Cold Stone vs Brindavan Cafe
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
Brindavan Cafe
Easily order your favorite meals directly from the cafe for the best prices and exclusive discounts. Earn rewards points for free food and enjoy real-time order tracking for fast, reliable service.
- Best prices guaranteed
- Exclusive discounts and coupons
- Earn free food with rewards points
- Quick re-ordering of favorites
- Real-time order tracking
- Secure payments
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Get the best experience with the Brindavan Cafe Official App: Best Prices - Ordering directly from the Brindavan Cafe app saves you money (including any delivery fees). - Be the first to know about discounts & coupons. - Our best prices are always shown in the app. - Earn free food with rewards points. Convenient - Re-order your favorites in seconds. - Get your food fast. Brindavan Cafe Official App orders reach the kitchen first. - Skip the search. Just tap Brindavan Cafe. Reliable - Real-time order tracking. - Accurate pickup and delivery time windows. - Secure payments using bank-level encryption. Support a Local Business - You're helping a local business every time you use the Brindavan Cafe app!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Cold Stone at 23K against Brindavan Cafe's 1. Cold Stone also leads on chart position (#127 vs unranked). Brindavan Cafe's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, update cadence, 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.
Brindavan Cafe 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, Brindavan Cafe fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cold Stone | Brindavan Cafe |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #127 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 88 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kahala Management, L.L.C. | CHUTNEY EXPRESS LLC |
Customer experience
Cold Stone
Brindavan Cafe
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
Brindavan Cafe
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Cold Stone
No in-app purchases
Brindavan Cafe
No in-app purchases
