Wayback vs Chow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wayback
Easily connect with your favorite burger restaurant. Order food for pickup or on-the-go, find locations, and browse the menu. Earn points with every purchase to redeem for exciting rewards.
- Mobile ordering
- Wayback Rewards program
- Earn points on all orders
- Find restaurant locations
- Browse menu
- Redeem points for rewards
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Welcome, burger lovers! Connecting with your favorite Wayback Burgers restaurant while on the go is now easier than ever. With the Wayback app, you can you can take advantage of features ranging from mobile ordering to earning points through our Wayback Rewards program. What’s fun: - Order inside the restaurant or on-the-go - Earn points no matter where you place your order - Find a location near you and checkout the menu - Redeem points for awesome rewards
Chow
Collect, cook, and share your favorite recipes. Import from websites or create your own, adjust serving sizes, and use built-in timers. Plan your meals for the week and generate a shopping list automatically.
- Save recipes from web links or manually
- Automatically scale recipes
- Built-in hands-free cook timers
- Follow friends and see their recipes
- Weekly meal planner
- Generate combined shopping lists
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Chow is where you collect, cook, and share the recipes you actually make. Save your own recipes, discover what your friends are cooking, and turn any of it into a week of meals with a shopping list that builds itself. Build your recipe box - Create recipes by hand, or import them instantly from a website link - Scale any recipe up or down (¼× to 10×) with quantities and units adjusted automatically - Built-in cook timers so you can follow along hands-free Cook with friends - Follow friends and creators to see what they're making - An activity feed keeps you up to date on new recipes and updates - Choose who sees each recipe: public, friends-only, or private Plan your week - Drag recipes onto a weekly meal planner - Generate a combined shopping list from everything you've planned - Check items off as you shop Whether you're saving a link before it disappears, planning dinners for the week, or sharing your favorites with friends, Chow keeps your cooking life in one place. Available on iPhone, iPad, and the web.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Chow at every 5 days against Wayback's every 3 months. Wayback's advantage is ratings volume (15K 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Chow holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wayback has 15K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Wayback ships an update every 3 months, Chow every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wayback | Chow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (15K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 65.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 15K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 104 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Jake's Franchising LLC | Cameron Mara |
Customer experience
Wayback
Chow
Bugs and requests
Wayback
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes when trying to modify orders
- Order status and pickup times are inaccurate
- Rewards program not functioning properly
- Promotional discounts not applying correctly
Requested features
4 requests- Allow editing and cancellation of orders
- Integrate rewards program better with app
- Provide more flexible payment options
- Improve app navigation and user experience
Chow
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Wayback
No in-app purchases
Chow
No in-app purchases









