Swipe on nearby restaurants, match with friends, and settle where to eat. Together.
Everyone pulls out their phone, everyone swipes, and the first place you all say yes to is dinner. No accounts, no sign-up, no group link to share.
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Everyone plays on their own phone at the same time. Swipe right on the places you’d eat, left on the ones you wouldn’t. Every card carries hours, rating, distance and a short description, so you’re never voting blind. Changed your mind? Undo takes the last one back.
Pull up on any card for the full story: popular times so you know what you’re walking into, the menu, ordering and reservation links, a map, and one-tap directions and calling. Browse a menu without ever leaving the app.
Open Now is on by default, so you never match on a place that’s closed — turn it off if you’re planning ahead. Filter by cuisine, sort by distance, or pin a different neighborhood and plan dinner across town before anyone starts swiping.
The moment everyone likes the same restaurant, you’ve got a match. End the game to reveal it — along with everything else the group liked and exactly who voted for what. Tap for directions and go. Torn between a few? Spin for it and let fate pick.
The spots you always come back to, kept in one place — with your own notes attached and the hours right there on the list.
Tap the star on a swipe card, or in the restaurant details, to save a place. Favorite a chain once and every location counts — star one Starbucks and you’ve starred Starbucks, wherever you swipe next.
Write yourself a note and list the dishes you always get. They come back where you actually decide — on the swipe card, and on the winner at the end of a game — and nobody else in the group ever sees them.
Your favorites are one tap from the home screen, with hours on the list so you can tell what’s open before you head out. The list leads with what’s close — pin a different neighborhood and it re-sorts around wherever you’re looking, not where you’re standing.
Every screen redesigned from the ground up — and a lot more to work with before you commit to dinner.
A fresh swipe deck, a cleaner look throughout, and a results reveal worth waiting for.
Only see places that are actually open. It’s on by default, so you’ll never match on a restaurant with the lights off.
Cards now carry hours, a description, highlights and popular times. Pull up for the menu, ordering and reservation links, a map, and one-tap directions and calling.
Pairing is dramatically more reliable. Friends show up faster, stay connected, and the match prompt lands the moment everyone agrees.
Filter by cuisine, sort by distance, or pin a different neighborhood before you start swiping.
Optional notifications for deals near you, a way to report a listing that’s wrong, and dozens of smaller fixes throughout.
Heads up: 2.0 changes how phones talk to each other, so everyone in your group needs to update to play together.
It takes about two minutes — and it’s genuinely fun.
Open the app with your friends nearby. Phones find each other over Bluetooth. No accounts, no sign-up, no group link to share.
Right on places you’d eat, left on places you wouldn’t. Everyone swipes the same set of nearby restaurants at the same time.
The moment everyone likes the same restaurant, you’ve got a match. End the game to reveal it and see everything the group liked.
One tap for directions, one for the phone. Still torn between a few favorites? Spin for it and let fate pick.
Every group has been there. Chicken Tender turns that frustration into a two-minute game that ends with a decision everyone’s happy about.
Chicken Tender doesn’t need an email address, a password, or a login. A display name and photo are optional, never leave your device, and are shared over Bluetooth only while you play.
Great for a group, a couple, or a family. No friends around? Swipe solo and let Chicken Tender pick for you — ideal when you’re traveling somewhere new.
Free to download and free to use — no ads in the app, no in-app purchases, no subscription. Ever.
Chicken Tender for Merchants turns the group-dining decision into competitive intelligence your POS, Yelp, and delivery apps never capture — and helps you win the next one.
Chicken Tender is a free mobile app that ends the “I don’t know, where do you want to go?” loop. Everyone pulls out their phone, everyone swipes on nearby restaurants, and the first place you all say yes to is dinner.
No. Chicken Tender doesn’t need an email address, a password, or a login — just open it and start swiping. Adding a display name and photo is optional and only helps friends know whose vote is whose. Both stay on your device and are shared over Bluetooth with the players in your game, only while you play — they are never sent to us.
Everyone just opens the app. Chicken Tender uses Bluetooth to automatically discover nearby players — no invites, no links to share, zero setup. Everyone swipes the same set of nearby restaurants, and the moment everyone likes the same place you’ve got a match. End the game to reveal it, along with everything else the group liked.
Every screen has been redesigned. Open Now is on by default so you never match on a closed restaurant. Cards now carry hours, a description, highlights and popular times, and pulling up gives you the menu, ordering and reservation links, a map, and one-tap directions and calling. You can filter by cuisine, sort by distance, and pin a different neighborhood. Bluetooth pairing is dramatically more reliable. Note: 2.0 changes how phones talk to each other, so everyone in your group needs to update to play together.
Tap the star on any card — or in the restaurant details — to keep a place in your Favorites. Write yourself a note and list the dishes you always order, and both come back on the card the next time it comes up, and on the winner at the end of a game. Notes are yours alone and are never shared with the group. Favorite a chain once and every location counts. Your Favorites are one tap from the home screen, with hours on the list so you can see what’s open before you go, and the list leads with whatever is within five miles of wherever you’re searching — including the nearest branch of a chain you saved back home.
Yes — it travels with you. Chicken Tender is available from the US App Store and Google Play, and searching from abroad returns real restaurants around you, powered by Apple Maps, so the same swipe-and-match settles dinner in a city you’ve never been to. Those listings carry less than US ones do: there are no hours or ratings behind them, so Open Now and the rating filter are shown as unavailable rather than quietly ignored, and tapping Details opens the restaurant’s Apple Maps page inside the app. Favorites are US-only for now, so international listings can’t be starred.
Yes — free to download and free to use, with no ads in the app, no in-app purchases and no subscription.
Absolutely. It works great for couples on date night, families picking dinner, and large groups of friends. No friends around? Swipe solo and let Chicken Tender pick for you — perfect when you’re traveling or exploring a new neighborhood.
Chicken Tender works on iOS and Android smartphones and tablets. The two versions look and work the same, so everyone can play together regardless of what they carry.
Chicken Tender has no accounts, so nothing it collects is tied to your identity. It uses your location to find restaurants near you and records how the app is used so we can improve it. No crash logs, no ads, no advertising identifier, and nothing shared with advertisers. Our Privacy Policy lists every category.
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