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Head-to-head

Albertsons Deals & Delivery vs Costco

Albertsons Deals & Delivery 4.8★ · Free to download 65
Winner Albertsons Deals & Delivery
Costco 4.9★ · Free to download 45

Albertsons Deals & Delivery has an edge over Costco due to its better functionality for deals and coupons, despite both apps suffering from significant performance and usability issues.

Full reviews: Albertsons Deals & Delivery · Costco

Both Albertsons Deals & Delivery and Costco apps are plagued with performance issues, including freezing, crashing, and slow loading times. Albertsons' app, however, is generally praised for its coupon and deal accessibility, while Costco's app is criticized for being a poorly optimized web wrapper with a frustrating search function.

Head to head

Features & Functionality edge: Albertsons Deals & DeliveryR2R3R4R5
Albertsons Deals & Delivery Albertsons users appreciate the ease of accessing digital coupons and deals, which helps them save money R2R5R59. The app also facilitates online shopping, pickup, and delivery, with some users praising the freshness of items chosen for pickup . However, many users report issues with the app's search feature, coupon clipping glitches, and the inability to clip all coupons at once R4R6R7. There are also complaints about inconsistent inventory, missing items in orders, and delays in pickup/delivery R3.
Costco Costco users value the app for online shopping, especially for bulky items, and finding deals . However, the app is widely criticized for being a slow, buggy wrapper around the website rather than a native app R67R76. Key features like looking up orders, previous purchases, and tracking rewards often don't work R61. The search function is particularly poor, yielding irrelevant results and lacking basic features like aisle numbers R100. Users also desire features like in-store scanning, Apple Watch integration for membership cards, and better management of multiple accounts R75.
Ease of Use & UI tieR1R4R5R7
Albertsons Deals & Delivery Albertsons receives mixed reviews on its UI and ease of use. Some users find it convenient, easy to navigate, and user-friendly R5R14. However, a significant number of recent reviews describe the UI as the 'worst' with glitches, freezing, and search issues R1R4R7. Users also find it difficult to find deals and coupons, and complain about the lack of categories for coupons R15.
Costco Costco's app is widely criticized for a poor user experience, with many users stating it's not a true app but a slow, bulky mobile browser R67R76. It's described as sluggish, slow to load, and prone to freezing and crashing R61. Users find the UI old-fashioned, confusing, and difficult to navigate, especially for tracking orders or finding travel information . The constant need to sign in, even with Face ID, is also a common frustration .
Reliability & Performance tieR4R6R7R19
Albertsons Deals & Delivery Albertsons' app frequently experiences freezing, crashing, and glitches, especially after updates R4R6R7R19. Users report issues with the search feature disappearing or malfunctioning, and the app not processing actions like Apple Pay R4R52. Some users have to reinstall the app to fix 'service errors' R7R19.
Costco Costco's app is consistently described as slow, sluggish, and prone to freezing and crashing R61R67. Many users report that the app times out, fails to load pages, or clears the shopping cart automatically R61. There are also issues with features not working, such as the 2% reward not updating or the feedback feature being broken R76.
Price & Value edge: Albertsons Deals & DeliveryR2R5R11R14
Albertsons Deals & Delivery Albertsons users consistently highlight the app's value in providing significant savings through easy-to-access coupons and deals R2R5R11R14. They appreciate the ability to earn points for discounts and find good prices, especially on meat and dairy R59.
Costco Costco members generally praise the value and quality of products found at Costco, often mentioning great deals and reasonable prices . However, some users note that online prices are not always the same as in-store prices, which can be tricky .
Support tieR38R76
Albertsons Deals & Delivery One Albertsons user reported that customer support was unable to help with associate deals not loading in their app R38.
Costco The reviews do not provide specific feedback on Costco's app support, though issues with the app's feedback feature are mentioned R76.
Pick Albertsons Deals & Delivery if

Pick Albertsons Deals & Delivery if you prioritize easy access to digital coupons and deals for grocery savings, and value convenient pickup and delivery options, despite potential app glitches R2R5R59.

Pick Costco if

Pick Costco if you are a loyal Costco member who primarily uses the app for online shopping of bulk items and checking deals, and are willing to tolerate a slow, buggy interface .

Evidence note: Both apps have a high lifetime rating, but recent reviews for both are significantly more negative, often citing performance and usability issues. The comparison focuses heavily on these recent negative trends. Evidence for support is thin for both apps.

Frequently asked

Which app is better for finding deals and coupons?
Albertsons Deals & Delivery is generally better for finding deals and coupons, with many users praising its ease of use for accessing savings, though some find it difficult to navigate the sheer number of deals R2R5R15R59.
Do either of these apps have issues with freezing or crashing?
Yes, both Albertsons Deals & Delivery and Costco apps frequently experience issues with freezing, crashing, and slow performance R4R19R52R61.
Is the Costco app a true native app or a web wrapper?
Many Costco users report that the app functions more like a slow, bulky mobile browser or a wrapper around the Costco.com website, rather than a well-optimized native application R67R76.
Can I use these apps for in-store shopping assistance?
Albertsons' app allows for coupon clipping in-store, though some users report glitches R6. Costco's app lacks features like in-store scanning and aisle numbers, which users desire for better in-store assistance R75R100.

