Hot Card vs Ulupa
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hot Card
Discover exclusive 1+1 deals at various restaurants, bars, cafes, and entertainment venues. This subscription-based service provides significant savings on dining and leisure activities.
- Exclusive 1+1 deals
- Wide variety of venues
- Restaurants
- Bars
- Cafes
- Entertainment venues
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HotCard is a subscription-based mobile app offering exclusive 1+1 deals at a wide variety of restaurants, bars, cafes, and entertainment venues.
Ulupa
Discover and order authentic Georgian home-cooked meals from local cooks. Browse menus, choose generous portions, and arrange pickup or delivery. Enjoy fresh, family-style dishes prepared with care and food safety standards.
- Browse local home cooks
- View daily menus
- Order fresh, generous portions
- Pickup or delivery options
- Chat with cooks for customization
- Secure online card payments
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Ulupa connects you with home cooks across Georgia — real people cooking the way families cook, not restaurant kitchens. Browse cooks near you, look through today's menu, and order a portion for the day you choose. The cook prepares it fresh for that day. WHAT YOU GET • Georgian home cooking — khinkali, khachapuri, soups, pastries and everyday dishes • Generous portions, from 0.5 kg, with the price per portion shown up front • Pickup, delivery by the cook, or courier delivery • A chat with the cook if you want to adjust something in your order • Online Card payment through Partner Bank EVERY COOK IS CHECKED We taste the food, look at the kitchen where it is made, and go through food safety rules with every cook before their dishes appear in the app. LANGUAGES The app works in Georgian, English and Russian. Ulupa currently serves Tbilisi, with more Georgian cities coming.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ulupa at 5.0 against Hot Card's 4.2. Ulupa also leads on monetization model (free vs subscription) and ads (none vs shown). Hot Card's advantage is ratings volume (181 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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.
Ulupa holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hot Card has 181 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Hot Card ships an update every 2 weeks, Ulupa every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hot Card | Ulupa |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (181 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 65.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 181 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 135 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Ketevan Medzmariashvili | Ulupa, LLC |
Customer experience
Hot Card
Ulupa
Bugs and requests
Hot Card
Reported bugs
10 issues- Charges money after cancellation
- Cannot cancel account
- Cannot remove card
- Verification code not received
- App crashes on iOS26
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- Password recovery not working
- SMS authorization not working
- Cannot delete account
- Account cancellation issue
- Card not removed
Requested features
5 requests- Add more partner locations
- Improve refund system
- Provide contact information
- Enhance UI/UX
- Fix SMS authorization
Ulupa
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hot Card
No in-app purchases
Ulupa
No in-app purchases
