Plater vs Bloom
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Plater
Discover and order food from local restaurants with a focus on zero-fee transactions. Enjoy immersive food videos, personalized recommendations, and adaptive menus. This app is designed for food lovers seeking better prices and more restaurant options.
- Zero-fee ordering
- Discover local restaurants
- Immersive food videos
- Friend recommendations
- Adaptive menus
- Personalized tastes
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Say hello to Plater, the go-to app for ordering pickup in 2024. With a focus on zero-fee orders, Plater unlocks more restaurants and better prices—so you get more of what you crave, without the extra costs. And yes, it’s an ordering app built for the 21st century. Expect immersive food videos, friend recommendations, and menus that adapt to your tastes. This isn’t just another ordering app; it’s the foodie app. Discover, share, and order food like never before.
Bloom
This app provides a guided, step-by-step process for brewing the perfect cup of coffee using an AeroPress. It features hands-free timers and clear instructions designed for one-handed use, ensuring consistent results every time.
- Step-by-step AeroPress brewing guide
- Hands-free automated timers
- One-handed interface design
- Precise timing for each step
- Consistent coffee results
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Bloom: Perfect Coffee is a step-by-step AeroPress brewing guide built around one obsessive goal: the same perfect cup, every single time. No recipes to scroll through. No settings to configure. No decisions to make at 7am. Just your exact process, laid out in 10 clean steps, with hands-free timers that start automatically so you never have to tap while holding a kettle. BUILT FOR THE RITUAL Every step is precisely timed and sequenced — from heating the water to pressing the plunger. The bloom timer starts the moment you arrive. The pour guide tells you exactly where you should be at 30 seconds. The press timer keeps you slow and steady. When it's done, it's done. DESIGNED FOR ONE HAND The interface is intentionally minimal. Large text. Clear instructions. One button. Because your other hand is holding a kettle, and you shouldn't have to think about your phone. THE PROCESS - 18g of beans, medium-fine grind - Water at exactly 180°F - Bloom pour: 56g over 30 seconds - Main pour: 280g over 60 seconds with a midpoint check - Slow 30-second press - Cool to 130°F and enjoy 10 steps. About 7 minutes. Perfect results. NO CLUTTER. NO SUBSCRIPTIONS. NO NONSENSE. Perfect Coffee does one thing. It does it beautifully, and it does it every time you open it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Bloom at every 2 days against Plater's every 4 weeks. Bloom also leads on ratings volume (6 vs 1). Plater's advantage is iOS requirement (13.4 vs 26.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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 — 5.0 for Plater against 5.0 for Bloom. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bloom has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Plater ships an update every 4 weeks, Bloom every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Plater | Bloom |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 91 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Plater Inc. | Andrew Williams |
Customer experience
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In-app purchases
Plater
No in-app purchases
Bloom
No in-app purchases









