Waitlist vs Crave First
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Waitlist
This platform connects diners with restaurants and bars for seamless booking and management of dining experiences. It helps establishments reduce no-shows and increase revenue, while customers can easily discover and reserve tables at their favorite venues.
- Seamless booking for customers
- Reservation management for restaurants
- AI-powered revenue boosting tools
- Reduces no-shows
- Discover and reserve venues
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Waitlist is the perfect solution for restaurants, bars, and their customers, offering a seamless platform for booking, managing, and enhancing dining and nightlife experiences. For restaurants and bars, it simplifies reservation management, reduces no-shows, and boosts revenue with its smart AI-powered tools. For customers, it provides an effortless way to discover, reserve, and enjoy their favorite places without any hassle.
Crave First
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What sounds good today? Start with one regional Chinese dish. Crave First is a playful food-discovery and simulated-ordering app. Browse regional dishes, add a craving, complete a fictional order, and collect the places you have explored in your food passport. You can: - Set an optional on-device meal reminder - Explore 26 dishes across 22 cities and 8 regions - Search by dish, city, region, or food style - Customize portions, spice, sweetness, and add-ons - Follow a simulated order from preparation to arrival - Unlock food stamps, revisit history, and share a food report Important notes: - This app is for entertainment and food discovery only. - It does not contact restaurants, create real orders, charge money, or deliver food. - You never need to enter a real delivery address or payment details. - The app does not collect phone numbers, payment information, precise location, contacts, camera, or microphone data. - Notification permission is optional and used only for reminders you schedule. - Photo add-only access is requested only when you save a generated report; existing photos are not read or uploaded. - Dish images are sourced from Wikimedia Commons. In-app credits identify each author, license, and original page.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Waitlist at none against Crave First's shown. Waitlist also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Crave First's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Waitlist ships an update every 3 weeks, Crave First every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Waitlist | Crave First |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 94 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Anthony Khalife | Shenzhen Jintailai Pet Technology Co., Ltd. |
In-app purchases
Waitlist
No in-app purchases
Crave First
No in-app purchases
