Eatery vs taste
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.
taste
Discover and rank your favorite places with friends. Share recommendations and build a personalized map of memorable spots. This social app prioritizes authentic suggestions from your network.
- Discover places through friends
- Rank favorite locations
- Build a personalized map
- Share recommendations
- Create memories with friends
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We hope taste helps you have more fun, and make more memories with your favorite people :) Discover the world through your friends and people like you! Then rank the places you go so you don't forget, and to help people like you find the best spots to go. We think the best recommendations are the ones from your friends, not some random person secretly getting paid to promote something on the internet. Start ranking your favorite places, filling out your map, and making more memories with your favorite people :)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: taste at every 3 days against Eatery's monthly. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Eatery against 4.7 for taste. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 746 and 819 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 70% of Eatery's written reviews are positive against 69% of taste's.
Eatery ships an update monthly, taste every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Eatery | taste |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (746 ratings) | 4.7 (819 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews — better | 69.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 746 | 819 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 168 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Walker White | ikio, inc |
Customer experience
Eatery
taste
User reviews
Eatery
From 746 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Convenient and user-friendly
- 🚀 Quick access to dining information
- 💡 Helpful features like menu sharing and favorites
- 🎨 Clean and minimalist design
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and loading issues
- ⏱️ Slow performance and long loading times
- 🚫 App not working with some devices/OS versions
taste
From 819 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Social and fun way to share food recommendations
- 🗺️ Great map feature for finding new places to eat
- 💡 Feels like a more casual and less curated social media experience
- 🔍 Helpful for discovering new restaurants and food spots
Room to improve
- 🐛 Requires inviting friends to continue using the app
- 🐛 Some users experienced issues with not receiving rewards as promised
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
taste
Reported bugs
2 issues- Invite-only functionality causing issues for some users
- Compatibility problems with older device versions
Requested features
2 requests- Improve onboarding process
- Add more reward/incentive features
In-app purchases
Eatery
No in-app purchases
taste
No in-app purchases
