itison vs Sainsbury's
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
itison
Discover award-winning daily deals and exclusive experiences across Scotland and beyond. Find the best local restaurants, luxury breaks, and shopping with curated offers tailored to your city. Buy and send vouchers directly through the app.
- Discover daily deals
- Exclusive event access
- Filter by type, price, place
- Buy vouchers in-app
- Send vouchers as gifts
- Manage account details
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Hello! We're officially Scotland's No. 1 for daily deals. We'll help you discover the very best of your city. We're so useful, we've even won awards. Whether it's the quirky new bistro that everyone wants to go to, a luxury 5 star break, boutique shopping or a family night out, we make it our mission to bring you the very best deals in the country. Quite simply, we love what we do and we live what we do. In each city, our teams will only ever tell you about the highest quality deals and events because they are the same bars, restaurants and shops that they love going to! · Check out the latest offers in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee, Aberdeen, Newcastle and Manchester. · Get exclusive access to the most exciting events in your city. · Filter by the type, price, and place of deal to find exactly what you're looking for. · Buy vouchers directly on your iPhone. · Send vouchers as a gift to friends and family. · And manage all the important stuff too, like creating, viewing and managing your account details Oh, and one more wee thing, you're looking lovely today!
Sainsbury's
Plan your weekly groceries, shop online for delivery or collection, and earn rewards. Features include in-store scanning for budget control and quick repeat purchases. Get groceries delivered in as little as 60 minutes.
- Shop groceries online
- Book delivery or Click & Collect
- Unlock personalized offers and Nectar rewards
- Scan items in-store to track spend
- Create shopping lists and save favorites
- Fast grocery delivery (as little as 60 minutes)
- Find products in selected stores
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Save time. Save money. Shop your way. The Sainsbury’s app brings together everything you need to shop with Sainsbury’s, whether you’re planning your weekly shop, shopping in-store, collecting Nectar rewards or getting groceries delivered fast. With the Sainsbury’s app you can: • Shop groceries online and book delivery or Click & Collect slots • Unlock personalised offers, Nectar Prices and rewards • Use SmartShop to scan as you shop and stay in control of your spend • Create shopping lists and save favourites for quicker repeat shops • Get groceries delivered in as little as 60 minutes with Chop Chop • Find products and locate them in selected stores with Search Your Store One app. Multiple ways to shop.
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Verdict
itison and Sainsbury's both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 85% of itison's written reviews are positive against 30% of Sainsbury's's. itison also leads on ads (none vs shown). Sainsbury's's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (776 vs 9). On price, rating, update cadence 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 — 4.7 for itison against 4.8 for Sainsbury's. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sainsbury's has 776 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 85% of itison's written reviews are positive against 30% of Sainsbury's's.
itison ships an update fortnightly, Sainsbury's every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | itison | Sainsbury's |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (9 ratings) | 4.8 (776 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.2% of reviews — better | 30.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 776 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.1 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 116 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | itison | Sainsbury's |
Customer experience
itison
Sainsbury's
User reviews
itison
From 9 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💰 Great deals and value
- 🌟 High quality offers
- 👍 Easy to use app
- 🤝 Excellent customer service
- 🎁 Handy for gifts
Room to improve
- ❌ No delete function for used/expired vouchers
- 🤔 Difficult to track used/expired vouchers
- 🚫 Login issues on new devices
- ⚠️ Vouchers often have restrictions
- 🖨️ Vouchers need printing
Sainsbury's
From 776 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Convenient shopping
- 👍 Easy to use app
- 👍 Excellent delivery service
- 👍 Friendly and helpful delivery drivers
- 👍 Great for online shopping
Room to improve
- 🐛 App crashes and glitches
- 🐛 Unavailable items and substitution issues
- 🐛 Difficulty logging in and accessing account
- 🐛 Checkout and payment problems
- 🐛 Missing or unreliable features
Bugs and requests
itison
Reported bugs
4 issues- Login fails on new iPhone
- Back button returns to top of list
- Cannot buy anything after last update
- App glitchy, cannot change deal area
Requested features
10 requests- Add delete function for used/expired vouchers
- Improve filtering for used/expired vouchers
- Allow login on new devices
- Implement a 'save favourites' feature
- Add a time filter for searching deals
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- Make vouchers paperless (use mobile)
- Send reminders for expiring deals
- Improve location filtering to avoid irrelevant offers
- Allow seeing available dates before purchasing
- Fix back button to return to last scroll position
Sainsbury's
Reported bugs
6 issues- App crashes during checkout
- Unable to add payment methods
- Nectar card integration issues
- Delivery address changes unexpectedly
- Items disappearing from basket
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- Incorrect pricing and unavailable offers
Requested features
6 requests- Add notes for item substitutions
- Improve search and browsing experience
- Integrate Nectar card and points management
- Provide delivery tracking and status updates
- Allow saving and reordering of previous orders
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- Improve app stability and reduce crashes
In-app purchases
itison
No in-app purchases
Sainsbury's
No in-app purchases
