8it vs Crispy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
8it
Discover the best NYC food experiences happening now, from pop-ups to limited-time drops. Find expert-recommended dishes near you and organize your culinary adventures.
- Food pop-ups, drops, and collabs
- Explore map for local discovery
- Dish-first food organization
- Customizable dish lists
- Expert recommendations
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8it shows you what’s worth eating in NYC - right now and near you. Dish-first food discovery for pop-ups, limited drops, collabs, and must-eat dishes, recommended by people who work in food. Why 8it - Food pop-ups, limited drops & collabs in one place What’s live, what’s limited, and what you’ll be annoyed you missed. - Explore Map for smarter discovery See expert-approved dishes near you, right now. - Dish-first discovery We organize by dish because you crave food, not a restaurant. - Custom dish lists Build lists for date night, friends in town, and your next food crawl.
Crispy
This app uses AI to generate personalized meal suggestions based on your preferences and health goals. It simplifies the process of discovering and ordering new dishes, making healthy eating convenient and enjoyable.
- AI-powered dish generation
- Personalized meal suggestions
- Health goal integration
- Easy search and tracking
- Discover new dishes
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Crispy is a personalized food delivery app that makes searching, tracking, and generating new dishes through delivery easy and fun ! We use AI and your preferences to generate custom dishes for you to order without having to search or think about anything. With Crispy you never have to worry about compromising eating out and following your health goals! Our founders consistently suffered with finding new and healthy foods to eat for their diets. Living in a big city like New York , there are too many options , Crispy distills them by learning your preferences and health goals - letting you find all the dishes you want and generating new dishes just for you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Crispy at 5.0 against 8it's 4.5. Crispy also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 83%). 8it's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (208 vs 13). On price, update cadence, 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.
Crispy holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 8it has 208 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of 8it's written reviews are positive against 100% of Crispy's.
8it ships an update fortnightly, Crispy every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 8it | Crispy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (208 ratings) | 5.0 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 208 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 122 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | 8it, Inc. | CrispyAI, Inc. |
Customer experience
8it
Crispy
Bugs and requests
8it
Reported bugs
5 issues- Password authentication system malfunctioning
- Unresponsive customer support for password recovery
- Location-based search not functioning properly
- Duplicate restaurant results in different searches
- App shows restaurants far outside user's location
Requested features
6 requests- Expand to more cities nationwide
- Expand to Boston area
- Improve geographic coverage beyond NYC and LA
- Global expansion
- Increase search radius beyond 1.5 miles
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- Make app accessible to New Jersey area
Crispy
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
8it
No in-app purchases
Crispy
No in-app purchases
