Smantry: Smart pantry vs Hot Pepper Gourmet

Smantry: Smart pantry

Matthias Schmid
App Store
$3/mo
~$39/yr · 400 installs
VS

Hot Pepper Gourmet

Recruit Co.,Ltd.
Google Play
$0/mo
~$0/yr · 14.9M installs
Revenue winner Smantry: Smart pantry wins +300% vs other
Installs winner Hot Pepper Gourmet wins +3714763% vs other
MAU winner Hot Pepper Gourmet wins +1043746% vs other
Rating winner Smantry: Smart pantry wins +20% vs other

Why Smantry: Smart pantry is winning

Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.

  1. Smantry: Smart pantry earns roughly 3× more per month than Hot Pepper Gourmet - $3 vs $0.
  2. Subscription model. Smantry: Smart pantry runs a $2.99/mo subscription that compounds; Hot Pepper Gourmet relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
  3. More monetization surfaces. Smantry: Smart pantry runs 5 IAP tiers vs 0 - more chances to convert users at the right price.
  4. Better app store reviews. Smantry: Smart pantry sits at 5.00★ vs 4.17★ - store algorithms reward higher-rated apps with more impressions.

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Side-by-side metrics

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

Smantry: Smart pantry
vs
Hot Pepper Gourmet
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$3
$0
Annual revenue (est.)
$39
$0
Lifetime installs (est.)
400
14.9M
Monthly active users (est.)?
48.4
505K
App Store rating
5.00★
4.17★
Total ratings
2
36K
US grossing rank
-
=
-
Cheapest monthly sub
$2.99
No sub
IAP tiers detected
5 tiers
0 tiers

Smantry: Smart pantry

Matthias Schmid
App Store
Category
Food & Drink
Price
Free
Released
Dec 29, 2025
Last updated
May 5, 2026
File size
93.7 MB
Content rating
4+
Version
1.34.0
Languages
English, German
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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, Smantry: Smart pantry or Hot Pepper Gourmet? v
Smantry: Smart pantry earns about $3 per month, while Hot Pepper Gourmet earns about $0. That is a ∞× revenue gap (~$3 more per month for Smantry: Smart pantry). Annual revenue: Smantry: Smart pantry ≈ $39/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, Smantry: Smart pantry or Hot Pepper Gourmet? v
Hot Pepper Gourmet leads with about 14.9M estimated downloads vs 400 for Smantry: Smart pantry - a 37148.6× gap. Smantry: Smart pantry's App Store downloads are estimated from 2 ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Hot Pepper Gourmet reports 10,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are Smantry: Smart pantry 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 Smantry: Smart pantry and Hot Pepper Gourmet offer? v
Smantry: Smart pantry: IAP range 5 tiers detected. Hot Pepper Gourmet: no IAP detected on the public listing. Smantry: Smart pantry runs a "Subscription (~$2.08/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, Smantry: Smart pantry or Hot Pepper Gourmet? v
Smantry: Smart pantry edges ahead with ★ 5.0 vs ★ 4.2 (gap of 0.8 stars). Rating volume: Smantry: Smart pantry 2 ratings, Hot Pepper Gourmet 20 ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Smantry: Smart pantry vs Hot Pepper Gourmet revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $3 for Smantry: Smart pantry 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 Smantry: Smart pantry or Hot Pepper Gourmet to a different App Store app? v
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