Output Lounge vs CitySips
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Output Lounge
Easily order your favorite meals with a user-friendly interface. Browse menus, customize dishes, and securely pay for your order. Receive notifications when your food is ready.
- Browse customizable menus
- Secure payment system
- Save delivery addresses
- Schedule orders in advance
- Restaurant location and hours
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Your ideal meal is just a few taps away. Download the Output Lounge app free for iPhone today. With the Output Lounge mobile app, ordering food has never been easier. Whether you're looking for a quick snack or a full meal, we've got you covered. Just browse our easy-to-use menu, customize it how you'd like, place your order using our secure payment system, and sit back! A push notification will alert you when your order will be ready. With the Output Lounge app, you can: - Browse our menu for your favorite dishes and customize them how you'd like - Save your delivery addresses and payment methods securely to check out in just a few taps - Place future food orders up to seven days in advance - Get restaurant location, hours, and contact information
CitySips
Discover drink specials, food deals, and local events. Browse bars by distance, price, or popularity, and see what's happening now or all day. Connect with friends to share plans and see where they're going.
- Discover drink specials and food deals
- View events happening now, soon, or all day
- Sort deals by distance, price, or popularity
- See bar hours and highlights
- Save favorite bars
- Share plans with friends
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CitySips helps you discover the best drink specials, food deals, and events—starting in Chicago. • See what’s happening now, starting soon, or all day • Sort by distance, price, or popularity • Tap “Going” to share plans and see where friends are headed • Browse bars on a map or list, with hours and highlights • Save favorite bars for quick access • Friend requests, profiles, and tonight-only plans LAUNCH CITY • Chicago (more cities coming soon) PRIVACY & SAFETY We use your location to show nearby bars and specials. You can change this anytime in Settings. SUPPORT Questions or feedback? We’d love to hear from you: citysipsbusiness@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: CitySips at none against Output Lounge's shown. CitySips also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 months) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Output Lounge's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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 Output Lounge against 5.0 for CitySips. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 4 respectively.
Output Lounge ships an update every 3 months, CitySips every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Output Lounge | CitySips |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 88 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | ChowNow | Sean Riordan |
Customer experience
Output Lounge
CitySips
In-app purchases
Output Lounge
No in-app purchases
CitySips
No in-app purchases
Questions
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