Resy vs Pick Sum'N
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.
Pick Sum'N
This app helps groups of people decide where to eat by comparing everyone's food preferences with nearby restaurants. Create taste profiles, build crews, and let the app find options everyone will enjoy. It also includes group voting and the ability to discover and save favorite restaurants.
- Group preference matching
- Create taste profiles
- Build and connect with groups
- Nearby restaurant discovery
- Group voting feature
- Save favorite restaurants
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Everybody’s hungry. Nobody wants to choose. Pick Sum’N takes the endless “Where do you want to eat?” debate and turns it into an actual decision. Create your food preference profile, connect with friends and family, and let Pick Sum’N compare everyone’s tastes with restaurants around you. FIND SOMETHING EVERYONE LIKES Pick Sum’N uses your group’s preferences to help narrow down restaurant choices that work for everyone. CREATE YOUR TASTE PROFILE Save the cuisines, dining styles, foods, price ranges, and other preferences that matter to you. BUILD YOUR CREW Connect with friends and family or create groups for the people you regularly eat with. PICK SUM’N Choose who’s eating, set your filters, and let Pick Sum’N find nearby restaurant options based on the group. GROUP VOTING Can’t agree on the final choice? Start a group vote and let everyone have a say. DISCOVER RESTAURANTS NEAR YOU Explore nearby restaurants, view them on the map, and see details about each location. SAVE YOUR FAVORITES Save restaurants you like and keep track of recent picks for later. SHARE GROUP INVITES Invite people to your groups using a simple link, QR code, or join code. Whether it’s date night, lunch with coworkers, dinner with friends, or the whole family trying to agree on something, Pick Sum’N helps turn “I don’t care” into an actual answer. Stop arguing. Start eating.
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Verdict
Resy and Pick Sum'N both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Pick Sum'N's written reviews are positive against 43% of Resy's. Pick Sum'N also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). Resy's advantage is ratings volume (799K vs 1) and chart position (#43 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 Pick Sum'N. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Resy has 799K ratings behind it against 1, 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 Pick Sum'N's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Resy | Pick Sum'N |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (799K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 43.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 799K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #43 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 188 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Resy | Anthony Ackerman |
Customer experience
Resy
Pick Sum'N
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
Pick Sum'N
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Resy
No in-app purchases
Pick Sum'N
No in-app purchases
