Cold Stone vs BJ's Restaurants
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
BJ's Restaurants
Discover handcrafted beers, pizzas, entrees, and desserts. Order ahead for dine-in or takeout, join the waitlist, and pay with your phone. Earn rewards for every visit.
- Locate nearby restaurants
- View specials and offers
- Dine-in order ahead
- Join preferred waitlist
- Order takeout and curbside pickup
- Mobile payment
- Group ordering
- Join rewards program
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The BJ’s Restaurants app makes it easy to find the BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse near you, browse the menu, order takeout or delivery, and access meal deals, happy hour offers, and late night food options. Guests can explore pizza and slow roast favorites, burgers, craft beer selections, outdoor seating at select locations, and the world-famous Pizookie®. Use mobile pay when you dine in and also earn rewards through Premier Rewards Plus.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Cold Stone at 4.7 against BJ's Restaurants's 4.1. Cold Stone also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and device support (3 vs 1). BJ's Restaurants's advantage is review sentiment (33% vs 20%). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Cold Stone holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23K and 10K respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 20% of Cold Stone's written reviews are positive against 33% of BJ's Restaurants's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Cold Stone ships an update every 3 weeks, BJ's Restaurants every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cold Stone | BJ's Restaurants |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (23K ratings) — better | 4.1 (10K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 19.6% of reviews | 33.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 23K — better | 10K |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #123 | #118 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 144 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Kahala Management, L.L.C. | BJ's Restaurants Inc. |
Customer experience
Cold Stone
BJ's Restaurants
User reviews
Cold Stone
From 23K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast and easy order and pick up
- 👍 Exceptional ice cream and service
- 💡 Allows store to accept phone number for rewards
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy and glitchy app features
- 👎 Outdated and clunky app design
- 🤔 Disconnect between app and store inventory
- 💸 Incorrect orders and missing items
- 🤯 Frustrating login and account issues
BJ's Restaurants
From 10K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ⭐ Wonderful dining experience
- 💳 Easy to pay through the app
- 🕰️ Convenient wait list and table check-in
- 🎁 Useful rewards program
Room to improve
- 🐛 App crashes and glitches
- 🚫 Incompatible with older devices
- 🔒 Issues with login and password reset
- 🛒 Problems with online/mobile ordering
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
BJ's Restaurants
Reported bugs
4 issues- App not recognizing valid receipts for rewards
- Inability to change email address associated with account
- Ordering issues with app not communicating with restaurant
- Forced updates locking out users with older devices
Requested features
4 requests- Add ability to use gift cards through the app
- Improve app stability and reliability
- Allow more flexibility for larger party sizes
- Better integration between app and restaurant systems
In-app purchases
Cold Stone
No in-app purchases
BJ's Restaurants
No in-app purchases
Questions
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