Comparison

Lennys vs Jam

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Lennys

Order your favorite subs and cheesesteaks for pickup, drive-thru, or delivery. Customize your meal exactly how you like it and earn rewards with every purchase. Find nearby locations and manage your account easily.

Highlights
  • Order ahead for pickup, drive-thru, or delivery
  • Customize sandwiches with preferred bread and toppings
  • Save favorite orders for quick reordering
  • Earn points on every order with Lenny's Rewards
  • Redeem points for free food items
  • Find nearby locations with hours and directions
  • Manage saved locations, addresses, and payment methods
Features
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Your favorite neighborhood sub shop, now in your pocket. Order Lenny's cheesesteaks, hot subs and cold subs ahead of time, customize every sandwich exactly how you like it, and earn rewards every time you eat. Pickup, drive-thru or delivery: your food is ready when you are. ORDER YOUR WAY • Order ahead for pickup, drive-thru or delivery • Build your sub just the way you like it, from bread to toppings • Save favorites and reorder your go-to meal in a couple of taps • Browse the full menu and discover new favorites • Order catering for the office, game day or any crowd EARN AND REDEEM REWARDS • Earn points on every order with Lenny's Rewards • Scan the QR code or barcode on any receipt to earn points for in-store visits • Redeem points for free subs, combos, cookies and more • Get exclusive offers and member deals FIND A LENNY'S NEAR YOU • See nearby locations on the map, with hours and directions • Search by city, state or ZIP code MANAGE YOUR ACCOUNT • Keep your saved locations, delivery addresses and payment methods in one place • Pay quickly with Apple Pay or a saved card Download the Lenny's app and get your next cheesesteak, your way. Terms and conditions apply.

About

Jam

Organize all your saved recipes in one place and get personalized meal suggestions based on your family's preferences and dietary needs. Plan your week and generate grocery lists effortlessly.

Highlights
  • Save recipes from any link, photo, or app
  • AI assistant remembers family preferences and allergies
  • Organize recipes into custom cookbooks
  • Plan weekly meals and generate grocery lists
  • Share cookbooks with household members
  • Ad-free cooking experience
Features
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Every recipe you love, finally in one place — with an assistant that already knows your family. You've saved recipes everywhere — a screenshot here, a Pinterest board there, a text from your mom, forty open tabs you swear you'll get to. Then dinnertime comes and you can't find a single one, and you're stuck explaining your family's likes and allergies to a chatbot that'll forget them by next week. Jam fixes both. Jam is the recipe keeper for real families — and the assistant that remembers everyone at your table. SAVE FROM ANYWHERE • Paste any recipe link and Jam pulls in the ingredients and steps — no scrolling past someone's life story. • Snap a photo of a cookbook page or a handwritten card, and Jam turns it into a recipe you can cook from. • Share a recipe straight from Instagram, Safari, or any app — right into Jam. AN ASSISTANT THAT KNOWS YOUR FAMILY • Jam's built-in assistant already knows the recipes you've saved, the meals you've cooked, and what everyone at your table will and won't eat. • Ask it what to make tonight and it answers from your actual cookbook and your family's real preferences — not a blank chat window. • No re-explaining allergies, dislikes, or last night's dinner every time you open it. ONE CLEAN COOKBOOK • Every recipe you save lands in one organized place. • Group recipes into cookbooks that make sense for your family. • Find what you saved in seconds — no dead links, no hunting. COOK WITHOUT THE CHAOS • When it's time to cook, your recipe is one tap away. • No ads. No auto-playing videos. No page that reloads and loses your place. • Just clean, readable steps — the way a recipe should be. SHARE WITH YOUR FAMILY • Share your cookbook with your household so everyone's cooking from the same page. • The recipes you love, in everyone's hands. WHEN YOU'RE READY • Plan the week and build a grocery list when you're ready — it's all in the same app, no extra tools, no extra tabs. Jam was built by a parent who got tired of stitching together boards, note files full of dead links, ad-cluttered recipe pages, and AI conversations that forgot everything the moment the tab closed. From "where did I save that?" to ready to cook. Download Jam and bring every recipe home. — — — Jam is free to download. A Jam subscription includes a 7-day free trial, then: • Duo (up to 2 members): $7.99/month or $71.99/year • Family (up to 5 members): $9.99/month or $89.99/year • Family Plus (up to 8 members): $12.99/month or $116.99/year Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings after purchase. Any unused portion of the free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Terms of Use (EULA): https://jam-cook.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://jam-cook.com/privacy

Screenshots

Lennys4 screens
Jam4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Jam at 100% against Lennys's 57%. Jam also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). Lennys's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ratings volume (7.3K vs 3). On price, ads and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Jam sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Lennys asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Jam holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lennys has 7.3K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Lennys's written reviews are positive against 100% of Jam's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lennys ships an update monthly, Jam every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Lennys versus Jam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLennysJam
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (7.3K ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7.3K — better3
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size115 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLenny's Franchise Systems, LLCConner Hourihan

Customer experience

Lennys

All ratings7,338 ratings
Positive96.0%
Neutral1.8%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews129 reviews
Positive57.4%
Neutral5.4%
Negative37.2%

Jam

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Lennys

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App not allowing phone number verification
  • Issues with migrating rewards accounts
  • Inability to see full app UI on tablets

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to delete favorites in the app
  • Link rewards to online orders
  • Mobile-friendly help/support section
  • Easier way to reorder past favorites

Jam

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Lennys

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Jam

Subscriptions6
  • Duo Plan7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Family Plan7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Family Plus Plan7 Days trial$12.991 Month
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  • Duo Plan7 Days trial$71.991 Year
  • Family Plan7 Days trial$89.991 Year
  • Family Plus Plan7 Days trial$116.991 Year

Questions

Is Lennys free?
Lennys is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Jam free?
Jam is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Lennys or Jam?
Jam is rated higher. Lennys averages 4.8 out of 5 from 7.3K ratings, while Jam averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Lennys or Jam have ads?
Neither Lennys nor Jam shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lennys or Jam?
Lennys ships an update monthly, and Jam every 2 weeks. Most recently, Lennys was updated on November 6, 2026 and Jam on October 31, 2026.

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