JINYA Ramen Bar vs Tastemaker Recipes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
JINYA Ramen Bar
Earn rewards and stay updated with your favorite ramen spot. This app lets you join the loyalty program, find locations, track your points, and receive notifications about new menu items and events.
- Join JINYA Rewards program
- Find nearby locations
- View account balance and rewards
- Check in for points
- Receive notifications for updates
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If you love ramen, you will love this new JINYA Ramen Bar mobile loyalty app! Download it today for free and you’ll be able to: • Join our JINYA Rewards program and begin earning rewards today. • Find a JINYA Ramen Bar location near you. • View your member account balance and your rewards. • Check in to let us know you’ve arrived – and get points for visits. • Get notifications from us announcing new menu items, special events, and more!
Tastemaker Recipes
Record every dish and drink you prepare, complete with ratings and notes for future reference. Easily save recipes from the web or cookbooks, and generate organized shopping lists for the week. Discover your cooking habits and patterns.
- Log and rate every dish
- Save recipes from web or camera
- Generate organized shopping lists
- Track cooking patterns and streaks
- Cocktail mode for home bars
- AI recipe image generation
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Tastemaker is your kitchen's memory: every dish and drink you make, rated and ready for next time. TRACK WHAT YOU COOK Log each cook with a rating out of 5, what you changed, and what you'd do differently. Future-you, standing in the kitchen wondering whether that shortcut worked last time, will be grateful. SAVE FROM ANYWHERE Share a recipe to Tastemaker straight from Safari and it lands on your to-make list with the ingredients already extracted. Cooking from a paper cookbook? Point your camera at the page and the dish imports itself. PLAN THE WEEK Flag dishes for this week, then compile every ingredient across every recipe into one tidy shopping list, organized by store section. SEE YOUR PATTERNS Cooking streaks, top-rated dishes, favorite sources, and a heatmap of every night you cooked. TASTEMAKER PRO Cocktail mode (a whole parallel universe for your home bar), compiled shopping lists, camera scanning, and AI recipe images are part of Tastemaker Pro: $2.99/month or $24.99/year after a 7-day free trial. Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled in your App Store account settings at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Core recipe tracking is free, forever. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://tastemaker.recipes/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tastemaker Recipes at 100% against JINYA Ramen Bar's 45%. Tastemaker Recipes also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks). JINYA Ramen Bar's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (440 vs 2). On price, ads 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. Tastemaker Recipes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. JINYA Ramen Bar asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tastemaker Recipes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: JINYA Ramen Bar has 440 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of JINYA Ramen Bar's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tastemaker Recipes's.
JINYA Ramen Bar ships an update every 6 weeks, Tastemaker Recipes every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | JINYA Ramen Bar | Tastemaker Recipes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (440 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 440 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 136 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | La Brea Dining California Inc | JACOB GALGINAITIS BARRETT |
Customer experience
JINYA Ramen Bar
Tastemaker Recipes
Bugs and requests
JINYA Ramen Bar
Reported bugs
12 issues- Forgot password submit button hidden behind keyboard
- App crashes on location selection (Georgia)
- Unexpected error messages during checkout
- Credit card input limited to 15 digits instead of 16
- App fails to load or stuck on loading screen
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- Cart deletion if payment not completed immediately
- Points automatically converted to lower value at 400 threshold
- Payment denial for no apparent reason
- Rewards deducted without applying to order
- Inconsistent app availability across locations
- App closes after selecting location
- Glitchy point redemption system
Requested features
15 requests- Upload receipts to earn rewards retroactively
- Customize orders by removing/modifying ingredients
- Order history and reorder functionality
- Credit/debit card payment option in app
- Order tracking for pickup orders
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- Ability to redeem points at checkout
- Edit user profile functionality
- Customer service help form or contact
- Receipt upload for offline purchases
- Integration with delivery apps for points earning
- Create your own ramen option
- Extra noodles ordering outside of bundles
- Inferno and Double Inferno heat levels
- Pay before pickup option for to-go orders
- Automatic location detection accuracy
Tastemaker Recipes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
JINYA Ramen Bar
No in-app purchases
Tastemaker Recipes
- Tastemaker Pro — Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Tastemaker Pro — Annual7 Days trial$24.991 Year
Questions
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