SONIC Drive-In

- May 21, 2017

Everyone

Food & Drink

( 10,844)

Description

The SONIC Drive-In app lets you pay with your phone, get rewards, find out about new items and offers, browse the menu, check nutritional information, send gift cards and more!

• Earn rewards for reloading your MySONIC card in the app (and get other rewards every month just because we like you)!
• Use your phone to pay. Our new mobile payment process lets you check in to pay at any time during your order and keep track of your order’s progress in the app. Plus, you’ll get rewards like free tots for reloading your card.
• Send and receive digital gift cards in the app. Pay your friends back for your last SONIC run. Say Thank You to your mom. Wish your friends a Happy Birthday, Happy Hanukkah, or just Happy Hour!
• Find the closest SONIC Drive-In locations in your area and see their hours.
• Browse the menu. Check out what’s new and view nutritional info for each item.

Reviews

4.2

10,844 total

5 7,233

4 1,414

3 466

2 285

1 1,446

Darla Davis

I like the convenience, it works well most of the time, but the app requires location as well as Internet. If Internet is slow in the area, you can't get the app to load before the order comes out. Sometimes the location takes a long time. Maybe being able to bring in the pay portion first rather than all the ads, I mean I'm trying to use the app. I'm already here. You don't need to advertise on the phone and the stall. My Update - I haven't been able to pay with the app since your update.

Truly Wells

Why do I continue to receive a message stated "an unexpected error occurred?" I cannot retrieve my rewards which is very annoying; please fix as soon as possible! AT&T HTC One

Jeff Blankenbiller

I don't like the new app design. The balance on my Sonic Card rarely shows a correct up to date balance. The app is super slow and causes my Sonic Card to be double billed. The user interface is so poorly designed that I can't tell when all my rewards expire and it is much more difficult to reload my Sonic Card than is should be. There is also no support for Android Pay. The menu provides no useful functionality in the app because you can't pre-order food from the app. The menu could be replaced by opening the Sonic website in a browser. Sonic should take a look at the Chick-fil-A app so how to do things right.

Sam Jones

Only downloaded it for the free slush. Created an account through the app and it didn't show up in my rewards. In the faq this problem is addressed but all it says is pre-existing accounts don't get the reward which doesn't apply to me soo...

Janice Milam

Awesome updated app. I'd run into issues the last several days as I was still using the old version, but it was well worth it overall. Merely entering stall number (2 digits) as opposed to the previous 6- digit code. I'm not particularly lazy, but this cuts down on possible keying errors.

Justin Ross

This app is pretty F***ing stupid. They force you to buy $10 or higher "Sonic cards" to use to pay. I bought one. $10. My bill was $13. Guess what you have to buy another $10 Sonic card to cover the rest. How the hell am i supposed to spend whatever money i have left over on these stupid cards? If im missing something please let me know. App isn't worth it. Other mobile fast food apps just charge your card. This is like a scam.

User reviews

Darla Davis June 8, 2017

Truly Wells June 22, 2017

Why do I continue to receive a message stated "an unexpected error occurred?" I cannot retrieve my rewards which is very annoying; please fix as soon as possible! AT&T HTC One

Jeff Blankenbiller May 29, 2017

Sam Jones June 4, 2017

Janice Milam May 22, 2017

Justin Ross June 2, 2017

CJ F May 26, 2017

The app just updated and lost my card balance and rewards. I was able to call a third party customer service agent who helped me fix it so that the balance was restored, however this was a huge inconvenience and made my most recent trip to sonic awkward when the app didn't work.

Chris Youngblood June 22, 2017

The ability to load a gift card and then share or give that card is a huge help for me and my family. Love the app and the rewards that come with it, even more!

Robbin Barrett June 6, 2017

I love the food I love love love the Route 44 drinks and happy hour! Oh you mean about the app LOL it's awesome it lets me know when things are going on sale for the day! I just downloaded the update so I hope nothing has changed except for for the better.

Richie Hovis June 13, 2017

Convenient and you earn rewards for money you'll spend anyway! Shout out to the Ennis, Texas Sonic crew! They deliver an excellent experience everyday that's what keeps us coming back! #MYSONIC #SONICAPP

Doreen Ballar'e May 27, 2017

More user friendly than old one. Excellent. Easier to use and reading the bad reviews are those who don't know how to navigate and use easy technology. I can find expiration dates, card balances and redeem rewards with ease. Love that I can find expired and used rewards.

frotoguy May 27, 2017

The app is great for coupons and such just has some technical loading issues. Some locations don't know squat about how the app is suppose to work l, but I blame that on corporate not training their employees

Matthew Chmiel June 25, 2017

Hate the money model. Using coupons is a little confusing. So much so Carhops don't often know how you can redeem them.

Russell Nam Pham June 22, 2017

I had a free birthday reward in "MySonicRewards" and it showed up in the website, but it said I can't redeem it from the website and said I had.to download the app to redeem it. I did that and the coupon does not show up in the rewards there, only in the website.

