Comparison

Grade Pending vs Rechek

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Grade Pending

Discover New York City restaurant inspection grades before you dine. View restaurants on a map, color-coded by health department ratings, or search by name, street, or cuisine. Access inspection history and violations to make informed dining decisions.

Highlights
  • Restaurant inspection grades on a map
  • Color-coded by health rating
  • Search by name, street, or cuisine
  • Offline access to inspection data
  • View inspection history and violations
  • Mark favorite restaurants
  • Links to directions and phone calls
Features
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NYC Restaurant Inspection Grades Before you eat, inspect the restaurant! All New York City restaurants on a map, color-coded to reveal the grade provided by the health department. (Green is good; red is bad.) Use your current location to see a map of the immediate area or search for your favorite place. Click through to read a history of its inspections and health violations, then decide to skip dinner, maybe. Fastest restaurant inspection, all info on your device, no Internet access needed. Features: * Search by restaurant name, street name, or cuisine type * Works even when you don't have Internet access (but doesn't show maps): you can look for restaurants when you're in the subway! * Restaurants can be shown on a map or as a list * Locator button on bottom right sets the map to your present location * Color coding of locator dots reveals level of restaurant violations, on a sliding scale from green (best) to red (worst) * If a restaurant is Grade Pending, color dot indicates whether it would be a B or a C by the inspection score * Mark favorite restaurants * Links to walking directions, phone the restaurant All restaurant information provided by the New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Restaurants close, things change, and maps are not always accurate. Regular updates will attempt to fix any problems.

About

Rechek

Check NYC restaurant inspection results before you dine. Get clear summaries of violations and understand what they mean. Eat with confidence knowing the health and safety of your chosen eatery.

Highlights
  • NYC restaurant inspection data
  • Violation summaries
  • Jargon-free explanations
  • Data from NYC Department of Health
  • Apple Intelligence integration
Features
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Rechek makes restaurant inspections simple. Quickly see if the spot you’re about to dine at was recently inspected and if anything was off. Rechek pulls its data directly from the NYC Department of Health. With Apple Intelligence on supported devices, Rechek takes it a step further by giving you a single, easy-to-read summary of all violations and clear, jargon-free explanations for any individual violation. Stay confident about where you eat.

Screenshots

Grade Pending1 screens
Rechek3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Rechek at 5.0 against Grade Pending's 4.4. Rechek also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 82%). Grade Pending's advantage is ratings volume (109 vs 3) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Rechek holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Grade Pending has 109 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Grade Pending's written reviews are positive against 100% of Rechek's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Grade Pending ships an update every 2 months, Rechek every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Grade Pending versus Rechek: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGrade PendingRechek
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (109 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews82.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings109 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDan CostinItay Sarfaty

Customer experience

Grade Pending

All ratings74 ratings
Positive83.8%
Neutral2.7%
Negative13.5%
Written reviews57 reviews
Positive82.5%
Neutral1.8%
Negative15.8%

Rechek

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Grade Pending

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • Update is slow and stalls
  • Cannot see grades after 8/2021
  • App won't open for iOS 11
  • App support link is broken (404)
  • App crashes after updates
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  • App freezes after database updates
  • App stops working after last download
  • App is very slow and crashes sometimes
  • App keeps shutting down
  • App shuts down when trying to open
  • Cannot search a restaurant

Requested features

5 requests
  • Update app for iOS 11
  • Integrate with dining sites like MenuPages or OpenTable
  • Add more restaurants
  • Improve map view navigation
  • Fix search functionality

Rechek

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Grade Pending

No in-app purchases

None

Rechek

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Grade Pending free?
Grade Pending is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rechek free?
Rechek is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Grade Pending or Rechek?
Rechek is rated higher. Grade Pending averages 4.4 out of 5 from 109 ratings, while Rechek averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Grade Pending or Rechek have ads?
Neither Grade Pending nor Rechek shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Grade Pending or Rechek?
Grade Pending ships an update every 2 months, and Rechek every 4 months. Most recently, Grade Pending was updated on November 1, 2026 and Rechek on October 30, 2026.

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