Roots Natural Kitchen Ordering vs Instaeat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Roots Natural Kitchen Ordering
Easily order your favorite meals online for quick pickup. Save your go-to orders for even faster reordering. Skip the wait and enjoy your food sooner.
- Order online
- Save favorite orders
- Quick reorder
- Skip the line
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Order online, save your faves, and quickly reorder
Instaeat
Easily pre-order and pre-pay for customized food and drinks. Select your preferred pickup time or opt for delivery. Enjoy exclusive promotions and convenient payment options.
- Pre-order and pre-pay for food
- Customizable food options
- Selectable pickup times
- Delivery available
- Easy payment methods
- Exclusive promotions
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With the InstaEat app, it’s easy to pre-order and pre-pay for your favorite food and drinks made just the way you like them. We’ve got you covered with: Freshly Prepared Food You don’t have to leave your workspace to have a great food experience! All of the food options you’re used to, made fresh to order so your food is perfectly hot (or refreshingly cold) when you pick it up. Customizable Options Food is personal and everyone has preferences. Customize your order, just how you like it and we’ll make sure it gets made. Selectable pickup times Choose a pickup time that works best for YOUR schedule. No more waiting around for your order to be ready. You decide when you want to pick up and we make sure it’s ready when you arrive. Simple and easy. Delivery Have your order brought to you wherever you are. Easy Payment We accept all the most popular payment methods, including Apple Pay and Google Pay. Exclusive Promotions We’re always finding new ways to say thank you to our loyal customers. Get special promotions for use exclusively in InstaEat so you can save money and have another reason to enjoy your day.
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Verdict
Roots Natural Kitchen Ordering and Instaeat both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 82% of Instaeat's written reviews are positive against 31% of Roots Natural Kitchen Ordering's. Instaeat also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). Roots Natural Kitchen Ordering's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (4K vs 276). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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 Roots Natural Kitchen Ordering against 4.7 for Instaeat. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Roots Natural Kitchen Ordering has 4K ratings behind it against 276, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 31% of Roots Natural Kitchen Ordering's written reviews are positive against 82% of Instaeat's.
Roots Natural Kitchen Ordering ships an update fortnightly, Instaeat every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Roots Natural Kitchen Ordering | Instaeat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (4K ratings) | 4.7 (276 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 31.1% of reviews | 81.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4K — better | 276 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 94 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | VINE Holdings, LLC | Compass Group Canada LTD |
Customer experience
Roots Natural Kitchen Ordering
Instaeat
User reviews
Roots Natural Kitchen Ordering
From 4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Convenient app
- 👍 Customizable bowls
- 🚀 Fast and efficient
- 👍 Healthy and delicious food
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy and glitchy
- 👎 Confusing and unintuitive UI
- 👎 Difficult to navigate and use
- 🐛 Ordering issues and errors
- 👎 Slow and unresponsive
Instaeat
From 276 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Quick and efficient
- 😋 Delicious food
- 💰 Nice discount price
- 💯 Great service
Room to improve
- 🐛 App does not list all menu items
- 🐛 Option to remove items missing
- 🐛 Kiosk sometimes won't work
- 🐛 Only snack bar menu shows
- 🐛 App doesn't communicate with restaurant
Bugs and requests
Roots Natural Kitchen Ordering
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes and freezes
- Inconsistent behavior and errors
- Issues with login, password reset, and account management
- Problems with payment processing and order placement
Requested features
6 requests- Ability to reorder previous orders
- Add option to use gift cards
- Improve customization options
- Integrate with Apple Pay
- Provide order tracking and updates
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- Save user preferences and default store
Instaeat
Reported bugs
6 issues- App does not list all menu items
- No option to remove items
- Kiosk sometimes won't work
- Only snack bar menu shows
- App doesn't communicate with restaurant
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- Payment errors (cannot update customer in vault)
Requested features
2 requests- Delivery to floor option
- Apply employee discount via employee email
In-app purchases
Roots Natural Kitchen Ordering
No in-app purchases
Instaeat
No in-app purchases
Questions
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