The Melt vs Winner Dinner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Melt
Enjoy delicious grilled sandwiches and flavorful burgers made with high-quality ingredients. This app offers a commitment to sustainability with compostable packaging and meatless options.
- All-natural ingredients
- High-quality cheeses and meats
- Fresh artisan breads
- Crunchy grilled sandwiches
- Flavorful MeltBurgers
- Compostable/recyclable packaging
- Meatless options available
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"Here at The Melt we do as our name says: we melt things. The Melt begins with 100% all-natural, high-quality cheeses, all-natural meats and fresh artisan breads, and then we melt them to amazing. Every bite of our crunchy, grilled sandwiches and juicy, flavorful MeltBurgers will put a smile on your face and happiness in your heart. The Melt is also heavily committed to reducing our impact on the planet. We use 100% compostable or recyclable packaging and offer meatless options as healthy substitutes."
Winner Dinner
This app helps groups decide on a restaurant by allowing everyone to suggest and vote on options. It facilitates real-time voting and notifications, ensuring a quick and easy decision for your next meal out.
- Group dinner party creation
- Invite friends via link
- Collaborative restaurant list building
- Real-time voting (yes, no, super like)
- Restaurant search by location or cuisine
- Match notifications
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Can't decide where to eat? Winner Dinner ends the group chat debate. Create a dinner party, invite your friends with a link, and build a list of restaurants together — type them in, browse what's nearby, or search by cuisine. Then everyone votes: yes, no, or super like. The moment everyone says yes to the same place, it's a match. Confetti, notifications, dinner solved. • Real-time voting with friends — everyone votes on their own phone • Find restaurants near you or search by cuisine • Push notifications when you match, when friends join, and when new restaurants are added • Super likes to champion your favorites • No full match? See the best partial match, or narrow down and revote Free, no ads. Sign in with Apple or Google and start a party.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: The Melt at 3.3K against Winner Dinner's 2. Winner Dinner's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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.
Winner Dinner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Melt has 3.3K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
The Melt ships an update weekly, Winner Dinner every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Melt | Winner Dinner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (3.3K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 47.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3.3K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Melt | Samantha Prehn |
Customer experience
The Melt
Winner Dinner
Bugs and requests
The Melt
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes frequently
- Location detection issues
- Rewards not tracking properly
- Inconsistent UI/UX
- Payment issues
Requested features
4 requests- Support for Apple Pay
- Ability to cancel/modify orders
- Display loyalty points balance
- Option to disable marketing notifications
Winner Dinner
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
The Melt
No in-app purchases
Winner Dinner
No in-app purchases
Questions
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