Comparison

Coffee Republic vs Local Haunts

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

Head to head
About

Coffee Republic

Easily order and pay for your favorite items ahead of time, or use it to pay in-store. Earn rewards with every purchase to get free food and drinks. Discover nearby locations and their amenities.

Highlights
  • Order ahead for pickup
  • Pay in-store with the app
  • Earn Stars for rewards
  • Redeem rewards for free items
  • Find nearby stores
  • View store hours and amenities
Features
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The Coffee Republic app is a convenient way to pay in store or skip the line and order ahead. Rewards are built right in, so you'll collect Stars and start earning free drinks and food with every purchase. Pay in store Save time and earn Rewards when you pay with the Coffee Republic app at our stores. Order ahead Customize and place your order, and pick up from a nearby store without waiting in line. Rewards Track your Stars and redeem Rewards for a free food or drink of your choosing. Receive custom offers as a Coffee Republic Rewards™ member. Find a store See stores near you, get directions, hours and view store amenities before you make the trip.

About

Local Haunts

Features
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Every restaurant app shows you the same twenty famous places. Local Haunts shows you the ones around the corner. Search near you and get independent restaurants only. National chains are filtered out (not downranked, filtered out), so a taqueria two streets away is not buried under the burger chain on the main road. WHY IT FINDS DIFFERENT PLACES Most apps rank by prominence, which is a polite word for fame. Local Haunts runs every search twice, once by distance and once by prominence, and merges the two. In testing, that turned twenty results into thirty-odd and changed them from landmarks into neighborhood places. NO CHAINS Chains are filtered by name and by how many locations we have actually seen for them, so a regional favorite with four locations in one state stays, and a national brand with four hundred goes. It is not perfect in either direction, and there is a support address for when it gets one wrong. VOUCH FOR THE PLACES YOU LOVE A vouch is one tap and it is free forever. No stars, no five-paragraph reviews, no arguing with strangers. Just how many locals stand behind a place. YOUR CACHÉ Save anywhere, signed in or not. An account keeps it on every device. WHAT PRO ADDS · Crown one best place per category — the best tacos, the best late-night · Lists across your Caché · The Recommended and Rare Finds sorts Pro is $9.99 a year. There is also a lifetime purchase, limited to a batch of 1,000, and the first 250 are Founders. WHAT WE WILL NOT DO Money never buys ranking influence. No business can pay to place, and paying us does not weight your vouch above anyone else's. There are no ads. There is no social feed, no followers, no public profile, and nothing you save is visible to anyone else. Local Haunts covers the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Hong Kong. Restaurant information comes from Google. Terms of Use: https://localhaunts.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://localhaunts.app/privacy.html

Screenshots

Coffee Republic4 screens
Local Haunts4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Coffee Republic at none against Local Haunts's 3. Local Haunts's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Local Haunts sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Coffee Republic asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Coffee Republic ships an update every 2 months, Local Haunts every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Coffee Republic versus Local Haunts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCoffee RepublicLocal Haunts
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (328 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings328 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB43 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperSugar Shaker BakeryLegendarily Imperfect, LLC

In-app purchases

None

Coffee Republic

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Local Haunts

Subscriptions1
  • Local Haunts Pro$9.991 Year
One-time2
  • Founder Lifetime$29.99
  • Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Coffee Republic free?
Coffee Republic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Local Haunts free?
Local Haunts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Coffee Republic or Local Haunts have ads?
Neither Coffee Republic nor Local Haunts shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Coffee Republic or Local Haunts?
Coffee Republic ships an update every 2 months, and Local Haunts every 4 days. Most recently, Coffee Republic was updated on October 30, 2026 and Local Haunts on October 29, 2026.

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