What reviewers actually said

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  1. [R2] Albertsons Deals & Delivery 5/5 · US Digital coupons: So easy to use. I love the savings
  2. [R3] Albertsons Deals & Delivery 3/5 · US Who’s in charge of ordering?: Generally like the store but they are always OUT of STOCK on everything!! Want fresh bread on the weekend? -forget it. I don’t know if I have ever gotten everything I wanted in the store or online in 25 years.
  3. [R4] Albertsons Deals & Delivery 1/5 · US New app update awful: New app update causes the search feature to glitch out and not work without shutting down the app about 20 times. Looks like they have some bugs to fix asap. I will not be using their app or shopping with them until it’s fixed.
  4. [R5] Albertsons Deals & Delivery 5/5 · US Wonderful!: I love the Albertsons’s App. It is so convenient and easy to access coupons and deals that my grocery has become a breeze these days! Thank you!!
  5. [R1] Albertsons Deals & Delivery 1/5 · US Worst app in App Store: Quite possibly the worst UI of any app in the App Store! You’d think Albertsons could hire a competent engineering team to actually create a usable, shopper friendly app
  6. [R7] Albertsons Deals & Delivery 1/5 · US Buggy App: Developer focuses on look of UI over functionality. Make no mistake, this app and associated activity are used for marketing purposes. App has issues retrieving information, and errors out. The fix for this “service error” is to remove and reinstall the app. Coupon clipping (which must be done on the app, or face the wrath of the check out clerk) must be done individually, a custome
  7. [R6] Albertsons Deals & Delivery 3/5 · US Love the app BUT: whenever I try and clip coupons in store it ALWAYS glitches!! I always forget to clip and need to do it last minute before check out and it’s nearly impossible to clip all the coupons when it WONT LET ME
  8. [R19] Albertsons Deals & Delivery 1/5 · US Crashes WAY too often after updates: It doesn’t let you log in when there’s an unaccounted update (any update); it just keeps crashing. It doesn’t tell you that’s the issue. Even after you update it, it takes days to start working again and let you log on. May need to delete the app and redownload EVERY UPDATE. This chronic inaccessibility prevents people from accessing coupons to use but most imp
  9. [R11] Albertsons Deals & Delivery 5/5 · US Makes it: This app makes it so eazy for me to shop because I can look up the price here and in the store it is the same price
  10. [R14] Albertsons Deals & Delivery 5/5 · US Fun to use: Great way to shop and you can make sure your getting the correct price on deals
  11. [R38] Albertsons Deals & Delivery 1/5 · US Associate Deals Not loading in my app: Associate deals the last two weeks are not loading into my app and I am an active employee.. when I called customer support they said there’s nothing they can do to help fix this situation…
  12. [R76] Costco 1/5 · US Not an app = terrible user experience: BUILD AN ACTUAL APP, COSTCO! This is NOT an app. It’s a terrible wrapper around the standard Costco.com website and performs like a bug-ridden P.O.S. Half the time, product pages won’t open at all. The “feedback” feature doesn’t work at all. The pages load excruciatingly slow, and the “app” doesn’t work at all if you use a VPN. For a company as fantastic a
  13. [R15] Albertsons Deals & Delivery 3/5 · US Try to confuse customers with different deals!: It is so difficult to figure out what you’re paying because of so many different deals! Such as must buy 2,3 or 4 of items or you pay the non sales price! Such as must trap! Market shopping is more stressful than ever!
  14. [R59] Albertsons Deals & Delivery 5/5 · US Must have!: Albertsons app really is a must have because of all the savings! Their coupons are great and your points (that you earn from purchases) can add up for discounts! Highly recommend!
  15. [R52] Albertsons Deals & Delivery 2/5 · US App freezes often: The app has constant issues with freezing. For instance, it doesn’t process actions when I interact with it. For example, the integration with Apple Pay doesn’t work. I’ve tried clearing the cache, closing the app completely, and relaunching it, but the problem persists. When I try to use Apple Pay as a payment method, the app stalls and never processes the action. Trying to tro
  16. [R61] Costco 2/5 · US What’s happening with this app?: The app has become mostly unusable. Can’t look up orders, previous purchases or even shop without it timing out before opening.
  17. [R67] Costco 1/5 · US Sluggish browser not app: This app is just a slow bulky mobile browser. It’s slow to load the cart and has to recover it from somewhere, not the application.
  18. [R75] Costco 3/5 · US Needs work: In store use of the app isn’t nearly as helpful as the Sam’s Club app. Being able to scan with the app would be a game changer
  19. [R100] Costco 1/5 · US Not optimized: There is no way this is a 4.9/5 star APP. Sure Costco is great, but this is the worst digital shopping interface I’ve ever used. No where in the app does it show what section/aisle an item is in. This should be a basic function that any other grocery app has. But worst of all, is the pathetic excuse for a search function. Search something basic like “butter” or “strawberries”, neith

Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store