Eatery vs DinnerWhere
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.
DinnerWhere
This app simplifies group decisions for dining out by turning restaurant selection into a fun, shared game. Users swipe through nearby options with friends, and the app instantly finds a place everyone agrees on, eliminating endless debates.
- Group decision-making via swiping
- Restaurant discovery
- Instant match notifications
- Simple friend invitations
- Fast and easy selection
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DinnerWhere Choosing a restaurant with friends shouldn’t take longer than the meal itself. DinnerWhere turns the tedious task of group decision making into a quick, shared game. Instead of endless group chats and indecision, simply swipe through nearby restaurants together and instantly find a place everyone agrees on. How it works 1. Start a session and share a link with your crew. 2. Swipe through nearby spots and see who likes what. 3. Get an instant match when you all agree on the one. DinnerWhere transforms a frustrating group chore into something quick and fun. Features - Group decision-making. Everyone votes by swiping - Restaurant discovery. Uncover hidden gems and local favorites - Instant matches. Get notified the moment the group agrees - Simple sharing. Invite friends with a link or code - Fast and easy. Find restaurant in minutes Perfect for Friends deciding where to eat Couples choosing dinner Groups planning nights out Teams picking lunch spots Stop debating and start eating. Download DinnerWhere and find your next meal.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: DinnerWhere at 100% against Eatery's 70%. DinnerWhere also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Eatery's advantage is ratings volume (744 vs 5). 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.
DinnerWhere holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Eatery has 744 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Eatery's written reviews are positive against 100% of DinnerWhere's.
Eatery ships an update monthly, DinnerWhere every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Eatery | DinnerWhere |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (744 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 744 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Walker White | Amanuel Berhe |
Customer experience
Eatery
DinnerWhere
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
DinnerWhere
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Eatery
No in-app purchases
DinnerWhere
No in-app purchases
