Eatery vs Park'd Street 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.
Park'd Street Eats
Discover food trucks in real-time on a live map, see their current locations and operating hours, and order ahead to skip the line. Get notified when your favorite trucks are nearby and even book them for events.
- Live food truck map
- Real-time location updates
- Order ahead and pay in-app
- Favorite truck notifications
- Weekly schedule view
- Event booking
- Truck owner listing
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Food trucks move. Park'd keeps up. Park'd shows you which food trucks are open right now, exactly where they're parked, and when they're rolling out — live, on a map. No more driving to a spot to find an empty curb. SEE WHAT'S OPEN, RIGHT NOW Every truck's pin updates in real time while they're serving. Filter by cuisine, sort by distance, or switch to the map to see everything around you at a glance. ORDER AHEAD, SKIP THE LINE Browse the full menu with photos, add what you want, and pay in the app. Pick a pickup time or order for right now. Walk up, say your name, and go. NEVER MISS YOUR FAVORITE Heart the trucks you love and get a notification the moment they open near you. Your regular rotation, on your lock screen. KNOW BEFORE YOU GO Real hours, real reviews, real photos. See a truck's weekly schedule so you know they're at the office park Thursday and the brewery Friday. BOOK THEM FOR YOUR EVENT Weddings, office lunches, birthday parties. Send a catering request straight to the truck, get a quote back, and lock the date with a deposit — all in the app. FOR TRUCK OWNERS Listing your truck is free. Flip one switch when you open and your pin goes live, your regulars get pinged, and hungry people nearby can find you. Add your menu, hours and weekly schedule from your phone in about two minutes. Take card orders through the app or keep taking cash at the window — cash is always 100% yours. Park'd is rolling out city by city. If there aren't trucks near you yet, tell us where you are and we'll let you know the moment one joins.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Park'd Street Eats at every 3 days against Eatery's monthly. Park'd Street Eats also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Eatery's advantage is ratings volume (744 vs 2). 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.
Park'd Street Eats 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 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Eatery ships an update monthly, Park'd Street Eats every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Eatery | Park'd Street Eats |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (744 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 744 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Walker White | CHARLES RICHARD MOORE |
Customer experience
Eatery
Park'd Street 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
Park'd Street Eats
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Eatery
No in-app purchases
Park'd Street Eats
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Eatery free?
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