OpenRice vs CATCHTABLE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OpenRice
Discover and book tables at your favorite restaurants across Asia. Order takeaway, purchase discounted vouchers, and pay for meals seamlessly. Earn loyalty points and credits while enjoying exclusive offers and discounts.
- Restaurant table booking
- Takeaway pre-ordering
- Discounted voucher purchases
- Cashless meal payments
- Loyalty point earning and redemption
- Job listings in F&B industry
- Advance queuing
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OpenRice: Your complete restaurant guide, Table booking, Takeaway, Voucher, Payment and Loyalty platform in Asia. Search, book and earn Rice Dollars from your favourite restaurants! Simply show up to your booking and earn the equivalent to $1 per attended seat (T&C’s apply)! Burn Rice Dollars on Takeaway, Vouchers, Booking Prepaid Menus and OpenRice Pay! Table Booking (HK, Macau, Taiwan, Thailand) - Book, attend and earn Rice Dollars! - Book with prepaid special menus and enjoy special offers. - Earn multiple membership points (Asia Miles, Lee Gardens Club, Hang Seng Cash Dollars, LUBUDS). Takeaway (HK) - Whether you’re at home or office, pre-order to save time! - Enjoy multiple discounts from restaurants, credit cards and partners. Vouchers (HK) - Buy discounted vouchers before meals! OpenRice Pay (HK) - Pay for meals seamlessly with cashless payment. - Earn and burn credits while enjoy restaurant discounts. Jobs (HK) - Apply to any jobs in the F&B industry. - Quick apply through online CV and Whatsapp employers directly! Queuing (HK) - Save time and queue in advance on the way to restaurants. - Get notified when your table is nearly ready! Many more functions coming soon, stay tuned! Enquiry: mobile@openrice.com
CATCHTABLE
Discover and book tables at over 8,000 restaurants worldwide, from Michelin-starred establishments to local gems. Secure reservations 24/7 without needing a local phone number, and manage all your dining plans in one convenient place.
- Discover 8,000+ restaurants
- 24/7 real-time reservations
- Remote waitlist joining
- Search in 20 languages
- Filter by date, time, location, cuisine
- Manage dining plans
- No Korean phone number required
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From Michelin Stars to Local Favorites Discover, book, and dine — all in one place with CATCHTABLE Chosen by 3.5 million users in Korea and 1 million users worldwide, CATCHTABLE is Korea’s No.1 culinary app for discovering and reserving the best restaurants. ■ Discover 8,000+ restaurants with ease - Search effortlessly in 20 languages - Explore Korea’s most popular restaurants in one place - Find the perfect spot with curated collections by theme - Filter by date, time, party size, location, and cuisine - View essential restaurant details at a glance - Trust 50,000+ reliable reviews from real diners ■ Book & join the waitlist with confidence - No Korean phone number required - Pay easily with your existing email and credit card - 24/7 real-time reservations without phone calls - Join the waitlist remotely and visit without waiting on-site ■ Manage your dining plans effortlessly - Instantly check your reservations via email and in-app notifications - Track all reservations and waitlists in the My Dining tab [Selective Access Rights Guide] Location: Automatically receive the current location to search for information about nearby restaurants Photo/Camera: Upload review photos and save images You can use CATCHTABLE even if you do not agree to the optional access rights. [Customer Service] support@catchtable.net [Developer Contact] +82 1800-5895
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CATCHTABLE at 4.9 against OpenRice's 4.1. CATCHTABLE also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). OpenRice's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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.
CATCHTABLE holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CATCHTABLE has 1.6K ratings behind it against 87, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of OpenRice's written reviews are positive against 51% of CATCHTABLE's.
OpenRice ships an update fortnightly, CATCHTABLE every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 18, 2026.
| Parameter | OpenRice | CATCHTABLE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (87 ratings) | 4.9 (1.6K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.8% of reviews | 50.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 87 | 1.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.7 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 242 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OpenRice.com | WADcorp |
Customer experience
OpenRice
CATCHTABLE
Bugs and requests
OpenRice
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
CATCHTABLE
Reported bugs
10 issues- Invalid version error - 'Must be a string. Got undefined'
- App crashes immediately on launch
- White screen stuck on loading
- Cannot open app or access map
- Search returns no results despite restaurants existing
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- Checkout/payment page displays white screen
- Menu text invisible during reservation
- Login failures after updates
- Network issue errors preventing login
- Rejects Apple ID private relay email addresses
Requested features
4 requests- Map view and location-based filtering
- Korean language option for global version
- Regional search functionality
- Improved restaurant search accuracy
In-app purchases
OpenRice
No in-app purchases
CATCHTABLE
No in-app purchases
