Ralphs vs El Porto
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ralphs
Easily manage your grocery shopping with delivery, pickup, and in-store options. Access digital coupons, weekly ads, and personalized savings to make shopping simple and affordable. Track rewards and manage prescriptions for a convenient experience.
- Grocery delivery and pickup
- Digital coupons and weekly ads
- Personalized savings and rewards
- Fuel points tracking
- Pharmacy prescription management
- In-store payment with Kroger Pay
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Looking for an easier way to grocery shop, save money and manage your weekly grocery list? The Ralphs app makes grocery shopping simple with Delivery, Pickup and In-store options, digital coupons, weekly ads and personalized savings. Download the Ralphs 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 Ralphs Pharmacy prescriptions • Use the store locator to find the nearest Ralphs 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.ralphs.com/i/terms/website-and-app) and our Privacy Policy (https://www.ralphs.com/i/privacy-policy). To use the Ralphs app, you need a Ralphs digital account. You can create a digital account and link your Ralphs Rewards ID through the app. Don't have a Rewards ID? You'll get one when you create your digital account and enroll in Ralphs' 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.ralphs.com/i/terms/website-and-app.
El Porto
Check live wave conditions and access a surf shop for rentals, sales, and repairs. Get free wax with your first purchase. Available for pickup or worldwide shipping.
- Live wave camera feed
- Surfboard and wetsuit rentals
- Surfboard sales
- Surfboard repair services
- In-store pickup
- Worldwide shipping
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El Porto Surf App is designed for anyone wishing to surf right now in El Porto, California - Los Angeles County’s most surfed beach. Free live wave cam + surfboards & wetsuits, rentals, sales & surfboard repairs! In store pickup and worldwide shipping. Free bar of wax with first purchase!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: El Porto at 100% against Ralphs's 15%. El Porto also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Ralphs's advantage is ratings volume (63K vs 8) and rating (4.7 vs 4.5). On price, update cadence, 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.
Ralphs holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ralphs has 63K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 15% of Ralphs's written reviews are positive against 100% of El Porto's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Ralphs ships an update weekly, El Porto every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ralphs | El Porto |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (63K ratings) — better | 4.5 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 15.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 63K — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 8 days |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 245 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Kroger Co. | Live The Land Of The Free Lifestyle, LLC |
Customer experience
Ralphs
El Porto
Bugs and requests
Ralphs
Reported bugs
3 issues- Items disappearing from cart
- Login issues and account access problems
- Unreliable delivery scheduling and notifications
Requested features
4 requests- Improved search and filtering capabilities
- Better integration of coupons and rewards
- Enhanced communication with shoppers during order fulfillment
- Ability to easily modify orders after placement
El Porto
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ralphs
No in-app purchases
El Porto
No in-app purchases
