Simone's Kitchen vs 51Eat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simone's Kitchen
Easily order and pay for Mediterranean dishes like mezze, bowls, and wraps. Securely pay with Apple Pay and skip the line for faster service. Enjoy fresh, delicious flavors ready when you are.
- Order mezze, bowls, and wraps
- Secure Apple Pay integration
- Skip the wait for pickup
- Fresh Mediterranean flavors
- Fast and convenient ordering
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Order mezze, bowls, wraps, and platters with the Simone’s Kitchen NY app. Pay securely with Apple Pay and skip the wait. Fresh Mediterranean flavors—ready faster.
51Eat
Discover local food businesses, from farms to restaurants, in New York's Capital Region. Find what's nearby, search menus for specific items, and filter by cuisine or dietary tags. Explore events, buy tickets, and even shop directly from local producers.
- Local food business map
- Menu and listing search
- Dietary and cuisine filters
- Event discovery and ticketing
- Direct local shopping
- Business messaging
- Favorite and share places
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51Eat is your guide to local food in the 518, the Capital Region of New York. Farms, bakeries, breweries, cafes, food trucks, and the restaurants that cook with them are all on one map. FIND WHAT'S AROUND YOU Browse by category, or open the map to see what's nearby, including pop-ups and farm stands that move around. Search for a business, an event, or something specific to eat. Type "sourdough" or "maple" and 51Eat searches menus and shop listings. Filter by cuisine, or by tags like organic, vegan, and gluten-free. MORE THAN RESTAURANTS 51Eat is for everyone who grows, makes, or serves food here: farmers, bakers, butchers, brewers, cideries, coffee roasters, cheesemakers, and more. Find dinner out, or find what you need to cook it yourself. EVENTS AND TICKETS Tastings, markets, classes, and dinners from local businesses, sorted by today, this weekend, or this month. RSVP in a tap, or buy tickets all in one place. SHOP LOCAL Some businesses sell through 51Eat. Order from their shop and have it shipped, or pick a time to pick it up. At farm stands that use 51Eat, scan the stand's QR code with your camera and pay from your phone. SAVE AND SHARE Favorite the places you like. When they post an update, announce an event, or set up somewhere new, you'll get a notification. Make lists like "Saturday market run" or "Best bagels in Albany" and share them with friends. ASK A BUSINESS Message businesses that have messaging turned on, and get answers right in the app. MADE IN SCHENECTADY 51Eat is built in the Capital Region by people who eat here. We're adding new businesses every week. Know a place that should be on the map? Suggest it right from the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Simone's Kitchen at 188 against 51Eat's 2. 51Eat's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Simone's Kitchen against 5.0 for 51Eat. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simone's Kitchen has 188 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Simone's Kitchen | 51Eat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (188 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 188 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Per Diem Subscriptions, Inc. | 51Eat, LLC. |
Customer experience
Simone's Kitchen
51Eat
In-app purchases
Simone's Kitchen
No in-app purchases
51Eat
No in-app purchases








