Habit Burger & Grill

Review by eFreeware

The Habit Burger & Grill app is the official mobile ordering tool from The Habit Restaurants, LLC, the company behind the chain of the same name. It is a free download in the Food & Drink category, carries no ads and offers no in-app purchases, so nothing stands between you and the menu. The reason to consider it is simple: it lets you place an order before you arrive, pay for it in advance and collect it without joining the counter line.

That is a narrow purpose. It is built for people who already eat at Habit Burger & Grill and want the visit to run faster, or who want their usual order ready without explaining it again. With more than 500,000 installs and a 4.7 average across roughly 14,785 ratings, it has clearly found an audience among regular customers.

I would treat this as a utility rather than a browsing app. You come to it when you know what you want, or when you want to work out what you want from the current menu. The developer's own summary pitches the chain's burgers as the best tasting in America, which is marketing rather than something an app can deliver; what the app can deliver is the ordering part.

Ordering ahead and tracking the pickup

The core feature is ordering in advance for pickup. You build the order in the app, send it through, and then follow its progress in real time until it is ready to collect. The point is to remove the wait: instead of standing around after ordering, you time your arrival so the food is coming off the grill as you walk in.

This is the part I would expect most people to use most often. It suits a lunch break where the window is short, or an evening when you are picking up dinner on the way home and would rather not add ten minutes of standing to the trip.

The app also handles payment up front, so the handover is a matter of collecting the bag rather than settling a bill. For anyone who dislikes waiting at a counter with a card in hand, that combination of ordering, tracking and prepaying is the whole appeal.

Building the meal your way

Habit's kitchen works to order, and the app reflects that. You can adjust the details of a meal before sending it, so the sandwich, sides and drinks arrive the way you specified rather than the default build. For anyone with a topping they always leave off, or a preference they always add, this is the difference between a correct order and a correction at the counter.

The app also stores your regular picks so you can reorder them in a few taps. If you eat the same thing most visits, that saved list is the fastest route through the whole process: open, pick the saved order, pay, go. If you like to vary your meal each time, the customization side matters more than the saving side.

Between the two, the app covers both habits without much friction. This is an ordering tool for one chain, not a general food app.

Finding a restaurant and hearing about offers

A location finder shows nearby Habit Burger & Grill restaurants, gives directions and lists opening hours. That is useful when you are in an unfamiliar area and want to know which branch is closest, or whether one is still open before you set out. It is a small feature.

The app also offers membership in the Habit CharClub, which the developer describes as a way to hear about new menu items, promotions and restaurant events first. If you eat at the chain regularly, that is a reasonable way to keep up with limited items and deals without hunting through social media.

Promo codes are part of the picture too, and the app has improved how they work. Between the club, the codes and the location list, the app tries to be the single place you check before deciding to eat at Habit.

Getting set up

The app is free to download and installs like any other. Login and registration have been streamlined, which suggests the developer has been working on getting new users into the app with fewer steps. I would not expect anything elaborate.

Recent releases have also touched the My Habit section, promo code handling and the order history screen, alongside a new Challenges feature.

The app was first released in February 2019 and was last updated in August 2026, so it is an established product that the developer continues to revise rather than one that was published and forgotten.

Who this suits

The clearest fit is someone who already eats at Habit Burger & Grill with some regularity and wants the visit to take less time. If your usual pattern is to decide on the way there, order ahead, pay and collect, the app is built around exactly that loop, and the saved favorites make it quicker on each return visit.

It also works for people ordering for a group, where getting each meal specified correctly in advance saves a round of questions at the counter. And if you like knowing about new menu items and promotions early, the CharClub is a low-effort way to stay in the loop.

Someone who visits rarely, or who prefers to decide at the counter after seeing the room, will get less from it. The app is a shortcut for a decision you have already made, and it is most valuable to the people making that decision often.

A worthwhile shortcut for regular Habit customers

I would install this if Habit Burger & Grill is already part of your routine. Ordering ahead, tracking the order, paying in advance and reusing saved favorites turn a stop into a pickup, and the location finder and CharClub round out the experience without clutter.

The limits are the limits of the chain itself: it is an app for one restaurant brand, not a general ordering service, and its value scales with how often you eat there. If you visit Habit occasionally, the app is still free and easy to keep on hand for the times you do.

For a frequent customer, the combination of saved orders and prepayment is the real draw, and the 4.7 average from a large body of ratings suggests most users find it does what it promises. It is a straightforward, well-scoped tool rather than a destination in itself, and that is appropriate for what it is.

What's new in version 1.72

We're always making improvements to the Habit Mobile App. Download the latest version of our app for the best experience! - Challenges feature - Streamlined login and registration processes - Improved "My Habit" section - Improved promo code features - Improved Order History Screen - Various small fixes and improvements