Fred Meyer averages 4.7 out of 5 from 148K ratings, while Red Canoe Perks averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Fred Meyer or Red Canoe Perks have ads?
Fred Meyer shows ads; Red Canoe Perks does not.
Which is updated more often, Fred Meyer or Red Canoe Perks?
Fred Meyer ships an update weekly, and Red Canoe Perks every 18 months. Most recently, Fred Meyer was updated on October 27, 2026 and Red Canoe Perks on October 9, 2026.

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