Comparison

City Barbeque vs Explore MAE

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 points with the loyalty program for free food and exclusive offers. Find locations, save meals, and manage payments for a seamless ordering experience.

Highlights
  • Curbside, delivery, and in-store pickup
  • Loyalty rewards program
  • Save favorite meals and payment methods
  • Find nearby locations
  • Group ordering
  • Track delivery progress
Features
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Order the city’s best barbeque for curbside, delivery, or in-store pickup, plus earn points toward free barbeque with City Rewards! About City Rewards • Earn rewards for eating barbeque: one point for every $1 spent, every 100 points = $5 in free barbeque • 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

Explore MAE

Discover local businesses, artisans, and markets in your community. Find farmers markets, handcrafted goods, and hidden gems with an interactive map and customizable search. Support small businesses and strengthen your community.

Highlights
  • Discover farmers markets
  • Find local makers and artisans
  • Locate farms and food producers
  • Interactive map view
  • Search by market name, city, or ZIP
  • Save favorite markets and makers
  • Customize search radius
Features
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Supporting local should be as easy as opening your phone. Explore MAE helps you discover the people, places, and markets that make every community unique. Whether you're searching for a Saturday farmers market, handcrafted goods from a local artisan, fresh produce from nearby growers, or hidden gems just around the corner, MAE makes discovering local simple. Whether you're exploring your hometown or visiting somewhere new, MAE helps you experience communities through the small businesses, makers, and markets that bring them to life. Discover • Farmers markets near you • Local makers and artisans • Farms and specialty food producers • Hidden gems in your community • New places added every week Explore • Find what's happening today • Browse nearby markets by distance • Search by market name, city, or ZIP code • View everything on an interactive map • Save your favorite markets and makers • Customize your search radius Support Local • Every purchase at a farmers market. • Every visit to a local maker. • Every new discovery. • They all help strengthen the communities we call home. MAE exists to help local businesses be discovered and to make supporting them easier than ever. Discover Local. Support Small. Explore More. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

City Barbeque4 screens
Explore MAE4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: City Barbeque at none against Explore MAE's 2. City Barbeque also leads on ratings volume (49K vs 6). Explore MAE's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 83%). On price, rating, ads 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. Explore MAE sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. City Barbeque asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for City Barbeque against 5.0 for Explore MAE. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: City Barbeque has 49K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of City Barbeque's written reviews are positive against 100% of Explore MAE's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
City Barbeque versus Explore MAE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCity BarbequeExplore MAE
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (49K ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings49K — better6
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCity Barbeque LLCExplore MAE

Customer experience

City Barbeque

All ratings48,695 ratings
Positive99.2%
Neutral0.5%
Negative0.3%
Written reviews259 reviews
Positive83.4%
Neutral4.2%
Negative12.4%

Explore MAE

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 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

Explore MAE

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

City Barbeque

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Explore MAE

Subscriptions2
  • Discover Membership: Get Found!$7.991 Month
  • Explore Membership$11.991 Month

Questions

Is City Barbeque free?
City Barbeque is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Explore MAE free?
Explore MAE is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, City Barbeque or Explore MAE?
Explore MAE is rated higher. City Barbeque averages 4.9 out of 5 from 49K ratings, while Explore MAE averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do City Barbeque or Explore MAE have ads?
Neither City Barbeque nor Explore MAE shows ads.

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