LOQUI vs Bula Buddy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LOQUI
Effortlessly place food orders and track your delivery in real-time. Earn loyalty rewards with every purchase and enjoy a seamless, convenient experience. Supports Apple Pay for quick transactions.
- Order ahead
- Loyalty rewards
- Real-time driver tracking
- Apple Pay integration
- Manage orders
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Easily place orders and manage rewards through the Loqui mobile app! Offering loyalty rewards, real-time driver tracking, Apple Pay, and more to make your experience smooth and convenient.
Bula Buddy
Track and share your kava experiences with friends. Log sessions, discover new kava spots, and connect with the community. Features include private notes, public session sharing, and a unique "Buddy Pay" system for sending drinks.
- Log kava sessions
- Share sessions with community
- Discover kava locations
- Rate kava spots
- Follow friends
- Buddy Pay for drinks
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Track your kava, kratom tea, and other specialty tea sessions with Bula Buddy. Log what you’re drinking, where you are, and any notes you want to remember. Share your sessions publicly, keep them private, or use journal mode for anything you want to track, even outside of kava or tea. Explore where people are drinking, discover new kava bars, see who has visited recently, and rate locations to help others find great spots. You can also ask your favorite bar to join Bula Buddy and use the built-in rewards system. Follow friends, get updates when they log a session, and double-tap to send a “Bula!” If you’re drinking together, you can link your posts for easy access. At participating locations, Buddy Pay lets you buy a drink for a friend even when they are not there. With the bar’s confirmation, your friend receives a coupon in the app to redeem on their next visit. Own a kava bar? Claim your location to share news, offer rewards, and use Buddy Pay. Bula Buddy was built by an independent developer who loves kava, with a focus on community, privacy, and a better way to enjoy each session.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Bula Buddy at none against LOQUI's shown. Bula Buddy also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 weeks) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). LOQUI's advantage is ratings volume (205 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, in-app purchases and device support 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 LOQUI against 5.0 for Bula Buddy. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LOQUI has 205 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
LOQUI ships an update every 6 weeks, Bula Buddy every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LOQUI | Bula Buddy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (205 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 205 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 85 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Acelerate, Inc. | William Wilcosky |
Customer experience
LOQUI
Bula Buddy
In-app purchases
LOQUI
No in-app purchases
Bula Buddy
No in-app purchases
