Comparison

Macey's vs Neighbor Eats

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

Head to head
About

Macey's

Streamline your grocery shopping with a digital list, weekly ad access, and recipe integration. Easily find stores, manage your purchases, and add ingredients directly to your list for a convenient shopping trip.

Highlights
  • Digital shopping list
  • Weekly ad offers
  • Store locator
  • Recipe database
  • Add ingredients to list
  • Email shopping list
Features
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The Macey's app has the power to super-charge your shopping experience! Download today to take advantage of a variety of useful features such as: - A handy shopping list to group future purchases together for shopping convenience! Add items from other parts of the application, or add your own custom entries. Easily check off items as you go throughout the store! Includes handy features such as emailing list contents out, or quickly editing quantities on items added to the list. - Access weekly ad offers directly on your phone, and add the offers directly to your shopping list, all with one click! - Use our store locator feature to select a home store or find the nearest Macey's location! - Check out our recipe database on the go and add ingredients directly to your shopping list with the push of a button! Features handy multi-filter search functionality to find just the dish you're craving. We appreciate your interest and feedback as we continued to develop the best possible app for you! Look out for future updates and enhancements as we continue to deliver the best possible shopping experience for our customers.

About

Neighbor Eats

Discover and share homemade meals with your neighbors. Explore local dishes, coordinate pickups, and connect with your community through the joy of home cooking. It's about building friendships over delicious food.

Highlights
  • Explore neighbor-shared dishes
  • See daily and upcoming meals
  • View dish photos and details
  • Reserve and coordinate pickup
  • Share your own dishes
  • Build a neighborhood following
Features
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NeighborEats brings neighbors together through homemade food. Discover dishes made by people in your community, try home-cooked meals, and build connections over the universal language of food. FOR FOOD LOVERS • Explore dishes shared by neighbors near you • See what's cooking today or coming up later • View photos, ingredients, and pickup details • Reserve a dish and coordinate pickup through messaging FOR HOME COOKS • Share your Dishes with the neighborhood • Set your availability and portion sizes • Schedule dishes in advance or share when ready • Build a following of neighbors who love your cooking CONNECT WITH YOUR COMMUNITY • Follow your favorite neighborhood cooks • Get notified when they share new dishes • Message directly to coordinate pickups • Build meaningful friendships over food NeighborEats isn't about transactions—it's about connection. It's neighbors sharing what they love to cook with the people around them. It's discovering amazing home-cooked meals just down the street. It's building a community around food. Whether you love to cook or love to eat, NeighborEats brings your neighborhood together—one dish at a time. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://neighboreats.app/privacy

Screenshots

Macey's4 screens
Neighbor Eats4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Neighbor Eats at 100% against Macey's's 13%. Neighbor Eats also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.1). Macey's's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (79 vs 6). 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. Neighbor Eats sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Macey's asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Neighbor Eats holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Macey's has 79 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of Macey's's written reviews are positive against 100% of Neighbor Eats's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Macey's ships an update every 2 weeks, Neighbor Eats weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Macey's versus Neighbor Eats: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMacey'sNeighbor Eats
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.1 (79 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews13.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings79 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size288 MB42 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperAssociated Food Stores, Inc.Neighbor Development Studio LLC

Customer experience

Macey's

All ratings79 ratings
Positive24.1%
Neutral1.3%
Negative74.7%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive13.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative86.8%

Neighbor Eats

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Macey's

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Neighbor Eats

Subscriptions2
  • Neighbor Eats Premium$0.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Macey's free?
Macey's is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Neighbor Eats free?
Neighbor Eats is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Macey's or Neighbor Eats?
Neighbor Eats is rated higher. Macey's averages 2.1 out of 5 from 79 ratings, while Neighbor Eats averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do Macey's or Neighbor Eats have ads?
Both Macey's and Neighbor Eats show ads.
Which is updated more often, Macey's or Neighbor Eats?
Macey's ships an update every 2 weeks, and Neighbor Eats weekly. Most recently, Macey's was updated on October 12, 2026 and Neighbor Eats on October 3, 2026.

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