OpenTable vs Cookeries
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OpenTable
Discover and book tables at over 60,000 restaurants globally. Find happy hours, special dining experiences, and read verified reviews. Manage your reservations, communicate with restaurants, and earn rewards.
- Discover 60,000+ restaurants worldwide
- Search happy hours and special dining experiences
- Read verified diner reviews
- Filter by cuisine, price, and location
- Book and manage reservations
- Direct message with restaurants
- Earn bonus dining points
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Every great meal starts with OpenTable. Download the app to find the perfect restaurant no matter where life takes you. DISCOVER SOMETHING NEW - Choose from over 60,000+ restaurants worldwide - Search for happy hours, tasting menus, and other special dining experiences - Get insights from real diners who have visited the restaurant with verified reviews - Filter by cuisine, pricepoint, and more to fine-tune your options - Take advantage of expert recommendations with OpenTable’s guides FIND A TIME THAT WORKS FOR YOU - Search for specific dates, times, and specific locations to see what’s available when you want to go out - View full availability to see when you can get into your favorite spots - Use Notify Me to receive alerts for last-minute openings at popular restaurants MANAGE YOUR PLANS IN ONE PLACE - View and change reservations from the app - Direct message with restaurants to ask questions, provide important information like dietary restrictions, and more - Earn bonus points for dining at specific restaurants when you create an OpenTable account Follow us on: https://www.instagram.com/opentable https://www.tiktok.com/@opentable https://www.youtube.com/c/OpenTable https://www.facebook.com/OpenTable/ Need help? We love hearing from you! Reach out at https://help.opentable.com/
Cookeries
Organize all your favorite recipes in one convenient digital location. Easily access and manage your culinary collection.
- Recipe organization
- Digital recipe collection
- Easy access to recipes
- Manage culinary creations
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Create and organize recipes with ingredients, instructions, photos, and links. Save recipes you find online and extract the recipes into Cookeries.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Cookeries at none against OpenTable's shown. Cookeries also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). OpenTable's advantage is ratings volume (5.6M vs 1) and chart position (#28 vs unranked). On price, rating, update cadence 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 OpenTable against 5.0 for Cookeries. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OpenTable has 5.6M ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OpenTable | Cookeries |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (5.6M ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5.6M — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #28 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 137 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OpenTable, Inc. | Justin McGee |
Customer experience
OpenTable
Cookeries
Bugs and requests
OpenTable
Reported bugs
4 issues- Reservation confirmation issues
- Inconsistent app behavior
- Account and profile management problems
- Unreliable server connectivity
Requested features
5 requests- Improve search and filtering capabilities
- Enhance reservation modification and cancellation process
- Provide better integration with restaurant systems
- Simplify points/rewards redemption
- Expand coverage to more locations
Cookeries
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
OpenTable
No in-app purchases
Cookeries
No in-app purchases
