Eatery vs CU Eats
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Eatery
Discover dining options on the Cornell University campus. View operating hours, browse menus, search for specific food items, and manage your dining account balance. Get real-time information to help you find your next meal.
- View campus dining locations
- Browse menus
- Search for food items
- Check dining account balance
- See operating hours
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Looking for somewhere to eat around Cornell University? Eatery has your back. See what's open on campus, browse menus of dining locations, search for your favorite foods, check your dining account balance, and so much more! Let us know what you think! Send us feedback or give us ideas for new features by tweeting @cornellappdev or emailing us at team@cornellappdev.com Eatery is an app from Cornell AppDev, the open source app development project team at Cornell University. Check us out at www.cornellappdev.com or contribute at www.github.com/cuappdev/eatery Cornell Dining data from Cornell Dining. Not affiliated with Cornell Dining.
CU Eats
Easily track your favorite campus foods and discover when and where they are available. This app helps you find specific meals on campus, making dining decisions simpler.
- Track favorite foods
- Check campus availability
- View meal locations
- See meal serving times
- Cornell campus dining data
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Want a simple way to find out if your favorite food is being served on campus? CU Eats is an easy-to-use app that allows you to store your favorite foods in a list and shows where and when that food is available on Cornell's campus! Now integrated with Apple Intelligence on compatible devices to provide even better results. All dining data from Cornell Dining. Not affiliated with Cornell Dining.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Eatery at 4.7 against CU Eats's 4.3. Eatery also leads on ratings volume (744 vs 6). CU Eats's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Eatery holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Eatery has 744 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Eatery ships an update monthly, CU Eats fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Eatery | CU Eats |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (744 ratings) — better | 4.3 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 744 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Walker White | Prathamesh Bang |
Customer experience
Eatery
CU Eats
Bugs and requests
Eatery
Reported bugs
3 issues- Menus not loading correctly
- Eateries shown as never open
- Login issues with NetID
Requested features
3 requests- Bring back BRB balance display
- Add hours of operation for all eateries
- Improve eatery pricing information
CU Eats
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Eatery
No in-app purchases
CU Eats
No in-app purchases
