Eater appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Eater is 73 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Eater User Reviews

Name: Eater
Rating: 4.2 (57 reviews)

Eater

Vox Media, Inc.

🌟 Lifestyle

🍔 Food & Drink

Customer Experience

Positive experience42.0% of reviews

Neutral8.0% of reviews

Negative experience50.0% of reviews

~ Based on 88 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Summarized from real user reviews of Eater. Based on 57 reviews and a 4.2/5 average, it highlights the 3 positives and 4 negatives reviewers mention most about this Food & Drink app.

Positive things

👍Convenient access to Eater content
🚀Curated restaurant recommendations
💡Ability to save/reference restaurant lists

Negative things

🐛App crashes/won't open for some users
🔒Forced opt-in for data tracking
🗺️Outdated restaurant information
🌍Limited to certain regions/cities

Is Eater Safe?

Eater appears mostly safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Eater is 80/100.

This assessment is based on 57 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.2/5.

Safety Analysis

77.2% of ratings point to a safe experience

3.5% of ratings suggest some concerns

19.3% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 57 App Store ratings for Eater.

Is Eater Legit?

Eater appears legitimate, with a few gaps. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Eater is 73/100.

Based on 73 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Most Recent Highest Rated Lowest Rated

Doesn’t work

Downloaded the app, and tried to create a login. It hung up. Finally deleted it and tried the process over again. It still got hung. It’s worthless

6 cities

12 days ago

Will not start

Waste of time

Not user friendly apphdhshhsh

15 days ago

Response from developer

Hi, we're so sorry to hear you're having trouble with the app and we welcome your feedback. Please email support@eater.com so that we can help resolve your issue quickly. Thank you!

Unusable!!!

Search in map view is absolutely broken. Maps starts jumping back and forth between the last two restaurants choosen.

dutchesofblackhawk

a month ago

Response from developer

Thanks for flagging this and sorry about the frustrating map experience. We are actively investigating and would appreciate any more information you'd be willing to share. If you continue to run into the issue, please email support@eater.com so we can troubleshoot with you. We appreciate you taking the time to report this.

Doesn’t work well

First time using tried “Koreatown vegetarian” since it has my NYC location. Gave me LA spots. Then tried “NY Koreatown vegetarian” and a few variants (NYC, New York) — kept giving me only LA results. This is a pretty basic easy search not to work. Love Eater recommendations but don’t know that I’ll use app again.

BRNJ1000

a month ago

Response from developer

Hi there, sorry for the trouble. That's not how location search should work and this sounds like a bug. We are working on improvements to the search experience and should have things fixed soon. Thanks for the feedback and for sticking with Eater!

Must-have for restaurant recs

It’s so helpful to have Eater maps in app form. It’s easy to save lists of places I want to hit and find recommendations on the fly. Also love leaving notes!

NicoCG410

2 months ago

Still not working

Such a disappointment. Map doesn’t work. Stop suggesting this app in Eater newsletters.

CP2

2 months ago

Response from developer

Hi, we're so sorry to hear you're having trouble with the app and we welcome your feedback. Please email support@eater.com so that we can help resolve your issue quickly. Thank you!

Map Functionality Needs Work

This is the same on web as is the app - but their map function is extremely glitchy and large load needs so it becomes dysfunctional.

Otherwise I love eater for restaurant reccos especially in places with no Michelin

PaigeKI

2 months ago

Response from developer

Sorry about the map glitch, that's not normal. We are working on a fix and appreciate you letting us know about the issue. We hope to have it resolved very soon.

Flashing Map/Uncontrollable Toggling

I don’t know what’s wrong with this app. As soon as you select your second location from the map it becomes unworkable and is nonstop flashing and has to be closed. Please fix.

nickybooom

2 months ago

Response from developer

Sorry about the map glitch, that's not normal. We are working on a fix and appreciate you letting us know about the issue. We hope to have it resolved very soon.

