# Plates: Home-Cooked Food — Home-cooked food near you

> Home-cooked food near you (iPhone/iPad app by Hare Tech Inc.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/plates-home-cooked-food/id6816181826 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Hare Tech Inc](https://appshunter.io/developer/1895819736)
- Category: Food & Drink
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 16 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-09-30
- Data updated: 2026-10-23

## What is Plates?

Plates connects you with home cooks in your neighborhood making real, made-from-scratch food — the kind you'd get at a family cookout, not a restaurant chain.

FOR FOOD LOVERS
• Browse plates from cooks near you — soul food, BBQ, Caribbean, West African, vegan, and more
• See each cook's kitchen walkthrough and safety info before you order
• Order ahead for pickup, and pay securely in the app
• Catch "Friday plate drops" and pre-order limited batches before they sell out

FOR COOKS
• Turn your kitchen into a business — post your plates, set your prices, get paid
• Your own shareable storefront with a QR code to promote on social
• Make a plate-sale flyer for Facebook and your feed in seconds
• Simple orders, pickup codes, and payouts handled for you

Every cook films a kitchen walkthrough so you always know where your plate is made. Report and block tools keep the community safe.

Plates is a marketplace — food is prepared by independent home cooks, not by Plates.

## Is Plates safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Plates.

## Is Plates legit?

Plates: Home-Cooked Food has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Plates is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.2 — 2026-10-06

What's new in 1.2

• Shopping cart — order several plates from the same cook and pay once.
• Faster checkout — "Available now" plates let you buy instantly, no waiting for the cook to accept.
• Live order tracking — watch your order go from accepted to paid to ready, in real time.
• Pickup made simple — show your code at pickup and you're done.
• Smarter browsing — filter by "Available now" and dietary needs (vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, halal, and more).

For cooks:
• A clearer earnings view — this week, pending, and paid out at a glance.
• Low-stock and sold-out alerts so you never oversell.
• Instant payouts when you're set up to get paid.

Thanks for cooking and ordering on Plates. — HARE TECH

### 1.1.0 — 2026-10-05

What's new in Plates:

- New pickup handoff: buyers get a QR code and pickup code to collect their order
- Faster payouts for cooks, with more ways to get paid
- Clearer kitchen walkthrough when setting up your kitchen
- Performance improvements and bug fixes

### 1.0 — 2026-09-30

No release notes.

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