Pay Less vs Fresh Thyme
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pay Less
Simplify your grocery shopping experience with options for delivery, pickup, or in-store purchases. Access digital coupons, weekly ads, and personalized savings to manage your budget effectively. The app also offers tools for prescription refills and store location services.
- Grocery delivery and pickup
- Digital coupons and weekly ads
- Personalized savings and rewards
- Scan recipes for ingredients
- Pharmacy prescription management
- Store and fuel center locator
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Looking for an easier way to grocery shop, save money and manage your weekly grocery list? The Pay Less app makes grocery shopping simple with Delivery, Pickup and In-store options, digital coupons, weekly ads and personalized savings. Download the Pay Less 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 Plus Card Card to Apple Wallet • View purchase history and quickly reorder favorite items Helpful Everyday Tools • Refill and track Pay Less Pharmacy prescriptions • Use the store locator to find the nearest Pay Less store or fuel center To use the Pay Less grocery app, create a Pay Less digital account and link your Plus Card Card. Don't have one? You can create one during registration to start earning savings, rewards and fuel points.
Fresh Thyme
Easily shop for high-quality products with this app. Browse your local store's selection, create personalized shopping lists, and add items for curbside pickup. Access mobile coupons to save money on your purchases.
- Browse store assortment
- Create personalized shopping lists
- Add items for curbside pickup
- Clip, scan, and save with mobile coupons
- View weekly specials
- Access recipes and healthy living resources
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The Fresh Thyme Market app offers ease and convenience while you shop for products with unbeatable quality. Browse your store’s assortment to build a personalized shopping list or add items directly to your cart for curbside Pickup. Clip, scan and save even more with mobile coupons. Features: See What’s on Sale Explore products on special and exclusive mobile coupons. Clip, Scan & Save More Redeem “clipped” coupons and checkout challenges instantly with one simple scan of your barcode at the register. Plan Ahead Build your personalized shopping list from our complete product catalog, weekly specials, mobile coupons – you can even add products to your list from recipes! Get Inspired Enjoy recipes and inspirational resources to support your healthy living journey.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pay Less at 4.8 against Fresh Thyme's 4.0. Pay Less also leads on review sentiment (49% vs 10%) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Pay Less holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pay Less has 7.8K ratings behind it against 1.4K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 49% of Pay Less's written reviews are positive against 10% of Fresh Thyme's.
Pay Less ships an update weekly, Fresh Thyme every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pay Less | Fresh Thyme |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (7.8K ratings) — better | 4.0 (1.4K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 49.0% of reviews — better | 10.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7.8K — better | 1.4K |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 243 MB | 113 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Kroger Co. | Lakes Venture, LLC |
Customer experience
Pay Less
Fresh Thyme
User reviews
Pay Less
From 7.8K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Convenient pickup service
- 👍 Easy to use app
- 💡 Helpful digital coupons
- 🚗 Fuel points
- 👍 Friendly and helpful staff
Room to improve
- 🐛 App crashes and freezes
- 🔍 Poor search functionality
- 🔄 Frequent app updates
- 🤔 Confusing interface changes
- 🛒 Inaccurate inventory and substitutions
Fresh Thyme
From 1.4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🌟 Great store with high-quality products
- 👍 Convenient to view ads and coupons
- 💯 Friendly and helpful staff
Room to improve
- 🐛 App crashes frequently
- 🤯 Extremely frustrating and difficult to use
- 🔍 Inability to search for products or view weekly ads
- 🔑 Constant log-in issues and password resets
- 🤖 Lack of user-friendly features and poor navigation
Bugs and requests
Pay Less
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login issues and permission errors
- Disappearing shopping lists
- Inability to use digital coupons in-store
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to manage personal shopping lists
- Easier access to prescription refills
- Integration of paper coupons
- Improved search and filtering options
- More transparency on item locations in stores
Fresh Thyme
Reported bugs
4 issues- App fails to load or display content properly
- Issues with account registration and login
- Inconsistent behavior when adding items to cart or list
- Discrepancies between app and in-store inventory/pricing
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to view product details and ingredients
- Improve search functionality and organization of items
- Allow seamless integration between app and in-store experience
- Provide better visibility and access to digital coupons
- Enhance app stability and reduce frequent crashes
In-app purchases
Pay Less
No in-app purchases
Fresh Thyme
No in-app purchases
Questions
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