Firehouse Subs vs Tastemaker Recipes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Firehouse Subs
Order your favorite subs ahead of time for faster pickup. Discover new menu items and browse nutritional information. Earn points with every purchase to redeem for free food rewards.
- Mobile ordering for select locations
- Exclusive mobile rewards
- Menu exploration with descriptions
- Nutritional information access
- Restaurant locator
- Loyalty program for free food
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Order through the app, get mobile exclusive rewards, stay in the loop, and much more with the official Firehouse Subs app! Specific features include: • Mobile Ordering: For select locations, order with the app and skip the line to enjoy your meal even faster. • Stay In The Loop: Stay informed on new rewards, products, and more. • Menu: Explore your Firehouse Subs favorites and discover our newest menu additions. Plus, you can browse item descriptions and nutritional information at any time. • Find Your Firehouse Subs: Locate your nearest Firehouse Subs restaurant and never leave those subs cravings unfulfilled. • Loyalty program: Earn 1 point for every $0.01 you spend at Firehouse Subs, and save up your points to redeem free food rewards for subs, upgrades, and more!
Tastemaker Recipes
Record every dish and drink you prepare, complete with ratings and notes for future reference. Easily save recipes from the web or cookbooks, and generate organized shopping lists for the week. Discover your cooking habits and patterns.
- Log and rate every dish
- Save recipes from web or camera
- Generate organized shopping lists
- Track cooking patterns and streaks
- Cocktail mode for home bars
- AI recipe image generation
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Tastemaker is your kitchen's memory: every dish and drink you make, rated and ready for next time. TRACK WHAT YOU COOK Log each cook with a rating out of 5, what you changed, and what you'd do differently. Future-you, standing in the kitchen wondering whether that shortcut worked last time, will be grateful. SAVE FROM ANYWHERE Share a recipe to Tastemaker straight from Safari and it lands on your to-make list with the ingredients already extracted. Cooking from a paper cookbook? Point your camera at the page and the dish imports itself. PLAN THE WEEK Flag dishes for this week, then compile every ingredient across every recipe into one tidy shopping list, organized by store section. SEE YOUR PATTERNS Cooking streaks, top-rated dishes, favorite sources, and a heatmap of every night you cooked. TASTEMAKER PRO Cocktail mode (a whole parallel universe for your home bar), compiled shopping lists, camera scanning, and AI recipe images are part of Tastemaker Pro: $2.99/month or $24.99/year after a 7-day free trial. Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled in your App Store account settings at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Core recipe tracking is free, forever. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://tastemaker.recipes/privacy
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Verdict
Firehouse Subs and Tastemaker Recipes both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Tastemaker Recipes's written reviews are positive against 61% of Firehouse Subs's. Tastemaker Recipes also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). Firehouse Subs's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (196K vs 2). On price, rating, ads and monetization model 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. Tastemaker Recipes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Firehouse Subs asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Firehouse Subs against 5.0 for Tastemaker Recipes. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Firehouse Subs has 196K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 61% of Firehouse Subs's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tastemaker Recipes's.
Firehouse Subs ships an update monthly, Tastemaker Recipes every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Firehouse Subs | Tastemaker Recipes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (196K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 196K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Best chart rank | #79 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Firehouse Restaurant Group, Inc. | JACOB GALGINAITIS BARRETT |
Customer experience
Firehouse Subs
Tastemaker Recipes
Bugs and requests
Firehouse Subs
Reported bugs
4 issues- Unable to log in or reset password
- Incorrect orders due to app issues
- Rewards not properly applied
- Inconsistent app functionality across devices
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to redeem rewards in-app
- Improve rewards tracking and visibility
- Expand customization options
- Streamline order flow and processing
- Enhance communication between app and stores
Tastemaker Recipes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Firehouse Subs
No in-app purchases
Tastemaker Recipes
- Tastemaker Pro — Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Tastemaker Pro — Annual7 Days trial$24.991 Year
Questions
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