Thai Basil vs Yard House
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Thai Basil
Easily order your favorite Thai dishes with this app. Browse the menu, customize your meal, and pay securely. Receive notifications when your order is ready.
- Browse and customize menu items
- Secure payment system
- Save delivery addresses and payment methods
- Schedule orders up to seven days in advance
- Restaurant location and contact information
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Your ideal meal is just a few taps away. Download the Thai Basil app free for iPhone today. With the Thai Basil mobile app, ordering food has never been easier. Whether you're looking for a quick snack or a full meal, we've got you covered. Just browse our easy-to-use menu, customize it how you'd like, place your order using our secure payment system, and sit back! A push notification will alert you when your order will be ready. With the Thai Basil app, you can: - Browse our menu for your favorite dishes and customize them how you'd like - Save your delivery addresses and payment methods securely to check out in just a few taps - Place future food orders up to seven days in advance - Get restaurant location, hours, and contact information
Yard House
Easily order food and drinks for pickup, reorder favorites, and check happy hour specials. Find nearby locations, view hours, and get real-time wait times. Save payment methods and gift cards for seamless transactions.
- Order food and drinks to go
- Save and reorder favorites
- Check happy hour details
- Find nearby locations and hours
- View real-time wait times
- Save payment methods and gift cards
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Order Food & Drinks To Go - Quickly order your favorites to go - Save your order for later - Reorder your favorites with just a tap Is It Happy Hour Yet? - Check Happy Hour details for your nearest Yard House. Most important feature by far. Find Your Yard House: - Check hours for dining in and To Go ordering - Get real-time drive time to any location - Check current wait times / add your name to the list Payments & Gift Cards: - Save payment for future orders - Use, save and reload gift cards to your profile
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Yard House at none against Thai Basil's shown. Yard House also leads on ratings volume (616 vs 4) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). Thai Basil's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Thai Basil against 4.9 for Yard House. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Yard House has 616 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Thai Basil ships an update every 2 months, Yard House monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Thai Basil | Yard House |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4 ratings) | 4.9 (616 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 61.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 616 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 16 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 101 MB | 134 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | ChowNow | Darden Restaurants, Inc. |
Customer experience
Thai Basil
Yard House
Bugs and requests
Thai Basil
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Yard House
Reported bugs
5 issues- Items show as unavailable after being added to cart
- App incorrectly displays restaurant as closed when open
- Pickup order error messages preventing order completion
- Cross-platform issues (app and iPad both experiencing problems)
- Waitlist functionality not reflecting actual wait times
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to modify orders and change dressings
- Support for food allergy accommodations
- Improved wait list accuracy
- Better app stability and error handling
- More aggressive app marketing and promotion
In-app purchases
Thai Basil
No in-app purchases
Yard House
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Thai Basil free?
Is Yard House free?
Which has better reviews, Thai Basil or Yard House?
Do Thai Basil or Yard House have ads?
Which is updated more often, Thai Basil or Yard House?
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