Comparison

City Barbeque vs Menutopia

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

City Barbeque

Easily order your favorite barbeque for pickup or delivery. Earn rewards with every purchase, unlock special offers, and enjoy birthday treats. Find nearby locations and reorder meals quickly.

Highlights
  • Order for curbside, delivery, or pickup
  • Earn points for free BBQ
  • Redeem rewards for menu items
  • Find nearby locations
  • Save favorite meals and payment methods
  • Place group orders
Features
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Order the city’s best barbeque for curbside, delivery, or in-store pickup, plus earn points toward free BBQ with City Rewards! About City Rewards • Earn rewards for eating BBQ: one point for every $1 spent, every 100 points = $5 in free BBQ • Redeem rewards for more barbeque • Get special offers and surprises, plus double points every Monday • Be the first to hear about new ‘que on the menu • Get special (sweet) treats for your birthday and anniversary About the App • Order for curbside, delivery, or in-store pickup, for now or for later • Find your closest City Barbeque joint • Save favorite meals for future re-orders • Save addresses and payment methods to your account, too • Check out with a credit card, gift card, or Apple Pay • Earn points automatically when logged in and ordering online or in the app, or scan the app’s QR code at checkout in the joint • Place group orders and track the progress of delivery orders

About

Menutopia

Discover local restaurants and their menus with vibrant photos and descriptions. Share your dining experiences and find your next favorite meal through a social media-style feed. Plan your travels by exploring menus in advance.

Highlights
  • Menu photo sharing
  • Restaurant discovery feed
  • User experience sharing
  • Pre-travel menu research
  • Menu item search
  • Restaurant profiles
Features
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Menutopia has been rebuilt from the ground up — a new look, far more ways to find what you're after, and menus that are now built by the community. You can watch a trailer before you buy a movie ticket. You can try clothes on without leaving the house. But you still order dinner off a wall of text. Menutopia fixes that. Every dish has a photo — a real one, taken by someone who actually ate there. MENUS BUILT BY THE PEOPLE WHO EAT THERE This is the heart of Menutopia. Menus here aren't scraped or bought — they're built plate by plate by diners like you. Add a photo of a dish that's missing one. Add a dish the restaurant forgot to list. Fill in a price, a description, or a set of hours that nobody has added yet. Spot something wrong and you can flag it for the restaurant or our team to fix. Every contribution earns points, levels, and badges, and puts you on the community leaderboard. The more people who pitch in, the better every menu gets. SEE THE FOOD BEFORE YOU ORDER Browse a feed of real dishes from restaurants near you. Tap any photo to open the whole menu, with a picture, price, and description for every item. No PDFs. No stock photography. No guessing what "house special" means. FAR MORE WAYS TO FIND EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT Search by dish instead of by restaurant name. Filter by cuisine and by distance. Switch between the photo feed, a map, and a full restaurant list. Craving birria tacos? Find out who near you actually makes them, and see what they look like before you drive over. HAPPY HOUR, ON THE MAP See which places have specials running right now, where they are, and how far the walk is. KEEP EVERY FAVORITE ON YOUR PROFILE Follow the places you love so their menu is always one tap away, and keep your own photos on your profile. FOR RESTAURANTS Your menu stops being a PDF and becomes a visual storefront. Every plate turns into a reason for someone to walk in. Browsing is free and open to everyone. You only need an account to contribute.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Menutopia at none against City Barbeque's shown. Menutopia also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (100% vs 83%). City Barbeque's advantage is ratings volume (48K vs 18) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, rating, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

City Barbeque holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: City Barbeque has 48K ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 83% of City Barbeque's written reviews are positive against 100% of Menutopia's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

City Barbeque ships an update every 5 weeks, Menutopia every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
City Barbeque versus Menutopia: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCity BarbequeMenutopia
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (48K ratings) — better4.7 (18 ratings)
Positive reviews83.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings48K — better18
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.2 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB52 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperCity Barbeque LLCBazan LLC

Customer experience

City Barbeque

All ratings42,451 ratings
Positive99.3%
Neutral0.5%
Negative0.2%
Written reviews256 reviews
Positive83.2%
Neutral4.3%
Negative12.5%

Menutopia

All ratings18 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

City Barbeque

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App not showing offers/discounts
  • Curbside pickup not working as expected
  • Payment issues with certain locations

Requested features

3 requests
  • Enlarge app pages for accessibility
  • Add tip option for delivery
  • Improve app notifications and order tracking

Menutopia

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

City Barbeque

No in-app purchases

None

Menutopia

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is City Barbeque free?
City Barbeque is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Menutopia free?
Menutopia is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, City Barbeque or Menutopia?
City Barbeque is rated higher. City Barbeque averages 4.9 out of 5 from 48K ratings, while Menutopia averages 4.7 from 18 ratings.
Do City Barbeque or Menutopia have ads?
City Barbeque shows ads; Menutopia does not.
Which is updated more often, City Barbeque or Menutopia?
City Barbeque ships an update every 5 weeks, and Menutopia every 4 months. Most recently, City Barbeque was updated on October 24, 2026 and Menutopia on October 24, 2026.

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