Root: Farmers Market Finder vs Hot Pepper Gourmet

Root: Farmers Market Finder

PlatePal
App Store
$20/mo
~$245/yr · 6K installs
VS

Hot Pepper Gourmet

Recruit Co.,Ltd.
Google Play
$0/mo
~$0/yr · 14.9M installs
Revenue winner Root: Farmers Market Finder wins +2000% vs other
Installs winner Hot Pepper Gourmet wins +250059% vs other
MAU winner Hot Pepper Gourmet wins +79390% vs other
Rating winner Hot Pepper Gourmet wins +22% vs other

Why Root: Farmers Market Finder is winning

Top 2 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Root: Farmers Market Finder earns roughly 20× more per month than Hot Pepper Gourmet - $20 vs $0.
  2. Subscription model. Root: Farmers Market Finder runs a $0.99/mo subscription that compounds; Hot Pepper Gourmet relies on one-shot IAP or ads.

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Side-by-side metrics

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

Root: Farmers Market Finder
vs
Hot Pepper Gourmet
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$20
$0
Annual revenue (est.)
$245
$0
Lifetime installs (est.)
6K
14.9M
Monthly active users (est.)?
635.58
505K
App Store rating
3.43★
4.17★
Total ratings
54
36K
US grossing rank
-
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-
Cheapest monthly sub
$0.99
No sub
IAP tiers detected
2 tiers
0 tiers

Root: Farmers Market Finder

PlatePal
App Store
Category
Food & Drink
Price
Free
Released
Mar 19, 2026
Last updated
May 7, 2026
File size
166.2 MB
Content rating
4+
Version
1.15
Languages
English
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Hot Pepper Gourmet

Recruit Co.,Ltd.
Google Play
Category
Food & Drink
Price
Free
Released
Mar 9, 2010
Last updated
Apr 27, 2026
File size
-
Content rating
Everyone
Version
5.54.2
Languages
-
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FAQ

Which makes more money, Root: Farmers Market Finder or Hot Pepper Gourmet? v
Root: Farmers Market Finder earns about $20 per month, while Hot Pepper Gourmet earns about $0. That is a ∞× revenue gap (~$20 more per month for Root: Farmers Market Finder). Annual revenue: Root: Farmers Market Finder ≈ $245/year, Hot Pepper Gourmet ≈ $0/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store / Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Root: Farmers Market Finder or Hot Pepper Gourmet? v
Hot Pepper Gourmet leads with about 14.9M estimated downloads vs 6K for Root: Farmers Market Finder - a 2501.6× gap. Root: Farmers Market Finder's App Store downloads are estimated from 54 ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Hot Pepper Gourmet reports 10,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are Root: Farmers Market Finder and Hot Pepper Gourmet in the same App Store category on each store 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 Root: Farmers Market Finder and Hot Pepper Gourmet offer? v
Root: Farmers Market Finder: IAP range 2 tiers detected. Hot Pepper Gourmet: no IAP detected on the public listing. Root: Farmers Market Finder runs a "Subscription (~$0.99/mo)" monetization model; Hot Pepper Gourmet runs "No App Store revenue (monetizes off-store)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Root: Farmers Market Finder or Hot Pepper Gourmet? v
Hot Pepper Gourmet edges ahead with ★ 4.2 vs ★ 3.4 (gap of 0.7 stars). Rating volume: Root: Farmers Market Finder 54 ratings, Hot Pepper Gourmet 20 ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Root: Farmers Market Finder vs Hot Pepper Gourmet revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $20 for Root: Farmers Market Finder and $0 for Hot Pepper Gourmet are derived from App Store grossing rank / Google Play install ranges, 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 Root: Farmers Market Finder or Hot Pepper Gourmet to a different App Store app? v
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