The Leftover Loop vs SD Happy Hours
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Leftover Loop
This app connects users with restaurants offering discounted surplus food. Discover affordable meals, purchase them directly, and pick up your order to help reduce food waste.
- Discover surplus food deals
- Browse available meals
- Purchase food deals in advance
- Pick up orders from restaurants
- Leave reviews and ratings
- Upload and manage surplus food deals
- Track customer orders
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The Leftover Loop is a marketplace app that allows restaurants to showcase and sell surplus or leftover food deals, helping reduce food waste while giving customers access to affordable meals. Customers can browse available deals, make purchases, and pick up their orders directly from participating restaurants. Businesses can upload deals, manage orders, and reach new customers with ease. Customers Can - Discover surplus and leftover food deals - Browse available meals and offers - Purchase food deals in advance - Pick up orders from restaurants - Leave reviews and ratings Businesses Can - Sign up and create a restaurant profile - Upload and manage surplus food deals - Receive and track customer orders - Update availability in real time Built to Reduce Waste The Leftover Loop supports restaurants in minimizing food waste while helping customers enjoy quality meals at better value. Privacy User data is handled responsibly, and businesses maintain control over their listings and order availability.
SD Happy Hours
Discover San Diego's best happy hour deals with this local guide. Find active specials on a real-time map, filter by time, and view detailed menus. Contribute to the community by submitting menu photos.
- Real-time map and list views
- Smart filtering by active times
- Detailed specials and menus
- User-submitted menu photos
- Seamless iCloud syncing
- Community-powered updates
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Finding the perfect happy hour in San Diego just got easier. Curated with the insider knowledge of a lifelong local, SD Happy Hours is your ultimate guide to scoring the best food and drink deals across the city (but mostly downtown). Whether you're craving tacos in Gaslamp, cocktails in Little Italy, or a quick bite in East Village, this app puts the city's best specials right in your pocket. Take a picture of your favorite Happy Hour spots menu and share it with the community. Submit the menu in the settings menu and watch the app grow. Stop guessing where the deals are and let SD Happy Hours guide you to the perfect spot. Features: • Real-Time Map & List Views: Easily spot what is active right now. Green pins mean it's happy hour time, and red means you are either too early or too late. • Smart Filtering: Quickly sort locations by "Active Now," "Today," or just browse your personal "Favorites". • Detailed Specials & Menus: View exact times, specific drink deals, and food specials. You can also browse user-submitted menu photos directly within the app. • Seamless Syncing: Your favorites, visited spots, and private notes automatically sync across your Apple devices using iCloud, keeping your data secure and accessible. • Community Powered: Notice an outdated special or a missing menu? Snap a photo and submit it directly through the app to keep the local community updated.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: SD Happy Hours at every 5 days against The Leftover Loop's every 3 weeks. SD Happy Hours also leads on ratings volume (7 vs 1). The Leftover Loop's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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 — 5.0 for The Leftover Loop against 5.0 for SD Happy Hours. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SD Happy Hours has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
The Leftover Loop ships an update every 3 weeks, SD Happy Hours every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Leftover Loop | SD Happy Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 858 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | The Leftover Loop LLC | DANIEL VINCENT FILLAT |
Customer experience
The Leftover Loop
SD Happy Hours
In-app purchases
The Leftover Loop
No in-app purchases
SD Happy Hours
No in-app purchases
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