Comparison

AppyHour vs Jam

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

AppyHour

Discover local happy hours, food and drink specials, and events happening at bars and restaurants. Find live music, trivia nights, and dog-friendly spots. Get notified about exclusive offers and new places in your city.

Highlights
  • Happy hour listings
  • Food and drink specials
  • Event discovery
  • Favorite spot tracking
  • Push notifications for offers
  • Bar and restaurant discovery
Features
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Find the best happy hours, specials, and local events near you with AppyHour. AppyHour helps you discover where to go, what’s happening, and what deals are worth checking out — from happy hours and food specials to trivia nights, live music, dog-friendly patios, taco Tuesdays, brunch, and more. Use AppyHour to: • Find nearby happy hours, specials, and events • Discover new bars and restaurants • Save your favorite spots • Explore curated collections • Get notified about local deals and events • See what’s happening around you in real time Currently live in: • Iowa City, IA • Minneapolis, MN • Louisville, KY • Denver, CO • Tampa, FL • St. Petersburg, FL • Las Vegas, NV • Indianapolis, IN • Miami, FL • Houston, TX • Destin, FL • Rosemary Beach, FL • Panama City Beach, FL • Santa Rosa Beach, FL • Clearwater, FL • Sarasota, FL • Chicago, IL If we’re not in your city yet, we hope to be soon. AppyHour is built to make going out easier, better, and more spontaneous. Whether you’re looking for a quick drink after work, a new dinner spot, weekend plans, or the best deals nearby, AppyHour helps you find the right place at the right time. Have feedback or want to see your city added next? Email us at appy-support@appyhourmobile.com.

About

Jam

Organize all your saved recipes in one place and get personalized meal suggestions based on your family's preferences and dietary needs. Plan your week and generate grocery lists effortlessly.

Highlights
  • Save recipes from any link, photo, or app
  • AI assistant remembers family preferences and allergies
  • Organize recipes into custom cookbooks
  • Plan weekly meals and generate grocery lists
  • Share cookbooks with household members
  • Ad-free cooking experience
Features
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Every recipe you love, finally in one place — with an assistant that already knows your family. You've saved recipes everywhere — a screenshot here, a Pinterest board there, a text from your mom, forty open tabs you swear you'll get to. Then dinnertime comes and you can't find a single one, and you're stuck explaining your family's likes and allergies to a chatbot that'll forget them by next week. Jam fixes both. Jam is the recipe keeper for real families — and the assistant that remembers everyone at your table. SAVE FROM ANYWHERE • Paste any recipe link and Jam pulls in the ingredients and steps — no scrolling past someone's life story. • Snap a photo of a cookbook page or a handwritten card, and Jam turns it into a recipe you can cook from. • Share a recipe straight from Instagram, Safari, or any app — right into Jam. AN ASSISTANT THAT KNOWS YOUR FAMILY • Jam's built-in assistant already knows the recipes you've saved, the meals you've cooked, and what everyone at your table will and won't eat. • Ask it what to make tonight and it answers from your actual cookbook and your family's real preferences — not a blank chat window. • No re-explaining allergies, dislikes, or last night's dinner every time you open it. ONE CLEAN COOKBOOK • Every recipe you save lands in one organized place. • Group recipes into cookbooks that make sense for your family. • Find what you saved in seconds — no dead links, no hunting. COOK WITHOUT THE CHAOS • When it's time to cook, your recipe is one tap away. • No ads. No auto-playing videos. No page that reloads and loses your place. • Just clean, readable steps — the way a recipe should be. SHARE WITH YOUR FAMILY • Share your cookbook with your household so everyone's cooking from the same page. • The recipes you love, in everyone's hands. WHEN YOU'RE READY • Plan the week and build a grocery list when you're ready — it's all in the same app, no extra tools, no extra tabs. Jam was built by a parent who got tired of stitching together boards, note files full of dead links, ad-cluttered recipe pages, and AI conversations that forgot everything the moment the tab closed. From "where did I save that?" to ready to cook. Download Jam and bring every recipe home. — — — Jam is free to download. A Jam subscription includes a 7-day free trial, then: • Duo (up to 2 members): $7.99/month or $71.99/year • Family (up to 5 members): $9.99/month or $89.99/year • Family Plus (up to 8 members): $12.99/month or $116.99/year Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings after purchase. Any unused portion of the free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Terms of Use (EULA): https://jam-cook.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://jam-cook.com/privacy

Screenshots

AppyHour4 screens
Jam4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Jam at 5.0 against AppyHour's 4.5. Jam also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 88%). AppyHour's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ratings volume (260 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Jam sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. AppyHour asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Jam holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AppyHour has 260 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of AppyHour's written reviews are positive against 100% of Jam's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AppyHour ships an update every 3 weeks, Jam every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
AppyHour versus Jam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAppyHourJam
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (260 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings260 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB57 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperAppyHour LLCConner Hourihan

Customer experience

AppyHour

All ratings260 ratings
Positive87.3%
Neutral0.8%
Negative11.9%
Written reviews77 reviews
Positive88.3%
Neutral1.3%
Negative10.4%

Jam

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

AppyHour

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Constant loading screens preventing app functionality
  • Lag and slow performance between screens
  • App freezes and crashes
  • Search functionality times out after extended waiting
  • Background location permission requirements causing privacy concerns

Requested features

5 requests
  • Nationwide expansion beyond current limited markets
  • User submission feature to add missing restaurants
  • Expanded coverage in California and Los Angeles
  • Expansion to Washington DC area
  • More comprehensive restaurant database in existing cities

Jam

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

AppyHour

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Jam

Subscriptions6
  • Duo Plan7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Family Plan7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Family Plus Plan7 Days trial$12.991 Month
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  • Duo Plan7 Days trial$71.991 Year
  • Family Plan7 Days trial$89.991 Year
  • Family Plus Plan7 Days trial$116.991 Year

Questions

Is AppyHour free?
AppyHour is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Jam free?
Jam is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, AppyHour or Jam?
Jam is rated higher. AppyHour averages 4.5 out of 5 from 260 ratings, while Jam averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do AppyHour or Jam have ads?
Neither AppyHour nor Jam shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AppyHour or Jam?
AppyHour ships an update every 3 weeks, and Jam every 2 weeks. Most recently, AppyHour was updated on October 24, 2026 and Jam on October 14, 2026.

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