Mike Precure May 22, 2017

App sucks. Looks like you have register a credit card, to fund yourself a gift card, and pay from that instead of just paying. It's obviously just a way to parade advertisers at you while you dog your way through paying them - which takes longer than just paying in the first place. Pointless.

KELLY MCKINLEY June 3, 2017

WORST app ever! The new version locks up, doesn't allow paying, and wastes too much time searching. So much for UPGRADES! The app totally sucks!

Lori Dkhissi June 3, 2017

I like the updated look but the new app isn't updating the balance on my sonic gift card. The help section of the app doesn't give me the ability to report this.

Rini Roscoe June 20, 2017

Love the latest update! It is now SO easy to pay with the app. It even offers a Reload and Pay with a single click!

Quentin Chatman May 22, 2017

This app is good when I order for my kids I just wish you could use the kids coupon for more than one time at one purchase.

Ruby Guerrero Workman May 29, 2017

It WAS super easy to use, but since the update last week, I haven't been able to use my sonic card on the app!! Ugh, frustrating...but I DO love Sonic & all it's choices!

Joey Vogelsberg June 1, 2017

Don't know what these other reviews are saying about losing balances or not being able to reload their cards, just sign in with your previous account details and your card and balance will be right there when you click the menu button on the bottom left. This also allows you to check rewards, reload card or change some amount settings. Anyway, I love the new update, found what sonic I was at using GPS, greeted me on the order screen at sonic when I entered the stall number and even tracked what I was ordering in real time on my phone. Easy to find big red pay button at the bottom, just extremely easy to use, don't understand the hate.

Sarah Fink June 18, 2017

This app works less than half the time. The new version freezes constantly and a couple times when I reloaded my card to pay balance, it didn't said the reload didn't work so I did it again. However, the original reload did work, so my card was charged twice. I'll eventually use it, but the point is, it didn't work right. Everything is slow and sometimes doesn't work before the order comes, so I end up having to pay a different way when I have money on this "gift card" I should be able to use. Keep working on it app people!

michael gaines June 4, 2017

Had trouble first time we used it, manager paid for our lunch in Mcloud After that it works perfectly, it is a lot faster than old version.

June 6, 2017

Keeps freezing up and doesn't let you update your money from the previous app. What a waste compared to the competitors apps

May 22, 2017

Update 5/22: My credit union requires a set number of $5 transactions to receive better interest rates on balances. I used to achieve this with my Sonic app. With the new app, a $5 reload is no longer an option. And since the only reward is always free tots, I'm just not sure how much I'll use it now. :(

Dan Naff May 26, 2017

Terrible design. Not user friendly. Not compatible with my tablet. Took forever to figure out how to reload my card. This is typical for Sonic.

Liz Harmony May 31, 2017

I love the new changes, this is a very easy app to use and it's one of the best I use when it comes to paying because you can reload your card and pay all in one button press!

Anthony Salvato June 20, 2017

H pretty easy to use and I haven't gotten any rewards yet but we'll see

David Dunn May 25, 2017

Doesn't work for the Sonic I go to and staff aren't trained how to accept payments from it. This last update ruined it.

Dakota D May 23, 2017

When updated it got rid of the money I had left. It was fine otherwise, but that left a bad taste.

tori smith May 22, 2017

Updated my app and lost everything. My money, my rewards. The update itself looks nice but I'll just stick to paying cash

Miko ML June 1, 2017

Don't delete the free deals each month, lmao easiest deleted app of my life

Daniel Jay June 1, 2017

It's a useful app, and the deals are nice.

Michael Prokosch June 3, 2017

Everytime I try to pay with the gift card it us currently loaded with, the app crashes. Finding the gift card in the app itself is a pain...no clear shortcut or pay button on.

Johnnie Heenan June 3, 2017

Love it but it should stay open longer with your ticket up so you can add your Rewards it always close this out before I can get the reward on there and pay

June 21, 2017

Amazing carhops! And great custard concretes! This app is totes dope.

LiZZ Maes June 11, 2017

The app is so informative and easy to use! And best of all it keeps me in touch with one of my favorite places for a treat.

May 31, 2017

The app is so easy to use and makes paying for your order a breeze!!

Sharon Nichole June 23, 2017

It was awesome the first day I downloaded this I got a free medium slush

Ashley Garcia June 24, 2017

Shows me the menu before getting there and easy to use

What's New

We’ve rebuilt the SONIC Drive-In app with a fresh design and a ton of enhancements! If you already have an account, log in using your same email and password.

PAYMENT: Introducing the new SONIC Pay℠. Now check in to your SONIC Drive-In location using the stall number.

REWARDS: We’ve made it clearer when to redeem and made redemption more fun.

MENU: You can now browse the SONIC Drive-In menu right in the app.

LOCATIONS: Search for the SONIC Drive-In locations closest to you.