Eater vs Happy Hour Round Up
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.
Happy Hour Round Up
Discover current happy hour deals near you with real-time specials and prices. The app scans venue websites and menus to provide accurate information, letting you save and share favorite spots. Users can also contribute new deals.
- Map of nearby happy hours
- Real-time specials and prices
- Search any neighborhood
- Save favorite spots
- Share deals with friends
- User-submitted deals from photos
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Happy hour information is a mess. It lives in PDF menus, on chalkboards, and in blog posts from 2019. Nobody keeps it current, so you never really know what's on right now, near you. Happy Hour Round Up opens to a map of the happy hours around you. Tap Round Up Happy Hours and it goes to work: it finds the bars and restaurants nearby, reads their own websites — menu pages, PDFs, even photographs of menus — pulls out the actual specials, and drops them onto the map as it finds them. Days, times, and what things cost. WHERE EVERY LISTING CAME FROM Every happy hour shows its source, the date we last checked it, and how confident we are in what we read. If we're not sure about a price, we don't show a price. You can open the venue's own page and see for yourself. The bar is the truth; we're the map. WHAT YOU GET • A map of happy hours near you, with times and prices • Search any neighborhood and round it up • Save the spots you like • Share a spot with whoever you're meeting • Add one yourself from a photo of a menu or a chalkboard ABOUT CREDITS Every account starts with 5 free credits (round-ups). Each round-up costs 1 credit, however many happy hours we find. Spots already on the map are free to browse, always. If something on our end stops a round-up before it searches, the credit comes straight back. FOR BAR OWNERS We read your public pages politely and always link back to you. If something's wrong, tell us and we'll fix it. If you'd rather we didn't read your site, a line in your robots.txt stops us. Details at happyhourroundup.com/bot.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Happy Hour Round Up at 100% against Eater's 41%. Happy Hour Round Up also leads on ads (none vs shown). Eater's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On price, monetization model, 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
Both are free to download. Happy Hour Round Up sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Eater asks for nothing beyond the download.
Eater ships an update weekly, Happy Hour Round Up monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Eater | Happy Hour Round Up |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (64 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 41.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 64 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 154 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Vox Media, Inc. | Andrew Coyle |
Customer experience
Eater
Happy Hour Round Up
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
Happy Hour Round Up
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Eater
No in-app purchases
Happy Hour Round Up
- 10 Round-Up Credits$4.99
- 25 Round-Up Credits$9.99









