Resy vs Chef's Pantry
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Resy
Discover and book tables at top restaurants globally. This app simplifies finding and securing reservations at sought-after dining establishments in over 80 cities, making it easier to enjoy dining out.
- Book restaurant reservations
- Discover top restaurants
- Find sought-after seats
- Reservations in 80+ cities
- Future of hospitality tech
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Resy powers the world’s best restaurants, using technology to imagine the future of hospitality. If you’re a person who loves dining out but hates hassling for reservations, download Resy now! Book sought-after seats at the best restaurants in 80 cities worldwide.
Chef's Pantry
Discover new meals, organize your recipes, and plan grocery trips effortlessly. Import recipes from any link, generate organized shopping lists with a single tap, and find inspiration from other home cooks. Keep all your cooking essentials in one convenient place.
- Recipe discovery
- Recipe organization
- Grocery list creation
- Recipe import from links
- Cookbook exploration
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Chef’s Pantry makes cooking easier by helping you discover new meals, organize your recipes, and plan your grocery trips in one simple app. Import any recipe link instantly, create organized grocery lists with one tap, and explore cookbooks from real home cooks to break out of your weekly routine. Everything stays in one place so you always know what’s for dinner.
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Verdict
Resy and Chef's Pantry both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Chef's Pantry's written reviews are positive against 43% of Resy's. Chef's Pantry also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Resy's advantage is ratings volume (768K vs 3) and chart position (#38 vs unranked). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Resy against 5.0 for Chef's Pantry. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Resy has 768K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 43% of Resy's written reviews are positive against 100% of Chef's Pantry's.
Resy ships an update every 2 weeks, Chef's Pantry every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and June 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Resy | Chef's Pantry |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (768K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 768K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #38 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 166 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Resy | Peter Smith |
Customer experience
Resy
Chef's Pantry
Bugs and requests
Resy
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes frequently
- Location detection issues
- Reservation cancellation problems
- Unreliable notification system
- Inability to update user profile
Requested features
5 requests- Add restaurant menus and pricing
- Improve search filters and sorting
- Allow multi-reservation booking
- Provide better reservation management tools
- Enhance user reviews and ratings system
Chef's Pantry
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Resy
No in-app purchases
Chef's Pantry
No in-app purchases
