Yard House vs Dinner Made Easy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Yard House
Easily order food and drinks for pickup, reorder favorites, and check happy hour specials. Find nearby locations, view hours, and get real-time wait times. Save payment methods and gift cards for seamless transactions.
- Order food and drinks to go
- Save and reorder favorites
- Check happy hour details
- Find nearby locations and hours
- View real-time wait times
- Save payment methods and gift cards
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Order Food & Drinks To Go - Quickly order your favorites to go - Save your order for later - Reorder your favorites with just a tap Is It Happy Hour Yet? - Check Happy Hour details for your nearest Yard House. Most important feature by far. Find Your Yard House: - Check hours for dining in and To Go ordering - Get real-time drive time to any location - Check current wait times / add your name to the list Payments & Gift Cards: - Save payment for future orders - Use, save and reload gift cards to your profile
Dinner Made Easy
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Dinner Made Easy Another night, another "what should we make for dinner?" We built this because we were tired of staring into the fridge with no plan — especially with all the extra stuff kosher cooking adds to think about. What it actually does: Snap a photo of your fridge, freezer, or pantry — or your grocery receipt — and the app figures out what you've got. Then it builds you five dinners for the week, Sunday through Thursday, using what's already in your kitchen first. Everything respects the Jewish calendar automatically. Nine Days, Tisha B'Av, the works — no guessing, no manually checking a calendar before you plan meals. Built for real kosher standards, not "kosher-ish": Meat requires Chabad-approved shechita Dairy is always Cholov Yisroel Meat and dairy never mix, ever No fish, tofu, or turkey if that's not your thing — fully customizable to your household's rules It also handles: Shopping lists that skip what you already have Local kosher store finder Sharing your plan with your whole family, synced across devices A growing library of recipes from other families — every single one automatically checked to the same kosher standard, no exceptions No ads. No gimmicks. Just a real tool for real families trying to get dinner on the table.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Dinner Made Easy at every 2 days against Yard House's monthly. On price, ads, 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.
Yard House ships an update monthly, Dinner Made Easy every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Yard House | Dinner Made Easy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (616 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 61.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 616 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 134 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Darden Restaurants, Inc. | Mats Sellei |
Bugs and requests
Yard House
Reported bugs
5 issues- Items show as unavailable after being added to cart
- App incorrectly displays restaurant as closed when open
- Pickup order error messages preventing order completion
- Cross-platform issues (app and iPad both experiencing problems)
- Waitlist functionality not reflecting actual wait times
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to modify orders and change dressings
- Support for food allergy accommodations
- Improved wait list accuracy
- Better app stability and error handling
- More aggressive app marketing and promotion
Dinner Made Easy
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Yard House
No in-app purchases
Dinner Made Easy
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Yard House free?
Is Dinner Made Easy free?
Do Yard House or Dinner Made Easy have ads?
Which is updated more often, Yard House or Dinner Made Easy?
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