The Lost Bean vs Poached Kitchen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Lost Bean
Experience restaurant-quality food and drinks at home. Easily place your orders online for convenient delivery.
- Online ordering
- Home delivery
- Food and drink selection
- Convenient experience
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The Lost Bean is committed to providing the best food and drink experience in your own home. Order online here at The Lost Bean!
Poached Kitchen
This app allows you to order delicious, high-quality meals made from scratch with locally sourced ingredients. You can track your orders, collect reward points for future free items, and enjoy convenient pickup or delivery options.
- Order for pickup or delivery
- Track your orders
- Collect reward points
- High-quality ingredients
- Local and organic produce
- Made from scratch
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At Poached, we believe that knowing where your food comes from and how it's prepared is ultimately better for you. All of our supplies and ingredients are handpicked and made from scratch, to ensure that everything we serve is of the highest-quality. We use local and organic produce when available, and our humanely-raised meats are free of GMOs and nitrates. Come dine with us! With the Poached Neighborhood Kitchen app, you can order for pickup or delivery, track your orders, and collect reward points on every purchase to receive free items in the future.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Poached Kitchen at 71% against The Lost Bean's 0%. Poached Kitchen also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 24 months). The Lost Bean's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported). 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.
Poached Kitchen holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Poached Kitchen has 132 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of The Lost Bean's written reviews are positive against 71% of Poached Kitchen's.
The Lost Bean ships an update every 24 months, Poached Kitchen every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Lost Bean | Poached Kitchen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (3 ratings) | 4.8 (132 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 132 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 24 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 89 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Lost Bean, LLC | Acelerate, Inc. |
Customer experience
The Lost Bean
Poached Kitchen
In-app purchases
The Lost Bean
No in-app purchases
Poached Kitchen
No in-app purchases
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