CU Eats vs Block Market
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CU Eats
Easily track your favorite campus foods and discover when and where they are available. This app helps you find specific meals on campus, making dining decisions simpler.
- Track favorite foods
- Check campus availability
- View meal locations
- See meal serving times
- Cornell campus dining data
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Want a simple way to find out if your favorite food is being served on campus? CU Eats is an easy-to-use app that allows you to store your favorite foods in a list and shows where and when that food is available on Cornell's campus! Now integrated with Apple Intelligence on compatible devices to provide even better results. All dining data from Cornell Dining. Not affiliated with Cornell Dining.
Block Market
This app connects students to buy and sell discounted campus meals using extra meal swipes. Buyers save money on food, while sellers earn cash from unused swipes. Orders are placed and picked up without direct meetups.
- Buy discounted campus meals
- Sell unused meal swipes for cash
- Browse menus and place orders
- Cash out earnings via Venmo
- No meetups required for pickup
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Block Market connects students who want cheap campus food with students who have extra meal swipes. Buy discounted meals or sell what you won't use before they expire worthless. FOR BUYERS Save 50%+ on campus food. Browse menus, place an order, and pick it up - no meetups required. FOR SELLERS Turn unused meal swipes into cash. Accept orders, place them with your meal plan, and cash out to Venmo. HOW IT WORKS 1. Buyer creates an order 2. Seller places it with their meal plan 3. Buyer picks up food 4. Seller gets paid Coming to every university in the US!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Block Market at 5.0 against CU Eats's 4.3. CU Eats's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (6 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.
Block Market holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively.
CU Eats ships an update fortnightly, Block Market every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CU Eats | Block Market |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Prathamesh Bang | FBMUSSA |
Customer experience
CU Eats
Block Market
In-app purchases
CU Eats
No in-app purchases
Block Market
No in-app purchases
