Epicurious vs Plan to Eat

Epicurious

Advance Magazine Publishers Inc.
App Store
$156.3K/mo
~$1.88M/yr · 10.9M installs
VS

Plan to Eat

Plan To Eat, LLC
App Store
$8.6K/mo
~$103.0K/yr · 486K installs
Revenue winner Epicurious wins +1722% vs other
Installs winner Epicurious wins +2148% vs other
MAU winner Epicurious wins +1581% vs other
Rating winner Plan to Eat wins +2% vs other

Why Epicurious is winning

Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Epicurious earns roughly 18× more per month than Plan to Eat - $156.3K vs $8.6K.
  2. Premium pricing. Epicurious charges $4.99/mo vs Plan to Eat's $4.58/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
  3. Bigger install base. Epicurious has ~10.9M lifetime installs vs Plan to Eat's ~486K - 22.5× the funnel top.

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Side-by-side metrics

Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.

Epicurious
vs
Plan to Eat
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$156.3K
$8.6K
Annual revenue (est.)
$1.88M
$103.0K
Lifetime installs (est.)
10.9M
486K
Monthly active users (est.)?
971K
58K
App Store rating
4.73★
4.84★
Total ratings
99K
6K
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$4.99
$4.58
IAP tiers detected
1 tiers
=
1 tiers

Epicurious

Advance Magazine Publishers Inc.
App Store
Category
Food & Drink
Price
Free
Released
Apr 24, 2009
Last updated
Feb 16, 2026
File size
136.2 MB
Content rating
12+
Version
7.3.22
Languages
English
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Plan to Eat

Plan To Eat, LLC
App Store
Category
Food & Drink
Price
Free
Released
Jul 19, 2017
Last updated
Jun 3, 2026
File size
19.0 MB
Content rating
4+
Version
3.7.9
Languages
English
View full Plan to Eat report →

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FAQ

Which makes more money, Epicurious or Plan to Eat? v
Epicurious earns about $156.3K per month, while Plan to Eat earns about $8.6K. That is a 18.2× revenue gap (~$147.8K more per month for Epicurious). Annual revenue: Epicurious ≈ $1.88M/year, Plan to Eat ≈ $103.0K/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Epicurious or Plan to Eat? v
Epicurious leads with about 10.9M estimated downloads vs 486K for Plan to Eat - a 22.5× gap. Epicurious's App Store downloads are estimated from 99K ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Plan to Eat's App Store downloads are estimated from 6K ratings.
Are Epicurious and Plan to Eat in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Food & Drink category, which means they compete directly for the same paying users and category-level wallet share. Direct competitors, head-to-head.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do Epicurious and Plan to Eat offer? v
Epicurious: IAP range 1 tiers detected. Plan to Eat: IAP range 1 tiers detected. Epicurious runs a "Subscription (~$4.99/mo)" monetization model; Plan to Eat runs "Subscription (~$4.58/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Epicurious or Plan to Eat? v
Plan to Eat edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.7 (gap of 0.1 stars). Rating volume: Epicurious 99K ratings, Plan to Eat 6K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Epicurious vs Plan to Eat revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $156.3K for Epicurious and $8.6K for Plan to Eat are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Food & Drink) - net of the 15-30% Apple/Google store cut. Real revenue depends on country mix, retention, refunds and ad fill rate, none of which Apple or Google publish.
How do I compare Epicurious or Plan to Eat to a different App Store app? v
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