Open Kitchen vs Perklist
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Open Kitchen
This app integrates connected kitchen equipment, energy management, and food safety checklists for commercial facilities. It uses patented analytics to optimize equipment performance, maintain comfortable temperatures, and find cost-saving opportunities.
- Connected kitchen equipment integration
- Energy and HVAC management
- Food safety checklists
- Equipment performance analytics
- Space temperature monitoring
- Savings opportunity identification
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Open Kitchen is the leading application that combines connected kitchen equipment, energy and HVAC management, and food safety checklists. Open Kitchen applies patented analytics to better manage equipment performance, ensure comfortable space temperatures, and identify savings opportunities for portfolios of small commercial facilities. Open Kitchen or ConnetWare hardware is required for some features.
Perklist
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Get invited by your favorite businesses and download our Perklist app. Receive regular updates for special events, new offerings, menu items, and more! As a Perklist guest, you will have special benefits that could include things like skipping wait times, making special reservations, receiving discounts and promotions, and other unique offers. Perklist is invite only, so you will want to mention it to your favorite businesses to receive an invite.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Perklist at every 5 weeks against Open Kitchen's every 7 months. Open Kitchen's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.6). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Open Kitchen ships an update every 7 months, Perklist every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Open Kitchen | Perklist |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 136 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Powerhouse Dynamics, Inc. | Waitlist Me, Inc. |
In-app purchases
Open Kitchen
No in-app purchases
Perklist
No in-app purchases
