Hello Bistro vs 412 Plates
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hello Bistro
Easily order salads and burgers for pickup or delivery. Access exclusive coupons and track your delivery in real-time. Find nearby locations and filter by services like outdoor dining.
- Mobile ordering for pickup or delivery
- Exclusive digital coupons
- Real-time delivery tracking
- Find nearby restaurant locations
- Filter restaurants by services
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Salads and burgers—two delicious eats under one roof. And now, they're just a tap away! Say hello to hella cool perks and easy mobile ordering. - Mobile Order - Order what you want when you want—whether it’s burgers or salads, for pickup or delivery, for now or later. Want to order your usual? We’ve got you covered! Make a quick re-order in just a couple taps! - Exclusive Coupons - Don't just eat your greens—save some green with special Hello Bistro coupons! Use your offers when you order with the app or at one of our restaurants. We keep our coupons fresh, so check back frequently—you won’t want to miss these deals! - Locations - Scouting unfamiliar territory? Find the nearest Hello Bistro from the Restaurants screen, then get directions, place your order, or give us a ring. Plus, you’ll always find what you need when you filter our restaurants by services like Delivery, Outdoor Dining, Pickup Window, and more. - Delivery Tracking - No more wondering about when your delivery order will arrive. We’ll keep you posted on its progress every step of the way.
412 Plates
Unlock daily buy-one-get-one-free deals at local Pittsburgh restaurants for a monthly fee. Browse offers for free and redeem them easily in person by showing your phone.
- Daily buy-one-get-one-free deals
- Local Pittsburgh partner restaurants
- Browse deals for free
- Easy in-person redemption
- Cancel anytime membership
- No coupons or codes needed
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412 Plates is a restaurant membership for Pittsburgh. $8 a month. Every day it unlocks one buy one get one free deal at a local partner restaurant. You order in person and show your phone at the counter. HOW IT WORKS Browse every partner restaurant and deal for free, no account needed. At the restaurant, open the deal, tap Use Deal, then Confirm. Turn your phone toward the staff member, who taps Redeem. That's it. No coupons to print, no codes to read out, no delivery fees. WHAT YOU GET • One deal a day at any partner restaurant • Mostly buy one get one free: pizza, hoagies, boba, sushi rolls, wraps, cheesecake and more • New restaurants added as we sign them • Cancel anytime in Settings BUILT FOR PITTSBURGH Every partner is a local restaurant, most of them independent, and every deal is agreed one at a time with the owner. Partner restaurants pay nothing to be listed. 412 Plates is built to get you out of the same three cheap meals near campus and into a new neighborhood, a table with friends, and a small business instead of a delivery fee. MEMBERSHIP Billed monthly through Stripe. Cancel anytime in Settings. Have a promotion code? Enter it at checkout.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Hello Bistro at ad-supported against 412 Plates's subscription. Hello Bistro also leads on ratings volume (691 vs 3) and device support (3 vs 1). 412 Plates's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 weeks) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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.
412 Plates holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hello Bistro has 691 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Hello Bistro ships an update every 6 weeks, 412 Plates every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hello Bistro | 412 Plates |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (691 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 691 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Eat 'n Park Hospitality Group | 412 Plates LLC |
Customer experience
Hello Bistro
412 Plates
Bugs and requests
Hello Bistro
Reported bugs
37 issues- App does not advance order after required selection
- App does not auto-populate info fields
- App requires multiple attempts to enter payment information
- App goes to a black and white screen and stops loading on mobile
- Saved card cannot be used at checkout
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- Saved orders do not work
- App loses information from one screen to the next
- App times out
- App loses information
- App does not save login info
- App is clumsy and confusing for reordering
- App does not let you use gift cards unless for the whole balance
- App forgets address
- App fails
- App goes on vacation
- App is slow and cumbersome
- Cannot use Apple Pay
- App glitches and causes order redo
- Map does not work sometimes
- Payment occasionally fails to go through
- Cannot get an order to go through
- Please Wait message spins for 10 minutes before timing out
- Online ordering not working for local locations
- Location not found error
- Cannot successfully sign in on Apple app
- App has never worked
- Cannot change password
- App doesn't keep you signed in
- Order cannot be completed after going through the process
- Login info never saves
- Requires too many clicks to order food
- App feels clumsy and non-intuitive
- App doesn't save your information
- Unable to create profile
- Error message: unable to create profile
- App won't go past profile page
- Cannot click button to create profile
Requested features
16 requests- Fix the app
- Outsource app development
- Improve app functionality
- Add Apple Pay
- Allow gift card use for partial balances
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- Allow coupon use
- Add Eatn Park Hospitality card discount option
- Improve login persistence
- Improve saved order functionality
- Improve address saving
- Improve payment information saving
- Fix profile creation errors
- Fix checkout errors
- Fix loading screen errors
- Fix map functionality
- Fix location selection
412 Plates
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hello Bistro
No in-app purchases
412 Plates
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Hello Bistro free?
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