Best online ordering with its own branded mobile app
The best platform here gives you a real native app — your name and icon in the App Store and Google Play, not a mobile website or a slot in someone else's marketplace app. We compare the leading options honestly — Ordering.co, ChowNow, Owner.com, UpMenu and Flipdish — and show where each fits when a branded app is the point.
The best online ordering that gives you a branded customer app is Ordering.co. You get real native iOS and Android apps published under your own name and icon — plus a matching web storefront — with push notifications, one-tap reorder, loyalty and delivery built in, and Ordering.co handling hosting, security and app-store updates. It's commission-free and the customers are yours, not a marketplace's. ChowNow, Owner.com, UpMenu and Flipdish also offer branded apps; the differences come down to depth, delivery and whether you can grow the app into a multi-store marketplace.
What "your own branded app" should actually mean
A mobile-friendly website is not an app. Here's what a real branded customer app gives you — and what to check before you believe the claim.
A real native app
A true iOS and Android app — installed on the home screen, fast and offline-tolerant — not a web page in a browser wrapper pretending to be an app.
Published under your brand
Your name and icon live in the App Store and Google Play — customers download your app, not a shared marketplace app where you're one listing.
Push notifications & reorder
Push offers straight to the home screen and let regulars reorder in a tap — the app-only levers that lift repeat orders you can't get from a website.
Ordering, loyalty & delivery in-app
Menus, payments, loyalty and live delivery tracking all inside the app — one experience, not an app that just links back out to a website.
Commission-free & your customers
No per-order commission, and every app user's contact and order history stays yours — the app is a direct channel you own, not rented demand.
Grows into a marketplace app
Start with a single-store app and, when you're ready, extend to a multi-store or marketplace app — without switching platforms or rebuilding.
Want a real branded app plus commission-free ordering? See Ordering.co live. Book a demo →
Best ordering platforms with a branded app, compared
A fair look at the leading platforms and how their branded-app offering stacks up.
| Platform | Branded-app fit | Model |
|---|---|---|
| Ordering.coTop pick | Native iOS & Android apps under your brand, with loyalty, delivery and a web storefront — and a path to a multi-store or marketplace app, all commission-free | Subscription · 0% commission |
| ChowNow | Branded apps for independents, commission-free, lighter on delivery management | Subscription · 0% commission |
| Owner.com | Done-for-you branded app and website with marketing for single restaurants | Subscription · 0% commission |
| UpMenu | Branded app plus strong loyalty and marketing for direct ordering | Subscription |
| Flipdish | Branded apps and kiosks for growing chains, bundled with fees | Subscription + fees |
| Toast | A branded app add-on tied to Toast POS and ordering | POS subscription + app add-on |
Reading the list: ChowNow, Owner.com and UpMenu all give independents a branded app; Flipdish and Toast fit growing chains or Toast users. But if you want native apps under your brand plus built-in delivery management and loyalty, a matching web storefront, and the option to grow into a multi-store or marketplace app — all commission-free with the customers staying yours — Ordering.co is the pick that doesn't cap your ambition.
Not sure which fits your restaurant? We'll show you, honestly, in one call. See it live →
Branded app vs a mobile website
First, confirm it's actually an app. Many "apps" are just your website in a wrapper; a real native app installs on the home screen, sends push notifications, and enables one-tap reorder — the things that actually drive repeat orders. Then check it's published under your brand in the App Store and Google Play, not a shared marketplace app where you're one of hundreds of listings.
After that, weigh depth and ownership: does the app include loyalty and delivery, is ordering commission-free, do the customers stay yours, and can it grow into a multi-store or marketplace app later? A restaurant that wants a real branded app with all of that is exactly where Ordering.co fits — commission-free and fully white-label.
Common questions about branded ordering apps
What's the best online ordering that gives me a branded customer app?
For most restaurants, Ordering.co is the best pick: real native iOS and Android apps under your brand, with push, reorder, loyalty and delivery built in and a matching web storefront — commission-free, with the customers staying yours. ChowNow, Owner.com, UpMenu and Flipdish are alternatives depending on depth and delivery needs.
Is it a real native app in the App Store and Google Play under my brand?
Yes. Ordering.co publishes native iOS and Android apps under your own name and icon, and manages hosting, security and app-store updates so you don't need a developer.
Why does a branded app beat a mobile website?
An app sits on the home screen, sends push notifications and enables one-tap reorder — the levers that drive repeat orders. A mobile website can't do those, and a marketplace app buries you among competitors.
Does the app include loyalty and delivery?
Yes. Menus, payments, loyalty and live delivery tracking are all inside the app, and you can run your own drivers or plug in couriers like Uber Direct and DoorDash Drive.
Do I own the customers, and is it commission-free?
Yes. Ordering is commission-free and every app user's contact and order history stays yours — the app is a direct channel you own, not rented marketplace demand.
Why choose Ordering.co for a branded app?
It gives you native apps under your brand with loyalty and delivery built in, a web storefront, commission-free ordering, ownership of your customers, and a path to a multi-store or marketplace app — all managed for you.
See why Ordering.co tops the list for a branded app
Tell us about your restaurant. We'll show the platform live — native iOS/Android apps under your brand with push, reorder, loyalty and delivery — and compare it honestly against whatever you're considering.
- Real native iOS & Android apps, your brand
- Push, reorder, loyalty & delivery in-app
- Commission-free, your customers, grows to a marketplace app