# Beli — user reviews > 494 indexed App Store user reviews of Beli by Beli Technologies, Inc., rated 4.80/5 from 16,778 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/beli/id1478375386/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/beli/id1478375386.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 15,503 · 4★ 705 · 3★ 176 · 2★ 65 · 1★ 329 ## What do users think of Beli? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Helpful for tracking restaurants - 🤩 Fun and engaging experience - 🗺️ Useful map and location features - 💡 Personalized recommendations based on user ratings - 🤝 Ability to share with friends and see their recommendations **Cons** - 🤔 Difficulty comparing different types of restaurants - 🙄 Forced to send invitations to use the app - 🤨 Lack of customization options for categories and lists - 🥱 Tedious ranking process for some users **Commonly reported bugs** - Inconsistent labeling of dish names in photos - Slow performance and freezing issues - Incorrect restaurant addresses in the app **Most requested features** - Add dark mode - Allow custom categories and lists - Integrate with other review platforms like Yelp - Provide more restaurant details like menus and hours - Enable reservations directly within the app ## Newest reviews (13 of 494) ### 3/5 — Needs more than “restaurants” *2026-08-23, version 9.13.0* I love the app in theory but it really needs more categories. Like for example, how can I possibly compare my favorite hometown diner with the fanciest restaurant I’ve been to? Apparently they both fall under “restaurants” so I have to pick. It’s really hard to rank places that you like for different reasons. And how do gastropubs fit in? Or bakeries that also serve food? The categories really need some work. ### 2/5 — Good app but so much missed potential *2026-08-22, version 9.13.0* There’s so much friction points of the app I wonder if anyone that works on the app actually uses it. Getting through a backlog of places feels way harder than needed. Why doesn’t it just use the photos metadata for the majority of the things I have to enter like the date, item, restaurant. Why beli why do you do this to me ### 3/5 — Not intuitive to use *2026-08-17* It's a good rating system in principle, but it's not intuitive to use. There's no way to simply display a list of restaurants in the area. ### 4/5 — Good but room for improvement *2026-08-12, version 9.9.1* Love the database of places but I think there should be more tiers to ranking restaurants, some places you get takeout or delivery from, others are casual restaurants for food and drink, and others are high end experiences, etc. the ranking system doesnt make sense between a casual restaurant vs a michellin star experience because the expectation is different and it clutters up the rankings having different styles of places in the same list (now i think i have ocd after writing this lol) ### 3/5 — good app but slow and poorly optimized *2026-08-09, version 9.9.1* great app and great idea but the app itself is extremely slow, and feels bloated/unoptimized. not sure if the entire app is just vibe coded but it certainly feels that way ### 3/5 — It’s Alright *2026-08-08, version 9.9.1* It’s got decent ways to review restaurants which is nice. However the app can look a little boring and it blocks certain parts of the app until you invite another person to Beli (which is ridiculous). I want to be able enjoy the full extent and have to invite someone else to do so. Granted I don’t have to pay money but not everyone is interested in this app. One of the least effective review applications I’ve used. ### 4/5 — Categorize the types of restaurants please! *2026-08-07, version 9.9.1* So difficult ranking breakfast spots verse dinner spots or even steakhouses verse pasta places. ### 2/5 — Not so bad *2026-07-29, version 9.8.1* I’m trying to use the app, but I find it annoying that I have to invite friends to unlock new features. It’s frustrating, even though I really love the app’s design. This app just isn’t for people like me. I’m only using it for one specific purpose. Otherwise, I’d probably delete it right away. ### 4/5 — Neighborhood search feature? *2026-07-25, version 9.8.1* I love this app so much, but I wish there was a way to search by neighborhood in a city e.g. I want recs in the Flatiron District, Manhattan but I can only search for the entire city of nyc including all boroughs- please fix! ### 3/5 — Love. Make Inviting Friends Requirement Go Away *2026-07-24, version 9.8.1* I live and swear by this app but every one of my friends has it, and I hate that you can’t unlock the extra features without successfully inviting someone. ### 1/5 — Scam *2026-07-24, version 9.8.1* You have to invite 5 people just to unlock any features. ### 1/5 — Pyramid-scheme tactics *2026-07-22, version 9.8.1* Hate that I can’t use all the features unless I do some MLM-level marketing ### 1/5 — Extremely biased reviews *2026-07-20, version 9.7.0* I compare there reviews to reviews from actual users on Google Maps and Belli is extremely biased. It seems like Yelp BUT MUCH WORSE ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Lacking Many Features, Influencer Focus *2026-08-27, version 9.13.0* So many pop ups, can’t access features with getting other users to join, can’t export a list to anything other than Beli, can’t set your own rating, can’t re-rank anything that has closed. App is a dumpster fire that I so badly want to use but after years of no improvements I’m done ### 1/5 — Not functional *2026-08-23, version 9.13.0* App locked me out unless I sent an SMS invite to four contacts. In other words, not functional. ### 1/5 — Sketchy *2026-08-15, version 9.10.0* I was going to give this a try, but upon trying to sign up, found that they require you to refer a minimum of four people before you even enter the app (by sharing their phone numbers). Yikes. ### 1/5 — A food app or a popularity contest? *2026-08-08, version 9.9.1* Practically unusable if you don’t get multiple friends to download the app and use your code. They’re always adding new barriers to features ### 1/5 — MLM scheme required *2026-08-06, version 9.9.1* App requires you to add 5 friends before it functions ### 1/5 — annoying *2026-08-03, version 9.9.0* 10 million unnecessary pop ups when you sign up just for the app to tell you that you need to invite a certain amount of people to use the damn app💀deleted immediately ### 1/5 — Annoying *2026-08-01, version 9.9.0* It’s ridiculous that I can’t upload photos without adding a caption, or that I can’t review a place that hasn’t been indexed or categorized. Stop trying to be yelp and just let me post my food pics ffs ### 1/5 — Too many pop up’s and still no own score *2026-07-25, version 9.8.1* Assaulted with pop ups every time you open the app or rate any place, still crazy you can’t just give a restaurant your own rating ### 1/5 — Why am I required to nominate people *2026-07-24, version 9.8.1* Got all the way to the screen where I’m required to send to four people. How strange. Get rid of this and you’ll have much more sign-ups. ### 1/5 — Makes you sell the app for the them before you can use it *2026-07-24, version 9.8.1* Seriously, they make you add 5 people to the app before you can use it. Absolutely ridiculous. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great app *2026-08-26, version 9.13.0* Easy to use and great app. Ratings are really useful to choose restaurants ### 5/5 — Excellent *2026-08-21, version 9.12.0* One feature I wish it had was the option to search for restaurants that are alike. For instance, you could click on a restaurant and see five “similar” restaurants based either on meta-data or combination of meta-data and others likes who liked things like me. ### 5/5 — love u beli *2026-08-17, version 9.11.0* happy 1k reviews cutie pie ### 5/5 — superfan *2026-08-10, version 9.9.1* i love beli but i don’t like the new all ranking feature its totally off because my rankings for cafes and dessert and bakeries do not compare to restaurants ### 5/5 — Selected crowd reviews *2026-08-01, version 9.9.0* Beli is so much better than any of the other sites or apps one can use to look at other others reviews of restaurants. I can choose to follow people who agree with my previous reviews. I’m not hearing the opinion of people who love restaurants I hate and vice versa. Over the time I’ve used it. I’ve come to trust what my “friends” rate are more than the other places. Plus, the other great feature is being able to save the names of restaurants one at another time. ### 5/5 — Want to be able to add one of my guides as a link in bio *2026-07-23, version 9.8.1* I love this app, I just want people who are not as into food as I am (non-beli users) to be able to see my food guide without having to create a profile. Like I want them to be able to view my food guide in browser. Pretty please. This would be my favourite link in bio. ### 5/5 — Probably my Favorite App *2026-07-21, version 9.7.0* I use this app everyday! As a foodie this is a necessity. It is nice to have an organized list with personalized recommendations. Now everyone can be a food critic. This is THE social media app for food. ### 5/5 — great but need some adjustments *2026-07-14* it would be really easier if you could have to option to rank the restaurant yourself instead of having to choose between the previous ones because I don’t really agree with some ratings on my own profile ### 5/5 — loveee it *2026-07-10, version 9.5.3* tbh I never write reviews but I have to bc this app is awesome! they are constantly improving it, and it’s very helpful but also fun. much needed if you are a foodie and want to easily compare, and get/give food recommendations. ### 5/5 — ADD ME *2026-07-10, version 9.5.3* If you see this add my beli acc right I have no friends @liyahfox --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-29.*