Poached Kitchen vs Smoking Tiger
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Poached Kitchen
This app allows you to order delicious, high-quality meals made from scratch with locally sourced ingredients. You can track your orders, collect reward points for future free items, and enjoy convenient pickup or delivery options.
- Order for pickup or delivery
- Track your orders
- Collect reward points
- High-quality ingredients
- Local and organic produce
- Made from scratch
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At Poached, we believe that knowing where your food comes from and how it's prepared is ultimately better for you. All of our supplies and ingredients are handpicked and made from scratch, to ensure that everything we serve is of the highest-quality. We use local and organic produce when available, and our humanely-raised meats are free of GMOs and nitrates. Come dine with us! With the Poached Neighborhood Kitchen app, you can order for pickup or delivery, track your orders, and collect reward points on every purchase to receive free items in the future.
Smoking Tiger
Streamline your dining experience by ordering ahead and tracking your food's status in real-time. Access detailed menu information, manage your orders, and view your reward balance. Share your dining moments and revisit your order history.
- Order ahead for faster service
- View detailed menu information
- Track order status in real-time
- Manage account and rewards
- Share dining moments
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Order Ahead Order ahead and get your food without the wait! Menu Details Check the status of all dishes and place your order. My Orders Track your Orders and get real-time notifications your order is ready! Gallery Snap and Share your Smoking Tiger Moments with others. My Account Check your Reward Balance, Order History and more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Poached Kitchen at 4.8 against Smoking Tiger's 3.9. Poached Kitchen also leads on review sentiment (71% vs 59%) and ratings volume (158 vs 26). Smoking Tiger's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Poached Kitchen holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Poached Kitchen has 158 ratings behind it against 26, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Poached Kitchen's written reviews are positive against 59% of Smoking Tiger's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Poached Kitchen | Smoking Tiger |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (158 ratings) — better | 3.9 (26 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better | 58.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 158 — better | 26 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 89 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Acelerate, Inc. | PEBLLA, INC |
Customer experience
Poached Kitchen
Smoking Tiger
In-app purchases
Poached Kitchen
No in-app purchases
Smoking Tiger
No in-app purchases
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