Rusted Silo vs Explore MAE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rusted Silo
Order food ahead from this restaurant and pay using your preferred method. Earn rewards with every purchase and enjoy a streamlined dining experience.
- Order ahead
- Mobile payment
- Earn rewards
- View menu items
- Streamlined dining
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Order ahead from Rusted Silo and enjoy wings, ribs, tacos, and more. Pay with Apple Pay and earn rewards every time you dine.
Explore MAE
Discover local businesses, artisans, and markets in your community. Find farmers markets, handcrafted goods, and hidden gems with an interactive map and customizable search. Support small businesses and strengthen your community.
- Discover farmers markets
- Find local makers and artisans
- Locate farms and food producers
- Interactive map view
- Search by market name, city, or ZIP
- Save favorite markets and makers
- Customize search radius
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Supporting local should be as easy as opening your phone. Explore MAE helps you discover the people, places, and markets that make every community unique. Whether you're searching for a Saturday farmers market, handcrafted goods from a local artisan, fresh produce from nearby growers, or hidden gems just around the corner, MAE makes discovering local simple. Whether you're exploring your hometown or visiting somewhere new, MAE helps you experience communities through the small businesses, makers, and markets that bring them to life. Discover • Farmers markets near you • Local makers and artisans • Farms and specialty food producers • Hidden gems in your community • New places added every week Explore • Find what's happening today • Browse nearby markets by distance • Search by market name, city, or ZIP code • View everything on an interactive map • Save your favorite markets and makers • Customize your search radius Support Local • Every purchase at a farmers market. • Every visit to a local maker. • Every new discovery. • They all help strengthen the communities we call home. MAE exists to help local businesses be discovered and to make supporting them easier than ever. Discover Local. Support Small. Explore More. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Rusted Silo at none against Explore MAE's 2. Rusted Silo also leads on ratings volume (70 vs 5). Explore MAE's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Explore MAE sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Rusted Silo asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Rusted Silo against 5.0 for Explore MAE. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rusted Silo has 70 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
| Parameter | Rusted Silo | Explore MAE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (70 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 70 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 87 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Per Diem Subscriptions, Inc. | Explore MAE |
Customer experience
Rusted Silo
Explore MAE
In-app purchases
Rusted Silo
No in-app purchases
Explore MAE
- Discover Membership: Get Found!$7.991 Month
- Explore Membership$11.991 Month
Questions
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