QFC vs Zippin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
QFC
Simplify grocery shopping with options for delivery, pickup, and in-store purchases. Access digital coupons, weekly ads, and personalized savings to reduce costs. Manage prescriptions and find store locations easily.
- Grocery delivery and pickup
- Digital coupon clipping
- Weekly ad browsing
- Personalized savings and rewards
- Fuel points tracking
- Pharmacy 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 QFC app makes grocery shopping simple with Delivery, Pickup and In-store options, digital coupons, weekly ads and personalized savings. Download the QFC 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 Advantage Card Card to Apple Wallet • View purchase history and quickly reorder favorite items Helpful Everyday Tools • Refill and track QFC Pharmacy prescriptions • Use the store locator to find the nearest QFC store or fuel center To use the QFC grocery app, create a QFC digital account and link your Advantage Card Card. Don't have one? You can create one during registration to start earning savings, rewards and fuel points.
Zippin
This app allows you to enter and shop at checkout-less stores. Simply download the app, add your payment method, and then use it to enter the store. Once you're finished shopping, you can leave, and your account will be charged automatically with a receipt sent shortly after.
- Enter checkout-less stores
- Add payment methods
- Shop as usual
- Automatic charging
- Digital receipts
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Get this app to shop at Zippin powered checkout-less stores. How it works: 1. Download the Zippin app and add the payment method. 2. Use the app to enter the store. Shop as you normally would. 3. When you are done shopping, you can just leave the store. Shortly after, we will charge your account, and send you the receipt.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: QFC at 4.6 against Zippin's 3.3. QFC also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (11K vs 15). Zippin's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). 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.
QFC holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: QFC has 11K ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 14% of QFC's written reviews are positive against 33% of Zippin's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
QFC ships an update weekly, Zippin every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | QFC | Zippin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (11K ratings) — better | 3.3 (15 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 13.9% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11K — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| 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 | 243 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Kroger Co. | Vcognition Technologies Inc |
Customer experience
QFC
Zippin
Bugs and requests
QFC
Reported bugs
4 issues- Frequent crashes and freezes
- Inconsistent behavior across devices
- Incorrect item availability and pricing
- Checkout process issues
Requested features
4 requests- Improve search functionality
- Streamline coupon management
- Enhance in-store product location
- Allow offline access and syncing
Zippin
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
QFC
No in-app purchases
Zippin
No in-app purchases
