Isthmus Eats vs Barriques+
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Isthmus Eats
This app connects Madison, Wisconsin residents with locally-sourced meal kits. Sign up for service, manage your meal plan, and select weekly meals for easy, healthy home cooking. Enjoy fresh ingredients delivered to your door with simple instructions.
- Sign up for meal kit service
- Manage meal plans
- Choose weekly meals
- Locally-sourced ingredients
- Simple cooking instructions
- Free delivery in Dane County
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Hello MADISON FOODIES! Isthmus Eats is Madison Wisconsin's locally-sourced and locally-inspired meal kit delivery service. The Isthmus Eats app allows you to sign up for service, manage your meal plan, and choose your weekly meals. Let us work with local farms to get you the freshest ingredients possible. All you have to do is accept your hand-delivered meal kits and follow our simple cooking instructions to prepare delicious, easy, and healthy home-cooked meals. No more wasting your valuable time and money searching for recipes, making grocery lists, and dealing with the inevitable spoiled leftover ingredients. Oh, and delivery to Madison and the surrounding areas within Dane County is FREE!
Barriques+
Order food and drinks ahead of time to skip the queue. Find store locations, hours, and contact details easily. Convenient mobile ordering for a faster experience.
- Mobile order ahead
- Skip the line
- Find store locations
- View store hours
- Get contact information
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The Barriques app is a convenient way to mobile order ahead and skip the line. Order ahead Why wait in line when you can place your order and have it ready when you get to the store. Find our store Get directions, store hours and contact information.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Isthmus Eats at 100% against Barriques+'s 22%. Isthmus Eats also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.7) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 8 months). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Isthmus Eats holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Isthmus Eats's written reviews are positive against 22% of Barriques+'s.
Isthmus Eats ships an update every 4 months, Barriques+ every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Isthmus Eats | Barriques+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (10 ratings) — better | 2.7 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 22.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.1 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Isthmus Eats LLC | BARRIQUES HOLDING COMPANY, LLC |
Customer experience
Isthmus Eats
Barriques+
In-app purchases
Isthmus Eats
No in-app purchases
Barriques+
No in-app purchases
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