Comparison

Celery vs MilkTeaLover

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

Head to head
About

Celery

This app helps you save time and money on groceries by providing real-time information on product availability, pricing, and specials at major grocery chains. It's powered by a community of shoppers who share reviews and deals to make your shopping experience smarter and more personalized.

Highlights
  • Real-time product availability and pricing
  • Community reviews and deals
  • Store information and hours
  • Personalized shopping lists
  • Search for nearby grocery stores
Features
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Celery – Smarter Shopping Made Easy Save time and money with Celery. Rising food costs, inflation and shortages have made the last few years have made grocery shopping a challenge, making it hard to make the family food budget stretch to the end of the month. What is Celery? Celery is a mobile app designed to transform the way consumers shop for groceries by saving time, money, and energy. Whether planning your weekly shopping trip or looking for last-minute deals, Celery makes the experience faster, smarter, and more personalized. Celery, the first grocery shopping app powered by shoppers that provides immediate feedback on what consumers can expect before you go the grocery store. With information for every major chain and grocery store across the country – users can see real time reviews as well as information on product availability, pricing, and specials – all combined to make it easier to get everything on their shopping list. At its core, Celery is powered by a supportive community of savvy shoppers who help each other discover the best offers available nearby. By analyzing real-time data and user input, the app helps you locate the most competitive prices and promotions at local supermarkets—tailored to your preferences, dietary needs, and shopping habits. No more hopping from store to store or endlessly scrolling through ads. With Celery, you get a clear, convenient view of where to shop and what to buy—right from your phone. It’s grocery shopping, reimagining for your lifestyle. Celery features include: * Information on over 60,000 US grocery stores, hours, ratings, and lots of other valuable information, contributed and curated by fellow shoppers across the country, including location, hours of operation and color photos * Ability to search for nearby grocery stores and save your favorites * Read reviews and comments submitted by the Celery community * Create, update, and save weekly shopping lists * Exciting new features are coming soon, including a Celery loyalty program, digital coupons, exclusive offers, and Friend Groups—where you can invite like-minded shoppers to a private group.

About

MilkTeaLover

This app lets you create unique stickers from your milk tea photos using AI. Track your sugar and calorie intake with a fun collection hobby and view health insights.

Highlights
  • AI-powered sticker creation from drink photos
  • Digital tea journal with calendar view
  • Sugar and calorie tracking
  • Weekly and monthly health reports
  • Customizable blind box captions
  • Brand-specific data for popular tea shops
Features
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Milk Tea Journal, every cup is a little bliss. Snap, Collect, Explore. Your tea, your stickers, your sweet daily life. Capture a photo, and our AI instantly creates beautiful stickers for your personal visual milk tea journal. Milk Tea Journal turns drinking tea into a collection hobby, with daily sugar and calorie tracking as a healthy bonus. No registration required, core features are completely free. All data is processed 100% on-device for your privacy. ▸ Why choose Milk Tea Journal? Milk Tea Journal perfectly blends the joy of collecting with health management, making you want to open it every day. ▸ Exquisite Digital Tea Journal • Calendar View "Sticker Wall" — A slot for every day to witness your tea story. • One-tap generation of high-aesthetic sharing cards for Instagram, Pinterest, or Lemon8. • Weekly & Monthly Reports: Flavor DNA Map, sugar/calorie trend curves, and shop statistics. ▸ AI-Powered Sticker Creation • Take a photo of your drink and use Apple's on-device "Subject Lifting" to remove the background in milliseconds. • Automatically generates realistic white borders and soft shadows, simulating a high-quality "physical card" sticker effect. • 480+ fun blind box captions with MBTI tags, mood quotes, and seasonal surprises. • Maintain a streak to unlock rare materials: Holographic, Jelly Gel, and 3D Clay style stickers. ▸ Frictionless Sugar & Calorie Tracking • Select your drink type to automatically log sugar and calories (Pearl Milk Tea, Taro Boba, Mango Pomelo Sago, etc.). • Real-time progress bar + four-color health status indicator (Green → Yellow → Orange → Red). • Built-in database of 20+ classic milk tea drinks, with support for custom additions. • Brand-specific data covering 50+ global brands like HEYTEA, Nayuki, Mixue, Gong Cha, and CoCo (Coming Soon). • Kind reminders that accompany you warmly without being preachy. ▸ Smart Shop Recognition (Coming Soon) • Photos automatically read GPS → MapKit intelligently matches the nearest tea shop. • Automatically accumulate your footprint and build your exclusive tea map. • Brand Achievement Unlock: Explore 3 → 10 → 20 → Collect 50+ global brands! ▸ Smart Health Insights • References dietary guidelines for daily free sugar limits (e.g., 25-50g), with customizable thresholds. • Health trend analysis based on your personal intake habits. • Health Achievement Badges: "Sugar-Free Master," "Healthy Tea Lover," "Disciplined Streak." ▸ PRO Unlock (Optional Subscription) • Advanced card layouts, rare material stickers, and exclusive fonts. • High-definition export without watermarks. • Comprehensive Weekly & Monthly sugar and calorie analysis. • Full access to the Tea Map and personal footprints. Download Milk Tea Journal Start your bubble tea journey Every cup is a unique sticker. Privacy Policy: https://milktealover.pages.dev/Privacy Terms of Service: https://milktealover.pages.dev/Terms

Screenshots

Celery4 screens
MilkTeaLover4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Celery at none against MilkTeaLover's 3. Celery also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). MilkTeaLover's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. MilkTeaLover sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Celery asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Celery against 5.0 for MilkTeaLover. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Celery ships an update every 5 weeks, MilkTeaLover every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Celery versus MilkTeaLover: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCeleryMilkTeaLover
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB26 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperShoppt, Inc.WD Studio

Customer experience

Celery

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

MilkTeaLover

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Celery

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

MilkTeaLover

Subscriptions2
  • PRO Monthly $1.99$1.991 Month
  • PRO Annual $6.99$6.991 Year
One-time1
  • MilkTeaLover Pro Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is Celery free?
Celery is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MilkTeaLover free?
MilkTeaLover is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Celery or MilkTeaLover?
Celery and MilkTeaLover are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Celery or MilkTeaLover have ads?
Neither Celery nor MilkTeaLover shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Celery or MilkTeaLover?
Celery ships an update every 5 weeks, and MilkTeaLover every 3 days. Most recently, Celery was updated on October 22, 2026 and MilkTeaLover on October 29, 2026.

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