Comparison

NYC Eats vs Let's Get Lunch

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

Let's Get Lunch

Discover NYC's best prix-fixe lunch deals, often under $35 and with fast service. Browse restaurants by neighborhood, cuisine, or price, and view daily specials, hours, and photos before you visit. Access exclusive member deals and get notified about new offers.

Highlights
  • Browse NYC restaurants by neighborhood, cuisine, price
  • View daily lunch specials, hours, and photos
  • Map view of nearby restaurants
  • Exclusive member-only deals
  • Notifications for new specials
Features
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Let's Get Lunch is your guide to New York City's best prix-fixe lunch specials — real sit-down meals, fast service, most under $35. • Browse hundreds of NYC restaurants by neighborhood, cuisine, or price • See today's lunch special, hours, and photos before you go • Map view shows what's near you right now • Claim exclusive members-only deals at partner restaurants • Get notified about new specials near you No reservation needed. Claim a special, show your code, and walk in. Let's Get Lunch helps you find a real meal at a real table — no fast food required.

Screenshots

NYC Eats4 screens
Let's Get Lunch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Let's Get Lunch at weekly against NYC Eats's every 3 weeks. Let's Get Lunch also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

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 Let's Get Lunch. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NYC Eats ships an update every 3 weeks, Let's Get Lunch weekly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
NYC Eats versus Let's Get Lunch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNYC EatsLet's Get Lunch
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB8 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperPradyuman GanganBrian Keith

Customer experience

NYC Eats

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

Let's Get Lunch

All ratings2 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

Let's Get Lunch

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NYC Eats free?
NYC Eats is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Let's Get Lunch free?
Let's Get Lunch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, NYC Eats or Let's Get Lunch?
NYC Eats and Let's Get Lunch are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do NYC Eats or Let's Get Lunch have ads?
Neither NYC Eats nor Let's Get Lunch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NYC Eats or Let's Get Lunch?
NYC Eats ships an update every 3 weeks, and Let's Get Lunch weekly. Most recently, NYC Eats was updated on October 31, 2026 and Let's Get Lunch on October 31, 2026.

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