Eater vs Inspirited
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Eater
Discover top restaurant and bar recommendations curated by expert editors. Find new places in any city, get personalized suggestions, and easily make reservations. Never have a bad meal again with trusted insider picks.
- Editor-curated restaurant picks
- Personalized recommendations
- Insider community connection
- Smart search functionality
- Create and share custom lists
- Direct table reservations
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The Eater app is the most trusted way to find great restaurants. Our editors have spent years eating at the best restaurants and bars so you always know where to go next. Get instant access to all of Eater’s restaurant picks in every major city, whether you're exploring a new neighborhood, planning a trip, or need a quick rec on the go. With the Eater app, you’ll never have a bad meal. What you’ll love about the Eater app: - Curated by editors: Trusted recommendations and reviews from people who know restaurants - Insider to insider: Follow and connect with editors, chefs, and friends, and be part of the Eater community - Ask anything: Smarter search that finds the places you actually want - Recommended for you: Eater’s take on restaurants near you and wherever you travel - Create and share: Browse Eater lists, make your own, and share your favorite spots with friends - Browse to book: Reserve tables directly in the Eater app so you’re one step closer to a great meal With the Eater app, the next great place to eat or drink is in the palm of your hand, no matter where the day (or night) takes you. Download the Eater app to find your next great meal.
Inspirited
Discover cocktails you can make with ingredients you already own. Add your bar's inventory, and the app suggests recipes. You can also add your own creations, scale them for groups, and generate shopping lists for missing items.
- Track bar inventory
- Suggests drinks based on stock
- Curated recipe library
- Add custom recipes
- Scale recipes for groups
- Generate shopping lists
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Tell Inspirited what's on your shelf, and it shows you exactly what drinks you can make. STOCK YOUR BAR Add the spirits, liqueurs, bitters, syrups, and mixers (and more) you own. Inspirited keeps track of what you can make today, and the bottles that would unlock the most new drinks. FIND SOMETHING TO MAKE • Filter instantly to cocktails you can build tonight • Search and sort a curated library of classic and modern recipes • Get a featured pick and mood-based ideas on the For You tab • Bookmark favorites, rate them, and add notes to any recipe or bottle ADD YOUR OWN RECIPES • Snap a photo of a recipe and let Inspirited pull out the ingredients and steps • Share a recipe link from Safari straight into your library • Or add one by hand if you've got an OC HOST FOR THE MOST • Scale any recipe up for a crowd, with dilution worked out for you • Build a shopping list of the bottles you're missing, sorted by which unlock the most DRINK ALONE Everything lives on your device. No account, no sign-up, no tracking, just you and your bar. Recipe import from photos and links is powered by on-device Apple Intelligence.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Inspirited at 100% against Eater's 41%. Inspirited also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.1) and ads (none vs shown). Eater's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and ratings volume (62 vs 3). On update cadence, in-app purchases, device support 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
Eater is free to download; Inspirited costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Inspirited holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Eater has 62 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of Eater's written reviews are positive against 100% of Inspirited's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Eater | Inspirited |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.1 (62 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 62 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 154 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Vox Media, Inc. | Benjamin Muller |
Customer experience
Eater
Inspirited
Bugs and requests
Eater
Reported bugs
2 issues- Search and account icons smushed on main map page
- Location settings get stuck after disabling tracking
Requested features
3 requests- Add filters and sorting for map/list view
- Allow sharing of restaurant lists
- Improve font size and layout on map view
Inspirited
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Eater
No in-app purchases
Inspirited
No in-app purchases
