Urban Plates vs FixDinner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Urban Plates
Easily order delicious, craveable food made with quality ingredients for pickup, curbside, dine-in, or delivery. Save favorite orders for quick reordering and skip the line when dining in.
- Easy ordering and payment
- Order pickup, curbside, dine-in, delivery
- Skip the line
- Save previous orders
- Explore and sort menu items
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Our app makes ordering simple so real food at an honest price is just a click away. Everybody deserves to eat clean, craveable food made from quality ingredients. App Features: EASY ordering and payment FASTEST way to order pick-up, curbside, dine-in, or delivery orders SKIP the line when ordering in-restaurant with the app SAVE previous orders for quick reordering EXPLORE and sort menu items
FixDinner
Struggling with "what's for dinner"? This app generates meal ideas based on a few ingredients you have on hand. It provides quick assembly steps and cooking method preferences, perfect for busy individuals.
- Dinner ideas from selected ingredients
- Match percentages for readiness
- Quick assembly steps
- Cuisine and cooking method preferences
- Useful pro tips
- Grocery store ingredient selection
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It's 5:17 PM. You're answering a work email in the school pickup line. Your kid needs cleats for practice at 6. You went to Costco two days ago, but somehow there's "nothing to eat." You already know how this ends: pizza. Again. FixDinner exists for that exact moment. Tap a few ingredients. Get real dinners. That's it. Chicken thighs that need using up? Zucchini that's seen better days? A random can of tuna? Pick what you want to build dinner around, not your whole fridge, and FixDinner figures out the rest. HOW IT WORKS Tap a few ingredients. Set your time and how you want to cook. Hit "Find Dinners." Ideas stream in as they're ready, each with a match percentage showing how much of it you already have. REAL DINNERS, NOT SIDE DISHES Every suggestion is a complete dinner. If your ingredients can't make a full meal on their own, FixDinner tells you the one thing to pick up. NO PANTRY HOMEWORK No logging every jar. A 30-second Pantry Check-In once a week keeps your dinner ideas accurate. A GROCERY LIST THAT BUILDS ITSELF Tap "Get it" on anything you're missing. Edit items to match what you buy, tick them into your pantry or tonight's dinner, and share the list with whoever is at the store. EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO COOK IT Calories and nutrition per serving. Assembly steps for a busy person, and a full-screen Cook mode with the ingredients, amounts and timers for each step. Pro tips that help. Ask about this dish: swaps, technique, timing, storage, pairing. Dietary needs, cuisines and cooking methods, scaling to 2x or 3x, and saved favorites. FREE FOR EVERYONE, RIGHT NOW Every feature works for free. A small ad in your dinner ideas list helps keep it that way. Paid Plus subscribers never see ads. FixDinner uses AI to suggest dinners. Suggestions aren't individually tested, so use your judgment on food safety and allergies. Stop opening the fridge, sighing, and ordering pizza. FixDinner. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: FixDinner at 100% against Urban Plates's 22%. FixDinner also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 6 days). Urban Plates's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (1.1K vs 7). On price, ads, device support 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. FixDinner sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Urban Plates asks for nothing beyond the download.
FixDinner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Urban Plates has 1.1K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of Urban Plates's written reviews are positive against 100% of FixDinner's.
Urban Plates ships an update every 6 days, FixDinner every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Urban Plates | FixDinner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.1K ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | UrbanPlates | KovaWorks, LLC |
Customer experience
Urban Plates
FixDinner
Bugs and requests
Urban Plates
Reported bugs
100 issues- App glitches and fails to process orders
- App cannot remember Plate Pass number
- App functionality disintegrates when inputting Plate Pass number
- App loses entire entered order when creating new membership
- App prompts users to accept cookies on every new page
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- App will not display gift card number for staff
- Gift card balance lookup fails
- App stops working
- App glitched and failed to process order after payment
- App is clunky
- Online orders serviced poorly in person
- App is UNUSABLE
- App never works
- App is slow loading
- App requires frequent restarts
- App cannot save CCV number
- App is not location aware
- App prevents autofill of memorized text
- Credit card entry rejected due to spaces
- Cart is empty when returning later
- Selecting location deletes cart
- App is unstable, works one day, unusable the next
- App remembers nothing
- Errors processing payment
- Add to order is grayed out
- Frequently crashes, fails to load
- App won't let user get to order screen, stuck loading
- App still charging after membership cancellation
- App rejects payment if pickup time is too soon
- App is very slow
- App doesn't apply Plate Pass discount
- App pulls up subscribe option for existing members
- App not capturing and displaying order history
- Billing total is wrong
- App is terribly frustrating, times out
- App crashes at final step
- App fails to reorder previous orders
- Pickup order time set to tomorrow
- Cannot checkout on dine-in
- Plate Pass discount not applied at checkout
- Charged for meal, but order didn't go through
- No confirmation email
- App shows order didn't go through
- App not applying Plate Pass to online orders
- App won't apply Plate Pass discount
- App pulls up subscribe option for existing members
- App doesn't let you input card payment
- App is unable to confirm payment
- App gives instructions to call for pickup that are false
- App doesn't ever work well
- App gives server error message
- App is delayed
- Status bar for mobile dine-in order doesn't move
- App gives 'Oops! Something went wrong! Please try again later!' when trying to purchase Plate Pass
- App freezes and erases order
- Website is worse than app
- App session expired and wiped order
- App cleared whole order after forgetting password
- App times out after filling out questions
- App doesn't save information
- App doesn't let you auto fill passwords or credit cards
- Take Out option not working
- Items on store menu not available in app menu
- App is slow, buggy and unreliable
- Cannot change order from take out to dine-in without starting over
- No auto complete on credit card screen
- Cannot get payment method to be saved
- App doesn't work
- App forces download and doesn't work well
- App is half baked
- App broken, asks for zip code and gives server error
- App is totally non-functional, freezes after zip code update
- App doesn't find all locations on the map
- App loses everything when an error occurs
- App stopped letting user input payment information
- App has popup ads
- App doesn't take payment services like Apple Pay
- App text entry fields don't auto-fill payment info
- App fails to send password reset email
- App doesn't work after update, cannot log in due to server error
- App crashes constantly
- App does not save previous orders
- App cannot input gift card information
- App fails at last step, doesn't take payment
- Kids menu steak doesn't allow choosing doneness
- App crashes when selecting delivery address
- App is useless when paying by gift card
- App not communicating with server to save information
- App unable to accept credit card
- App has false advertising for Plate Pass meals
- App contact option goes to Mail app
- App does not allow deletions or substitutions
- App creates 404 errors when creating accounts
- App order would not go through
- App is missing Apple Pay
- App is super slow
- App has no auto fill
- App has no error correction
- App has terrible UI
- App is unusable due to server error on login
Requested features
13 requests- Add Apple Pay option
- Add other sides than chips/fries
- Improve gift card functionality (partial payments)
- Add tech support contact
- Enable autofill for payment details
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- Add option to modify orders
- Bring back notifications for food readiness
- Add social login (Facebook/Apple)
- Allow customization of menu items (deletions/substitutions)
- Implement reward points system
- Add option to customize steak doneness
- Allow gift card payment option
- Improve UI for order button and bread selection
FixDinner
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Urban Plates
No in-app purchases
FixDinner
- FixDinner Plus7 Days trial$2.991 Month
Questions
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