SONIC Drive vs Subway®
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SONIC Drive
Order your favorite drive-in meals and drinks with ease. Customize your orders, find nearby locations, and access exclusive offers and rewards. Make your next meal fun and convenient.
- Order ahead and customize meals
- Exclusive offers and rewards
- Find nearby locations and hours
- Browse menu and view nutritional info
- Create an account for benefits
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Looking to make life more delicious? Download the SONIC® Drive-In app now to ditch the dull and make food fun again. Enjoy exclusive offers, find your closest location, and customize when ordering your favorites - NERDS® in your slush, no problem! It’s time to Live Free. Eat SONIC. - Create an account for exclusive offers and rewards you can redeem when you order ahead. - Find the closest SONIC Drive-In locations and see their hours. - Browse the menu, customize your favorites and save time when you order ahead in the app. Check out what's new and view nutritional info for each item.
Subway®
Customize your favorite sandwiches and meals exactly how you like them. Earn rewards and exclusive offers through a loyalty program. Quickly reorder past favorites and choose convenient pickup or delivery options.
- Customize sandwiches
- Subway Rewards program
- Rapid re-ordering
- Pickup and delivery options
- Exclusive offers
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Your go-to order just got easier than ever with the new Subway® app. • Make It Your Own or Keep It Classic: Double the meat. Extra cheese. All the veggies. Build your Footlong just the way you would in the restaurant — choose your toppings, toast your bread, and add two cookies and drink to craft your perfect Footlong meal. • Subway® Rewards: Join Sub Club! Redeem points for Subway® Cash plus get access to exclusive offers and member-only rewards. • Rapid Reorder: Find your favorites in a snap. Your favs or past orders in a single tap, right from the menu bar. • Get it fast: Choose Pick Up or Delivery. What are you waiting for?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Subway® at none against SONIC Drive's shown. SONIC Drive's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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 SONIC Drive against 4.8 for Subway®. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2.6M and 1.2M respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 19% of SONIC Drive's written reviews are positive against 17% of Subway®'s.
SONIC Drive ships an update fortnightly, Subway® weekly. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.
| Parameter | SONIC Drive | Subway® |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (2.6M ratings) — better | 4.8 (1.2M ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 19.1% of reviews — better | 16.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.6M — better | 1.2M |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #38 | #22 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 126 MB | 116 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sonic | SUBWAY Restaurants |
Customer experience
SONIC Drive
Subway®
User reviews
SONIC Drive
From 2.6M App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast service
- 💡 Convenient ordering ahead
- 👍 Rewards and discounts
Room to improve
- 🐛 App issues and bugs
- 🔍 Limited customization options
- 💳 Payment problems
- ⏱️ Long wait times
- 🤔 Unclear communication with stores
Subway®
From 1.2M App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Convenient mobile ordering
- 💡 Rewards program
- 👍 Clean and polished store experience
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent app crashes and glitches
- 🔍 Difficulty selecting/changing store location
- ❌ Coupons/deals not working as expected
- 💳 Incorrect charges and order issues
- 🕰️ Slow and unresponsive app performance
Bugs and requests
SONIC Drive
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashing and freezing
- Location detection issues
- Payment processing failures
- Order status not updating properly
Requested features
5 requests- Combine gift cards
- Order ahead for drive-thru
- Show item prices before checkout
- Tip option in app
- Loyalty rewards program
Subway®
Reported bugs
3 issues- App not registering orders at the store
- Inability to apply gift card balances properly
- Rewards and points not tracking correctly
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to cancel orders within the app
- Integration with Apple Wallet for rewards
- More customization options for sandwiches
In-app purchases
SONIC Drive
No in-app purchases
Subway®
No in-app purchases
