Comparison

Eater vs Happy Hour Round Up

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Eater4 screens
Happy Hour Round Up4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Happy Hour Round Up sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Eater asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Eater ships an update weekly, Happy Hour Round Up monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Eater versus Happy Hour Round Up: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEaterHappy Hour Round Up
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (64 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews41.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings64 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size154 MB21 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperVox Media, Inc.Andrew Coyle

Customer experience

Eater

All ratings61 ratings
Positive75.4%
Neutral3.3%
Negative21.3%
Written reviews90 reviews
Positive41.1%
Neutral7.8%
Negative51.1%

Happy Hour Round Up

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

None

Eater

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Happy Hour Round Up

One-time2
  • 10 Round-Up Credits$4.99
  • 25 Round-Up Credits$9.99

Questions

Is Eater free?
Eater is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Happy Hour Round Up free?
Happy Hour Round Up is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Eater or Happy Hour Round Up have ads?
Eater shows ads; Happy Hour Round Up does not.
Which is updated more often, Eater or Happy Hour Round Up?
Eater ships an update weekly, and Happy Hour Round Up monthly. Most recently, Eater was updated on October 30, 2026 and Happy Hour Round Up on October 16, 2026.

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