CollegeBites vs AfterBell
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CollegeBites
Discover exclusive local deals at restaurants and businesses partnered with your college. Simply sign up with your school email, browse offers, and redeem discounts by showing your membership badge.
- Exclusive student deals
- Local restaurant partnerships
- University email sign-up
- Simple deal redemption
- Browse by cuisine and location
- Restaurant profiles with photos and menus
- Get directions via Google Maps
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CollegeBites: Students Deserve More! CollegeBites is a platform that partners with your college/university to bring you exclusive deals to local restaurants and other family owned businesses in your college town. Students and faculty sign up for the platform using their participating school’s email. Redeeming deals is simple: 1. Visit the Restaurant/Store’s Profile 2. Click the deal you want and enter the numerical amount of your bill/check 3. Show your membership badge and then the deal is applied! We do not integrate with payment platforms, keeping our app experience as simple as possible. Browse our homepage to see all of our partners in your city. Users are assigned to a city based on the college or university they attend Users can sort restaurants based on cuisine and location, along with the ability to search for specific establishments On a restaurant’s profile users can: 1. view photographs of the interior, exterior, and food 2. access both the menu website 3. Automatically get directions using Google Maps 4. See all deals being offered! We are currently partnered with more than 60+ restaurants and growing in the Greater Hartford Area with hot locations being West Hartford, Downtown Hartford, The Parkville Market, with sprinkles of gems in between these areas. Our App features restaurants with a price range of $-$$$ We only partner with locally owned and operated restaurants/businesses as we want to drive students and faculty to see the amazing dining and shopping their community has to offer. Users also have a profile page, where they can add a profile photo, change their info, and enter the class year. This drop down menu also provides access to our privacy policy and terms of service. Feel free to leave us feedback at collegebitesapp.com/contact-us
AfterBell
Discover exclusive food deals and local offers at nearby restaurants. This app makes eating out affordable and easy by helping students and others find friendly discounts and featured spots.
- Exclusive food deals
- Local offers
- Nearby restaurant discovery
- Friendly discounts
- Featured restaurants
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Hungry after school or work? We’ve got you. AfterBell helps students and people discover exclusive food deals, local offers, and nearby spots that make eating out affordable and easy. Browse friendly discounts, explore featured restaurants, and quickly find what’s available around you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: CollegeBites at fortnightly against AfterBell's every 2 months. CollegeBites also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.2). AfterBell's advantage is review sentiment (80% vs 67%). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for CollegeBites against 4.1 for AfterBell. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 8 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of CollegeBites's written reviews are positive against 80% of AfterBell's.
CollegeBites ships an update fortnightly, AfterBell every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CollegeBites | AfterBell |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (10 ratings) — better | 4.1 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | cbfortynine, LLC | KYLE CHRISTOPHER UEBERROTH |
Customer experience
CollegeBites
AfterBell
In-app purchases
CollegeBites
No in-app purchases
AfterBell
No in-app purchases









