Cold Stone vs Tea Street
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cold Stone
Order custom ice cream creations, shakes, or cakes for pickup or delivery. Save your favorite orders, earn rewards, and enjoy exclusive birthday treats through a loyalty program.
- Order ice cream creations, shakes, and cakes
- Pickup at store or delivery to door
- Save favorite orders and re-order easily
- Unlimited customizations
- Earn points and redeem rewards
- Birthday Buy One, Get One FREE offer
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The Cold Stone Creamery® app lets you order our made-fresh Ice Cream in a Creation™, Shake or Cake and have it ready for pickup at your favorite store or delivered right to your door! Sign in to your My Cold Stone Rewards account and you can save favorite orders, earn points and redeem rewards! ABOUT MY COLD STONE CLUB REWARDS + Earn 1 point for every $1 + Receive a $5 Reward with every 50 points + Enjoy a Buy One, Get One FREE on your birthday FEATURES + Order ahead and pick up at the store + Or, get your order delivered right to your door + Easily re-order with favorites and recent orders + Enjoy The Ultimate Ice Cream Experience® in app with unlimited customizations
Tea Street
Discover authentic tea traditions blended with modern flavors. This app allows you to easily reorder your favorite drinks with a saved account and order history.
- Authentic tea traditions
- Contemporary flavors
- Account creation
- Easy reordering
- Order history
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Tea Street began on the premise of joining tradition and authenticity with contemporary tastes. The letters, Tea Street, are inscribed on a pointed plate, designed to be a rendition of wooden signboards dating back to the dynasties of China. Above the signboard is Tea Street’s crest. Sitting atop a lotus of tea leaves is a cup filled with boba and a straw that is a representation of the tallest building in Taiwan, Taipei 101. Create an account for reordering ease and fast reordering with order history. Order now!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Cold Stone at every 3 weeks against Tea Street's every 4 months. Cold Stone also leads on ratings volume (23K vs 1) and chart position (#147 vs unranked). Tea Street's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Tea Street holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cold Stone has 23K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Cold Stone ships an update every 3 weeks, Tea Street every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cold Stone | Tea Street |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (23K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 19.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 23K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #147 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kahala Management, L.L.C. | Tea Street LLC |
Customer experience
Cold Stone
Tea Street
Bugs and requests
Cold Stone
Reported bugs
4 issues- Payment processing errors
- Inability to change pickup location
- Rewards not updating properly
- App crashes when trying to add gift cards
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to reorder previous orders
- Option to select custom ice cream flavors
- Integration with mobile wallets (Apple Pay, Google Pay)
- Easier way to apply rewards and discounts
- Clearer communication on store closures and order availability
Tea Street
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Cold Stone
No in-app purchases
Tea Street
No in-app purchases