You know what I don’t need

Ai garbage. The search feature is apparently an ai agent and guess what? It’s terrible. All I want is to quickly find the same content you have on your browser site but I guess that’s not what this app is for. A quick search for “tavern style pizza” (a specific style of pizza in chicago) and I get to enjoy watching a bot “think” and ultimately recommend a bunch of places that do not serve that style of pizza. Eater has a list of places that serve tavern style online. Why is this so hard? Do not push badly implemented ai on us…

Kat in the midwest

2 months ago

Response from developer

Hi, thanks for the honest feedback. You're right: if the list exists on Eater, you should be able to easily find it in the app. Good news is that Eater lists are coming to search very soon and we are making adjustments to our search experience overall. We appreciate your patience and thank you for being a fan of Eater.

Unstable, not useful

For the wealth of information you guys have this is such a poor app. Stop focusing on all the animations and just provide the information. You’re dropping the ball huge. Hit me up if you want help developing this because this is a zero star app. For the size of your publication you should be having such a killer app and user experience.

anonxxooxx

4 months ago

Super buggy!

I am so disappointed with how buggy this app is - especially when in maps. It suddenly starts jumping between restaurants like it’s possessed, and I have to close the app.

Brobbinto

4 months ago

Response from developer

Sorry about the map glitch, that's not normal. Can you email support@eater.com with your device and iOS version? We're actively investigating on our end and any more information from you would be so helpful. Thanks for your patience!

Love it!

Eater is my go to app when visiting new cities!

Rick-VT

4 months ago

Response from developer

Thank you for being a fan of Eater and the app!

Keeps me organized

I love this app! I can save all of my favorite spots, keep everything organized, and see Eater recs when I’m stuck on where to eat. It’s basically my go to before booking a reservation or seeing what’s near by.

Hayleyrus

4 months ago

Great app

I didn’t expect to use this app as much as I do now, but since the update I’m opening it all the time. It’s basically solved my “where should we eat” problem, especially around the Bay Area. I just check what Eater recommends nearby and go from there. Search is pretty cool too. Only thing missing for me is a way to collaborate on lists with friends, that way I don’t have to be the only one making decisions!

Zzzbadux

4 months ago

Love Eater!

Solid app. I enjoyed the old version, but this feels much easier to use. The browsing around the map and being able to see eater places around me has been sick. Can’t wait to start planning trips on this. Big upgrade 👏

Hearbobeep

4 months ago

Solid!

Comprehensive and helpful list of solid spots all around the country. Super helpful for people who travel a lot. And is a godsend for people like me who under plan when they go new places.

Half Half Half Half

5 months ago

My go-to!

Such a game changer in helping me take note of new restaurants I want to visit. Would have starved on a recent trip without it! :)

Staircase Wit

5 months ago

Response from developer

Thanks for the feedback. We're so glad you like the Eater app!

Hmm

Not being able to filter by what is currently open makes this app not very useful

Queequegx

5 months ago

Hey where did all the lists go?

The last update seems to have gotten rid of the deep archive of lists and the ability to search them, which was what I loved about the app. I come here for vetted, credible recs. Instead, there’s a selection of recent lists and an emphasis on Gen AI search and a social function that would need 10x more adoption to be useful. Now, the search feature has potential to be cool but the results aren’t accurate, and it’s unclear why some of the restaurants are included. Would love to see some citation and a link back to the list or article the rec came from. Also, the map is showing two markers for each restaurant.

FindingNewmo

6 months ago

Response from developer

Thank you for being a fan of the app. The deep archive of vetted Eater lists is core to the app, and we hear you on how important that is. You can still access them in the Eater Lists tab and we're working on surfacing them in search. We hope to have that done very soon. We’re also improving search accuracy, and the duplicate map markers are definitely a bug; thanks for flagging it. Your feedback genuinely helps us make this better and we appreciate your patience while we make improvements.

Limited Functionality

You can only filter what shows up through a deeply flawed search bar feature. Just let be filter manually by variables like price, type of establishment (bar/sit-down/counter service/etc), and cuisine.

realFunAtParties