Cuculi vs On The Grid
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cuculi
This app facilitates social dining by connecting users for shared meal experiences. It streamlines reservations, ordering, bill splitting, and cashless payments for a more convenient and enjoyable dining outing.
- Social dining platform
- All-in-one reservation
- Order management
- Bill splitting
- Cashless payment
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Dine with friends. Meet new people. Share the table. Cuculi makes dining easier and more social — whether you are planning dinner with friends, joining a Social Table, or discovering restaurants and experiences nearby. Use Cuculi to create tables, invite others, order, pay, split bills, and connect through real-life dining moments. DINE WITH FRIENDS Create a Private Table for your friends, family, coworkers, or community. Invite your group, choose where to dine, and make the whole experience smoother from start to finish. JOIN SOCIAL TABLES Want to meet new people? Join Social Tables hosted by people in your community and connect naturally over food and conversation. HOST YOUR OWN TABLE Create a Social Table, bring people together, and host dining experiences around restaurants, interests, or shared moments. ORDER, PAY & SPLIT BILLS Cuculi makes dining simple with ordering, payments, and bill splitting, so everyone can focus on enjoying the table. DISCOVER RESTAURANTS & EXPERIENCES Find restaurants, dining opportunities, and real-life experiences happening around you. BUILT FOR REAL-LIFE CONNECTION Cuculi is more than a restaurant app. It helps people gather, dine, and connect — whether they already know each other or are meeting for the first time. Go out more. Dine better. Share the table. Start with Cuculi.
On The Grid
Discover people who share your interest in specific locations. Save and organize your favorite spots, then connect with others who have saved the same places. Turn your solo adventures into shared experiences and make new friends through common interests.
- Discover people by shared locations
- Save and organize favorite spots
- Import links from social media/maps
- Connect over shared interests
- Find popular spots
- Works for everyday life and trips
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MAKE FRIENDS THROUGH PLACES Tired of seeing all these cool places and not having people to go with? Discover people who love or want to try the same spots you do. Our app helps you find friends through the places you want to go. HOW IT WORKS - Save any spot: Import or paste links from IG, TikTok, Google Maps, or add them manually via search. - Organize your favorites: Build lists for cafés, bars, restaurants, museums, gyms, trips and more. - Meet people naturally: See others who saved the same spots and connect over shared interests. WHY YOU’L LOVE IT - Make new friends through the places you enjoy - Build lists and keep track of your favorite spots - Discover popular spots through shared interest - Works anywhere, for everyday life or trips GET ON THE GRID TODAY Save a place, discover friends, and finally turn great spots into shared experiences.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: On The Grid at weekly against Cuculi's monthly. Cuculi's advantage is ratings volume (141 vs 31) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Cuculi against 4.8 for On The Grid. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 141 and 31 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 96% of Cuculi's written reviews are positive against 100% of On The Grid's.
Cuculi ships an update monthly, On The Grid weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cuculi | On The Grid |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (141 ratings) — better | 4.8 (31 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 96.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 141 — better | 31 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 141 MB | 111 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | cuculi | JKR Software |
Customer experience
Cuculi
On The Grid
Bugs and requests
Cuculi
Reported bugs
2 issues- App crashes when organizing tables
- Loses work due to crashes
Requested features
4 requests- Expand to other states
- More restaurant selections
- Dark mode option
- Advanced analytics dashboard
On The Grid
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Cuculi
No in-app purchases
On The Grid
No in-app purchases
