Comparison

Tokyo Joe's Ordering vs Simplies

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

Head to head
About

Tokyo Joe's Ordering

Easily order your favorite meals with an enhanced experience and a new design. This app also offers rewards and allows you to manage your orders efficiently.

Highlights
  • Enhanced ordering experience
  • New slick design
  • Rewards program
  • Order management
  • Bug fixes and improvements
Features
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Hey Joe's Fans! We hope you’re loving the Tokyo Joe's Rewards app. We regularly improve our app to give you the best experience possible. Keep it updated to take advantage of the latest and greatest features including a new slick new design (ooh…ahh), enhanced ordering experience, and minor feature improvements and bug fixes. Enjoy our app? Hook us up with a good rating. Questions? We’re here to help at wecare@tokyojoes.com

About

Simplies

This app provides quick access to recipes without lengthy personal stories. It features recipe names, images, serving sizes, cooking times, ingredients, and instructions. Users can also save their favorite recipes for later use.

Highlights
  • Recipe search
  • Ingredient lists
  • Cooking instructions
  • Prep and cook times
  • Save favorite recipes
  • Recipe images
Features
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Get straight to the recipe. Explore 2,913 recipes: 2,881 community recipes and 32 Simplies originals, save favorites, and cook one step at a time. - Search dishes and ingredients across the collection, from pasta and breakfast to chicken, rice, and vegetarian meals. - Filter recipes with known total times: up to 15 minutes or up to 30 minutes. - Save favorites in your on-device cookbook, with search and sorting. - Plan how many people and meals you are cooking for; ingredient quantities scale automatically. - Tap an ingredient measurement to choose compatible units, with practical rounding for kitchen use. - Check off ingredients, read the method, or follow one cooking step at a time. - Share recipe text with its source credits and license. An internet connection is needed for the first community catalog download. After that, browsing, search, and saved recipes work offline. No account or subscription is required. The app includes 32 original starter recipes and includes AI-generated serving illustrations for every recipe. Recipes saved in earlier versions remain in your cookbook; remote photos are no longer loaded. Ingredient checkmarks and cooking progress last while a recipe is open. Community recipe text comes from Wikibooks contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0, with source links and attribution. The collection was adapted from Recipe Context Protocol. Simplies originals were drafted with AI assistance. Recipes have not been independently kitchen-tested by Simplies; cooking times are estimates, and unavailable times and serving sizes are left unspecified.

Screenshots

Tokyo Joe's Ordering4 screens
Simplies3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Simplies at 100% against Tokyo Joe's Ordering's 14%. Simplies also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.9) and ads (none vs shown). Tokyo Joe's Ordering's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 27 months). On in-app purchases 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

Tokyo Joe's Ordering is free to download; Simplies costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Simplies holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tokyo Joe's Ordering has 431 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of Tokyo Joe's Ordering's written reviews are positive against 100% of Simplies's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tokyo Joe's Ordering ships an update every 3 months, Simplies every 27 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
Tokyo Joe's Ordering versus Simplies: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTokyo Joe's OrderingSimplies
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating2.9 (431 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews14.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings431 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 27 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size169 MB329 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperTokyo, IncEateri, Inc

Customer experience

Tokyo Joe's Ordering

All ratings410 ratings
Positive43.4%
Neutral9.5%
Negative47.1%
Written reviews112 reviews
Positive14.3%
Neutral15.2%
Negative70.5%

Simplies

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Tokyo Joe's Ordering

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Login/account issues
  • Payment processing errors
  • Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions
  • Inconsistent order tracking

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add Apple Pay support
  • Improve order history and reordering
  • Allow more customization options
  • Fix font color contrast issues
  • Streamline checkout process

Simplies

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Tokyo Joe's Ordering

No in-app purchases

None

Simplies

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tokyo Joe's Ordering free?
Tokyo Joe's Ordering is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Simplies free?
Simplies costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tokyo Joe's Ordering or Simplies?
Simplies is rated higher. Tokyo Joe's Ordering averages 2.9 out of 5 from 431 ratings, while Simplies averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Tokyo Joe's Ordering or Simplies have ads?
Tokyo Joe's Ordering shows ads; Simplies does not.
Which is updated more often, Tokyo Joe's Ordering or Simplies?
Tokyo Joe's Ordering ships an update every 3 months, and Simplies every 27 months. Most recently, Tokyo Joe's Ordering was updated on October 24, 2026 and Simplies on October 16, 2026.

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