Urbane Cafe vs Nautical Bean
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Urbane Cafe
Order delicious gourmet sandwiches and farm-fresh salads made with local ingredients. The app allows you to order ahead, pay with registered cards, and automatically earn rewards for your purchases without any extra steps.
- Order ahead for lunch and dinner
- Earn rewards automatically
- Register credit/debit cards
- Pay as usual, no scanning needed
- View rewards on your phone
- Gourmet sandwiches and salads
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We craft a casual yet discerning menu with refined local ingredients and blend them into the tastiest dishes in a warm yet vibrant atmosphere. Every day we make our focaccia dough in our scratch kitchens, and we bake it fresh constantly in our open-hearth ovens right before your eyes. Lunch and dinner are our specialty where customers enjoy a healthy delicious and affordable menu of gourmet sandwiches and farm fresh salads. What we do, we do extremely well and all with a smile. Come in hungry! Leave happy! Order Ahead & Get Rewarded! Here’s how it works: 1) Register your credit/debit card(s) in the app. 2) Order a yummy meal 3) We’ll buzz your phone when you earn a reward. No need to get your phone out, check-in, or scan anything. Just pay as usual. 4) Rewards show up on your phone for you to use. It's like magic! Questions? Contact info@urbanecafe.com
Nautical Bean
Order your favorite coffee and food ahead for pickup and earn rewards. This app allows you to skip the line, track your order, and find cafe locations and hours. Enjoy a variety of coffee brews and all-day breakfast options.
- Order ahead for pickup
- Earn rewards points
- Redeem rewards for free items
- Get order ready notifications
- View cafe hours and locations
- Browse coffee and food menu
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Nautical Bean — The Central Coast's Favorite Neighborhood Coffee Shop Order ahead, skip the line, and earn rewards on every order with the official Nautical Bean app. Whether you're grabbing your morning Caramel Sutra on the way to work or picking up breakfast burritos for the family, ordering has never been easier. A local cafe with pop-culture personality. Proudly serving the San Luis Obispo community since 1998, Nautical Bean is a family-owned coffee shop with a simple goal — to give our customers the best coffee, food, and service we possibly can. We aren't coffee snobs, we aren't a corporate chain, just a simple place where you can come, relax, and be yourself. What you can do in the app: • Order ahead for pickup at participating Central Coast locations • Earn rewards points on every order and redeem for free drinks and food • Get notified when your order is ready • View hours and locations for every Nautical Bean cafe Our coffee, your way. Six house coffee brews including our signature Nutty Bean — chestnut-flavored coffee that's the soul of Nautical Bean — plus Turbo, Peru organic light roast, and Nutty Bean Decaf. A full espresso bar with house specialty drinks like the Caramel Sutra, Black & White Mocha, Chocolate Butterscotch Latte, and Shot in the Dark. Served hot, iced, or blended. Breakfast all day. From the Breakfast Burrito to the Kitchen Sink Burrito, the Eggel and California Eggel, Mom's Eggs, croissant sandwiches, and the Sol Bol — there's something for everyone, served all day at most locations. Five locations across San Luis Obispo County: • Los Osos Valley Road • Parker Street • Baywood • The Bunker • Morro Bay Family friendly, locally owned, and proudly part of the Central Coast community for over 25 years. College students, working professionals, families, tourists — everyone's welcome. Download the Nautical Bean app and order your favorites today.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Urbane Cafe at 22K against Nautical Bean's 3. Nautical Bean's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 77%) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Urbane Cafe against 5.0 for Nautical Bean. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Urbane Cafe has 22K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 77% of Urbane Cafe's written reviews are positive against 100% of Nautical Bean's.
| Parameter | Urbane Cafe | Nautical Bean |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (22K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 22K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 87 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Urbane Cafe | BLUEPLATE HOLDINGS LLC |
Customer experience
Urbane Cafe
Nautical Bean
Bugs and requests
Urbane Cafe
Reported bugs
3 issues- App gets stuck after placing order
- Used coupons not clearing from cart
- Payment issues with new cards or devices
Requested features
4 requests- Save previous orders or favorites
- Update payment method without deleting
- Option to dine-in with online ordering
- Disable phone number on receipts
Nautical Bean
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Urbane Cafe
No in-app purchases
Nautical Bean
No in-app purchases
Questions
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