First Table vs HydroMeal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
First Table
Discover and book the first table of the night at top restaurants to receive 50% off your food bill. Explore new dining venues and save money on meals across the UK, Australia, and New Zealand.
- 50% off food bill
- Book first table of the night
- Discover new restaurants
- Save money on dining
- Browse 3,000+ restaurants
- Support local venues
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Enjoy exceptional dining with 50% off food. First Table rewards you for booking the first table of the night at incredible restaurants near you. Discover new favourites and save every time you dine. With First Table, food lovers get 50% off their food bill when they book the first table of the evening, the perfect way to explore new restaurants and enjoy your favourites, all at a fraction of the price. Discover over 4,500 incredible restaurants across the UK, Australia, Ireland and New Zealand. Whether you're after a midweek meal or a memorable night out, First Table helps you dine smarter. How it works: • Browse top-rated restaurants in your area • Book the first table of the night, lock in with a booking fee • Enjoy 50% off the food bill for up to 6 diners Why diners love First Table: • Save money while eating out more • Explore new cuisines and venues • Support local restaurants • Easy, seamless booking experience Discover new restaurants in your own backyard, and get an extra perk for dining off-peak. How does First Table work? Participating restaurants list their first tables for breakfast, lunch or dinner on First Table, showing up to fourteen days of availability on our platform. Diners are then rewarded with 50% off the food bill for dining at an off-peak time. To secure 50% off the food bill, select your city and search through the available restaurants near you. Then select your date and time and lock in your First Table for a booking fee. What’s in it for the restaurant? Restaurants choose to join at their own discretion, to help fill empty tables and to create a buzz early into their service. That means what while you’re tucking into a sunny brunch or an elevated dinner for half the price, you're also helping restaurants start service strong. Discover new restaurants! Browse nearby restaurants to discover a hidden gem in your own backyard or lock in top-rated restaurants you’ve always wanted to try. Craving a particular meal? Restaurants are also searchable by restaurant name or cuisine. What’s the catch? There isn’t one - that’s the best part! First Table is a win-win for restaurants and diners alike. Restaurants get early customers through the door and diners get rewarded for dining at times that restaurants need them most. By dining on First Table, you'll not only have a great excuse to connect with mates, dates and fellow foodies, but you'll also be supporting hospitality venues by dining at the times that they need you the most. Have friends you’d love to dine with? You can even earn credit by sharing First Table with other foodies! Just grab your promo code from your profile, and you’ll both get your next restaurant booking fee half price.
HydroMeal
Easily track your daily water intake, calories, protein, and other essential nutrients. Create custom foods and recipes for accurate logging. Monitor your progress with a detailed history and adjust your nutritional targets.
- Track water intake, protein, calories, fat, sodium, carbs
- Create custom food items
- Build custom recipes
- Log water with nicknames
- View daily nutrition history
- Adjust nutritional targets
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HydroMeal is your new favorite user-friendly nutrition tracker. You can track many relevant nutritional quantities in the app, including water intake, protein, calories, fat (including saturated fat), sodium, and carbohydrates (including added sugar). The app is very simple and easy to use, allowing you to create your own food items (for example, your own protein shake rather than a generic protein shake that may not be accurate) or pick from a generic list of items. You can also create a recipe, where you can combine multiple foods already in your food list or the generic list to make a new food item. Adding water intake is simple, with you only having to provide the amount of water (in ounces) and optionally a nickname to remember that water intake by. The "History" tab, which you can access from the dashboard, contains all previous nutrition logs for each day, allowing you to easily keep track of your day-by-day progress. Finally, while there is a default set of nutrition targets upon loading the app, you can change these in the "Profile" section of the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: HydroMeal at none against First Table's shown. HydroMeal also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and device support (3 vs 1). First Table's advantage is ratings volume (99 vs 1). On price, rating 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for First Table against 5.0 for HydroMeal. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: First Table has 99 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | First Table | HydroMeal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (99 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 91.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 99 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 14.0.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 134 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | firsttable | Hiten Patel |
Customer experience
First Table
HydroMeal
Bugs and requests
First Table
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login and booking issues
- Crashes and freezes when navigating the app
- Inconsistent application of discounts
Requested features
5 requests- Favorite/saved restaurants feature
- More flexible dining time options
- Improved app performance and stability
- Expanded restaurant selection
- Clearer display of deal conditions
HydroMeal
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
First Table
No in-app purchases
HydroMeal
No in-app purchases









