Group Table vs Tender Eats
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Group Table
This app simplifies group dining decisions by using AI to suggest restaurants based on preferences. It facilitates easy planning, sharing options, and group communication to reduce indecision and encourage more frequent outings.
- AI-powered restaurant suggestions
- AI review summaries and ride-sharing help
- Save favorite restaurants
- Group chat functionality
- Shareable invite links
- Reduces decision time
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Dinner plans have been solved! No more long text chains, just a helpful @waiter and your friends spending less time deciding where to eat and more time together. Group Table Complete: • Astoria, NY • Atlanta, GA • Austin, TX • Beaverton, OR • Bethesda, MD • Beverly Hills, CA • Bloomington, IN • Boston, MA • Breckenridge, CO • Bronx, NY • Brooklyn, NY • Cambridge, MA • Canby, OR • Chicago, IL • Colt’s Neck, NJ • Coral Gables, FL • Corona, NY • Corte Madera, CA • Dallas, TX • Denver, CO • Duluth, MN • Eden Prairie, MN • Edina, MN • Edwards, CO • Elizabeth, NJ • Elmhurst, NY • Excelsior, MN • Fairfax, CA • Farmingdale, NJ • Flushing, NY • Forest Hills, NY • Fort Lauderdale, FL • Freehold, NJ • Fremont, CA • Gaitherburg,MD • Gary, IN • Georgetown, SC • Glendale, NY • Harrison, NJ • Hollywood, CA • Hopkins, MN • Indianapolis, IN • Jackson Heights, NY • Jamaica, NY • Jersey City, NJ • Kearny, NJ • Kew Gardens/Kew Garden Hills, NY • Lake Buena Vista, FL • Lake Charles, LA • Lake Station, IN • Larkspur, CA • Las Vegas, NV • Lauderdale by the sea, FL • Leesville, SC • Lincroft, NJ • Long Island City, NY • Long Lake, MN • Los Ángeles, CA • Manhatten, NY • Maplewood, NJ • Marlboro Township, NJ • Maspeth, NY • Menlo Park, CA • Merrilville, IN • Miami, FL • Miami Beach, FL • Middle Village, NY • Mill Valley, CA • Milipitas, CA • Minneapolis, MN • Minnetonka, MN • Minturn, CO • Mound, MN • Mountain View, CA • Muir Beach, CA • Munster, IN • Muriel’s Inlet, SC • Naples, FL • National City, CA • New Castle, DE • New York, NY • Newark, NJ • Newberg, OR • North Bethesda, MD • Novato, CA • Oakland, CA • Orlando, FL • Palo Alto, CA • Park City, UT • Pawleys Island, SC • Pelion, SC • Penns Grove, NJ • Pennsville, NJ • Philadelphia, PA • Portage, IN • Portland, OR • Queens, NY • Red Bank, NJ • Redwood City, CA • Rego Park, NY • Richmond, VA • Richmond Hill, NY • Ridgewood, NY • Roseville, MN • Salem, NJ • Salt Lake City, UT • San Anselmo, CA • San Antonio, TX • San Francisco, CA • San Jose, CA • San Rafael, CA • Santa Clara, CA • Santa Monica, CA • Sausalito, CA • Seattle, WA • Sherwood, OR • Silver Spring, MD • Somerville, MA • South Miami, FL • South Ozone Park, NY • South Richmond Hill, NY • South Salt Lake, UT • South San Francisco, CA • South St. Paul, MN • Spring Park, MN • St. Louis Park, MN • St. Paul, MN • Staten Island, NY • Sunnyside, NY • Tallahassee, FL • Terre Haute, IN • Tiburon, CA • Tinton Falls, NJ • Tofte, MN • Tualatin, OR • Union City, CA • Vail, CO • Valparaiso, IN • Washington, DC • Wayzata, MN • West Hollywood, CA • West St. Paul, MN • Wilmington, DE • Wilsonville, OR • Wilton Manors, FL • Winter Park, FL • Woodhaven, NY • Woodside, NY Group Table Lite: • In the continental US.
Tender Eats
This app simplifies group dining decisions by turning restaurant selection into a fun, real-time swiping game. Users create or join sessions, swipe on nearby restaurants independently, and the app reveals matches when everyone agrees. It eliminates indecision and conflict for any group meal.
- Real-time group swiping
- Smart restaurant discovery
- Deep link invites
- No account required
- Results ranking
- Speed bonus
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Can't agree on where to eat? Tender turns the dinner debate into a game everyone wins. One person creates a session and shares a 6-character code. Friends join on their own phones. Then everyone swipes through nearby restaurants at the same time — yes or no, independently, no peeking. When you all swipe yes on the same place, it's a match. No more endless back-and-forth. No more veto wars. Just open the app, swipe, and go eat. HOW IT WORKS 1. Create or join a session — share a short code with your group, or tap the link they send you 2. Swipe on restaurants nearby — Tender pulls in top-rated spots around you sorted by popularity and distance 3. Match and go — the moment everyone agrees on a place, Tender reveals your match FEATURES • Real-time group swiping — everyone's in sync, results update live • Smart restaurant discovery — blends popularity and proximity so you see the best spots near you, not just the closest ones • Deep link invites — share a tender:// link and friends join in one tap • No account required — jump straight in with no sign-up, no password • Results ranking — see every restaurant ranked by how much your group liked it, not just the top match • Speed bonus — faster swipes score higher, so decisive friends get rewarded PERFECT FOR Date nights, friend groups, work lunches, family dinners, or any time two or more people can't decide where to go. Tender uses your location only to find restaurants nearby. No account is required — sessions are anonymous and temporary.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Group Table at 15.1 against Tender Eats's 17.0. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Group Table against 5.0 for Tender Eats. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Group Table ships an update every 6 days, Tender Eats weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Group Table | Tender Eats |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Group Table Inc. | Seth Asadi |
Customer experience
Group Table
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In-app purchases
Group Table
No in-app purchases
Tender Eats
No in-app purchases
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