Salt & Straw vs Outside Eats
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Salt & Straw
Earn points on every purchase to unlock rewards like free cones and discounts. Order ahead for convenient pickup and enjoy special birthday offers. Reorder favorites with a single tap and share your feedback.
- Earn loyalty points on purchases
- Redeem points for free cones and scoops
- Order ahead for pickup
- Birthday discounts on ice cream cakes
- One-tap reordering of favorites
- Share feedback on your experience
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Welcome to Salt & Straw Loyalty Craft Made. Curiously Delicious Ice Cream. Our loyalty program is here to make your ice cream runs even more magical. Earn 1 point for every $1 you spend and unlock delicious rewards—like free waffle cones, scoops, birthday cake discounts, and surprise offers you won’t want to miss. Here’s what you get with the app: Tasty Rewards – Turn every purchase into points and cash them in for cones, scoops, and more. Order Ahead – Order your scoops and pay right in the app. Pickup your prepaid order directly from the pint freezer. Celebrate You – Get $10 off any ice cream cake on your birthday. One-Tap Reordering – Got a favorite? Reorder it in seconds. Tell Us Everything – Share your thoughts with a tap and help us get better with every scoop. Terms & conditions apply. We’re Salt & Straw. We make ice cream with big heart, using ingredients that tell a story. There’s something new every month, so keep your spoon ready.
Outside Eats
Discover over 1,500 curated restaurants across 20+ SF Peninsula cities. Browse by cuisine, price, or location to find new dining spots. Watch and interact with short food videos, and see what your friends are saving.
- 1,500+ curated restaurants
- Browse by cuisine, price, location
- Discover new dining spots
- Watch short food videos
- Like and comment on videos
- See friends' saved restaurants
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Outside Eats covers 1,500+ curated restaurants across 20+ SF Peninsula cities. Browse by cuisine, price, or location. Find new and interesting restaurants wherever you are. Watch short food videos from our team, like and comment on your favorites, and see what your friends are saving. New restaurants and videos added regularly.
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Verdict
Salt & Straw and Outside Eats both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Outside Eats's written reviews are positive against 50% of Salt & Straw's. Outside Eats also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Salt & Straw's advantage is ratings volume (473 vs 4). On price, rating, update cadence 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 — 4.9 for Salt & Straw against 5.0 for Outside Eats. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Salt & Straw has 473 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Salt & Straw's written reviews are positive against 100% of Outside Eats's.
Salt & Straw ships an update fortnightly, Outside Eats every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Salt & Straw | Outside Eats |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (473 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 473 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Salt & Straw, LLC | David Gagne |
Customer experience
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In-app purchases
Salt & Straw
No in-app purchases
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No in-app purchases
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