Comparison

NYC Eats vs CraveLista

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

NYC Eats

Discover over 1,000 curated restaurants, 220 farmers markets, and food events across New York City. Filter by cuisine, price, and opening hours, with detailed editor's notes and must-try dishes. Includes a year-round food event calendar and EBT-accepting market information.

Highlights
  • 1,000+ vetted restaurants
  • 220 farmers markets
  • Food event calendar
  • Restaurant filters (cuisine, price)
  • Editor's notes and must-try dishes
  • EBT-accepting market info
  • Customizable themes (ZINE, NIGHT)
Features
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NYCEats is a hand-curated map of what's actually worth eating and drinking in New York. Swipe through 1,000+ vetted restaurants, 220 farmers markets, and a year-round calendar of NYC food events across Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island, plus 100+ Manhattan happy hours with live, hour-by-hour timing. No accounts, no ads, no tracking. RESTAURANTS: Pan the map to filter restaurants to what's around you, or flip from CARDS to INDEX for a ranked ledger of every spot in view. Every restaurant has an Editor's Note that captures the room, a Tasty Index that ranks quality and popularity, and a Menu section with must-try dishes, each paired with a count of how many sources recommended it. Tap through for vibe and best-for tags, walk-in friendliness, heads-up caveats, price and service signals, day-by-day opening hours (today at a glance, the full week one tap away), and one-tap deep links to call, visit the website, get directions in Apple Maps, or open Google Maps. Filter by 22 cuisine categories (Latin American, East Asian, Italian, Eastern European, South Asian, Mediterranean, Vegan, Bakery & Desserts), drill into 100+ specific cuisines (bars included), and set a price range from $ to $$$$. HAPPY HOURS: New: 100+ Manhattan happy hours, with timing that's actually live. The feed sorts by what's happening right now: LIVE NOW rises to the top, then STARTS SOON and LATER TODAY. Every spot carries a countdown ("ends in 1h 13m"), with a progress bar on the ones already pouring. See how many are live this minute, scout any day of the week with the Deals by Day switcher, and open a venue for its full FOOD and DRINKS lists with prices, neighborhood, vibe, price level, Instagram, and one-tap directions. Pan the map to filter happy hours to your block. FARMERS MARKETS: 220 GrowNYC, Down to Earth, and independent farmers markets, with the schedule that matters: open today, this weekend, year-round only, EBT-accepting only. Filter by borough, narrow by day of week, and see which markets work with SNAP/EBT. 151 do. FOOD EVENTS: A 2026-spanning calendar of food festivals, pop-ups, and chef collaborations across NYC. Grouped by month so you can scan ahead, with links out to the source page for tickets or RSVP. SAVE & PLAN: Save any restaurant, happy hour, farmers market, or event to your own named lists, kept on your iPhone. Search any NYC neighborhood or address to recenter the map wherever you're headed next. DESIGNED FOR NYC: Two themes ship in the app: THE ZINE, a daytime newsprint-editorial look, and LATE NIGHT, a neon-on-charcoal palette built for after dark. Flip between them with one tap. PRIVACY-FIRST: NYCEats does not collect, transmit, or share any personal data. No accounts. No ads. No tracking. No analytics SDKs. Location, when you grant it, is used only on your iPhone to center the map near you. The restaurant, happy hour, market, and event data is bundled inside the app. No network calls fetch your activity. NYCEats is built and maintained by Pradyuman Gangan as a non-commercial project. Questions, corrections, missing spots? Email us! Contact: gangan.pradyuman@gmail.com

About

CraveLista

Discover participating restaurants for special dining events like Restaurant Week in NYC. Compare menus and prices side-by-side, read real diner reviews, and build your own list of places to try. Find great meals without overpaying.

Highlights
  • Compare Restaurant Week menus and prices
  • Search by restaurant, cuisine, or neighborhood
  • Filter by meal and price
  • Map and list views sorted by distance
  • Real diner reviews on value
  • Save restaurants to custom lists
  • Browse without an account
Features
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CraveLista lays out every participating NYC Restaurant Week restaurant in one clean map and list — so finding a great meal near you, at a price actually worth it, doesn't take longer than the meal itself. Stop wondering what's actually near you. CraveLista shows you every NYC Restaurant Week restaurant close by, and what it actually costs, before you commit to a table. Build your own bucket list of places worth trying. Discover a new favorite spot you'd have never found otherwise. Why people use CraveLista: - See which nearby restaurants are participating in Restaurant Week, right now - Compare lunch, dinner and Sunday prix fixe menus side by side - Rate and review spots yourself, so your favorites help other diners too - Build your own running bucket list of places worth trying - Browse by map or list, sorted by distance Starting with NYC Restaurant Week. Everyday lunch specials and prix fixe deals, more cities, and more food events - like French Week - are coming soon. Made independently by a New Yorker who loves finding great food nearby without overpaying. Not an official City of New York or NYC Tourism + Conventions app. Restaurant info, prices and hours can change - always good to confirm with the restaurant directly. Compare lunch, dinner and Sunday prix fixe menus side by side. See real diner reviews on whether a menu was worth the price, not just a star rating. Save spots into your own lists — "Date night," "Cheap eats," whatever makes sense to you. Browse the whole map without an account; sign in only if you want your saves to follow you across devices. Features: - Compare Restaurant Week menus and prices side by side - Search by restaurant, cuisine or neighborhood - Filter by meal and price - Map and list views, sorted by distance - Real diner reviews on whether a menu was worth it - Save restaurants into your own custom lists - Browse without an account, sign in only to sync across devices - Native location and sharing - Broken-menu reporting CraveLista is independently made by a New Yorker who loves exploring this city one meal at a time. It is not an official NYC government or NYC Tourism + Conventions app, and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the City of New York. Restaurant information, prices, menus, participation dates and hours can change - confirm important details directly with the restaurant.

Screenshots

NYC Eats4 screens
CraveLista4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: CraveLista at every 3 days against NYC Eats's every 3 weeks. CraveLista also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). NYC Eats's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for NYC Eats against 5.0 for CraveLista. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NYC Eats ships an update every 3 weeks, CraveLista every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
NYC Eats versus CraveLista: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNYC EatsCraveLista
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB37 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperPradyuman GanganShoptaki

Customer experience

NYC Eats

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

CraveLista

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

NYC Eats

No in-app purchases

None

CraveLista

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NYC Eats free?
NYC Eats is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CraveLista free?
CraveLista is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, NYC Eats or CraveLista?
NYC Eats and CraveLista are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do NYC Eats or CraveLista have ads?
Neither NYC Eats nor CraveLista shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NYC Eats or CraveLista?
NYC Eats ships an update every 3 weeks, and CraveLista every 3 days. Most recently, NYC Eats was updated on October 3, 2026 and CraveLista on October 16, 2026.

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