Dinners vs Iron Roost
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dinners
Discover dinner recipes with a fun, swipe-based matching system. Find meals everyone in your household will love, with ingredients and instructions readily available. Filter by diet, ingredients, cook time, and cuisine.
- Swipe-based recipe matching
- Household recipe approval
- Integrated ingredients and instructions
- Dietary and ingredient filtering
- Cook time and cuisine filters
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Cooking dinner is hard. Finding recipes shouldn't be. Introducing match-making for dinner recipes. It's the fun of Tinder, for your recipes. The app at a glance: - Swipe right on the recipes you like. Left on the ones you don't - Make the recipes you and your household all liked and matched to - See the ingredients and step-by-step instructions directly in the app - No scrolling through long blog posts and life stories to get your recipe - Filter recipes by diet, ingredient, cook time & cuisine - App is free to use! We do charge a one time fee to use filters to cover the costs on our end
Iron Roost
Easily order your favorite comfort food and waffle creations for pickup or delivery. Browse the full menu, customize orders, and reorder favorites quickly. Plan ahead with scheduled orders for any meal.
- Online food ordering
- Pickup and delivery options
- Full menu access
- Order customization
- Save favorite meals
- Schedule future orders
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Welcome to Iron Roost, the official food ordering app for the restaurant known for its creative comfort food and the question everyone loves to answer: “What’s On Your Waffle?” This app is designed to make enjoying your Iron Roost favorites faster, easier, and more convenient than ever before. With Iron Roost, customers can securely sign into their account and order online in just a few simple steps. Whether you’re in the mood for a fresh, made-to-order Breakfast, a perfectly brewed Coffee & Tea, a satisfying Sandwich, or one of our signature waffle creations, our full menu is always available right at your fingertips. Explore detailed menu items, customize your order to match your cravings, and discover rotating specials without ever waiting in line. The app is built for busy schedules and repeat cravings. Save your favorite meals for fast reordering, making it effortless to enjoy the same great flavors again and again. Planning ahead is simple with the ability to schedule future orders, perfect for morning commutes, lunch breaks, or weekend brunch plans. Choose convenient pickup from our location at 36 Front St, Ballston Spa, NY, or select delivery to enjoy Iron Roost wherever you are. From start to finish, the app provides a smooth ordering experience with clear order details and timely updates so you always know what to expect. Iron Roost blends fresh ingredients, bold flavors, and modern convenience into one easy-to-use mobile experience. Whether you’re stopping by for a quick coffee, ordering breakfast for the office, or enjoying a relaxed meal at home, this app makes it simple to get the food you love. Download the Iron Roost app today and experience how easy it is to order online, choose pickup or delivery, and enjoy the comfort, creativity, and quality that define every Iron Roost meal.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Iron Roost at none against Dinners's 15. Dinners's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (23 vs 3). On price, rating, ads 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. Dinners sells 15 one-off in-app purchases. Iron Roost asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Dinners against 5.0 for Iron Roost. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dinners has 23 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Dinners ships an update every 3 weeks, Iron Roost every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dinners | Iron Roost |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (23 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 116 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Theodore Goodman | Mealeo Inc |
Customer experience
Dinners
Iron Roost
In-app purchases
Dinners
- Sausage$1.99
- Asian$1.99
- Ground Beef$1.99
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- Mediterranean$1.99
- Chicken$1.99
- Italian$1.99
- Mexican$1.99
- Middle Eastern$1.99
- Under 30 min$1.99
- One pot$1.99
- Gluten Free$1.99
- Vegetarian$1.99
- Breakfast$1.99
- Vegan$1.99
- Dinner$1.99
Iron Roost
No in-app purchases









