ManhattanNow vs Squash Local Eats
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ManhattanNow
Easily order food from your favorite restaurants with a few taps. Browse menus, customize dishes, and pay securely. Receive push notifications for order updates.
- Browse and customize menus
- Secure payment system
- Save delivery addresses and payment methods
- Place orders up to seven days in advance
- Restaurant location and contact info
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Your ideal meal is just a few taps away. Download the ManhattanNow app free for iPhone today. With the ManhattanNow mobile app, ordering food has never been easier. Whether you're looking for a quick snack or a full meal, we've got you covered. Just browse our easy-to-use menu, customize it how you'd like, place your order using our secure payment system, and sit back! A push notification will alert you when your order will be ready. With the ManhattanNow app, you can: - Browse our menu for your favorite dishes and customize them how you'd like - Save your delivery addresses and payment methods securely to check out in just a few taps - Place future food orders up to seven days in advance - Get restaurant location, hours, and contact information
Squash Local Eats
Discover personalized local dining experiences and engage directly with restaurants. Participate in menu decisions, find daily specials, and order takeout or dine-in with real-time updates. Earn rewards from your favorite eateries.
- Personalized restaurant recommendations
- Participate in menu decision polls
- Find daily specials and events
- Order takeout or schedule dine-in
- Real-time order status updates
- Collect restaurant rewards
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Squash is an interactive, real-time and personalized local restaurant marketplace. Squash enables local restaurants to build a solid customer base and provide insight driven, personalized food and entertainment experience to customers. Customers can participate in special menu decision making at their favorite local restaurants, through built-in polls. (First platform to implement it). Find out daily Specials & Events from your favorite restaurants. Order takeout or schedule dine-in, and receive real-time status updates. Collect rewards from local restaurants.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Squash Local Eats at none against ManhattanNow's shown. Squash Local Eats also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months). ManhattanNow's advantage is ratings volume (2.3K vs 6). On price, rating, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Squash Local Eats holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ManhattanNow has 2.3K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ManhattanNow ships an update every 4 months, Squash Local Eats every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ManhattanNow | Squash Local Eats |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (2.3K ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 31.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2.3K — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 188 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Caribou Coffee Company, Inc. | DINE CUBE SOLUTIONS INC |
Customer experience
ManhattanNow
Squash Local Eats
Bugs and requests
ManhattanNow
Reported bugs
3 issues- App deleting orders and requiring re-entry
- Inability to find or select certain locations
- Inconsistent or missing menu items
Requested features
3 requests- Add Apple Pay and other digital payment options
- Improve order customization and flexibility
- Streamline the ordering process
Squash Local Eats
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ManhattanNow
No in-app purchases
Squash Local Eats
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is ManhattanNow free?
Is Squash Local Eats free?
Which has better reviews, ManhattanNow or Squash Local Eats?
Do ManhattanNow or Squash Local Eats have ads?
Which is updated more often, ManhattanNow or Squash Local Eats?
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