# Raved - Guide to Great Restaurants, Bars & Stores Nearby — user reviews > 42 indexed App Store user reviews of Raved by The Boston Consulting Group, Inc, rated 5.00/5 from 2 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/raved-guide-to-great-restaurants-bars-and-stores-nearby/id539768510/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/raved-guide-to-great-restaurants-bars-and-stores-nearby/id539768510.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 2 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 0 ## Newest reviews (17 of 42) ### 5/5 — Love it!! *2013-10-31* I love using Raved to offer and request tips for favorite hot spots! This app can help us be selective about which businesses to support, and consciously design the consumption we choose to engage in. ### 5/5 — Col *2013-10-31, version 2.0* Great app. It shows a lot of work and thought went into it from a talented group of people. ### 5/5 — Great app *2013-10-31, version 2.0* Lots of good recommendations and nice that I can share with friends and family ### 5/5 — Just what I've been looking for! *2013-10-31* It's a personal "yellow book". When I'm looking for a new restaurant or service the suggestions and reviews come from my friends. ### 5/5 — Great app to find & save awesome places *2013-10-31, version 2.0* Best app in the market by far. ### 5/5 — Finally a 2014 alternative to Yelp *2013-10-31* From friends, I've already found a new favorite place for Burmese cuisine. I've also turned some new folks onto local dim sum habit. ### 5/5 — Great App - Especially for Travel *2013-10-31* When I want a trusted review, I trust my friends. This app is great for sharing "raves" with friends and makes it easy to reach out for recommendations. ### 5/5 — Love it- use it daily. *2013-10-30* The newest release is wonderful! Follow friends, celebrities, trend setters... This is the perfect app for people who travel a lot, want to find the next hot spot, or even just finding a good meal near you. ### 5/5 — Helps me find places my friends love *2013-10-30* A great way to discover places recommended by the people I trust most, and to share my favorites with them! ### 5/5 — Social recommendations from people you trust *2013-10-30* I love this app. It's easy to find and rave places you like. You can add pictures and comments as well. You can search near your location to find places your friends have raved. You can follow the raves if your Facebook friends, plus uber ravers you select, so you don't have to wade through crap reviews. Plus, it makes it easy to save your favorite places for future reference. Click the "i" icon for maps, phone number, yelp reviews and social activity. I love that you can quickly check out how many of your Facebook friends have liked a place. Great looking interface too! ### 5/5 — Best Way to Find Your Friend's Top Spots *2013-10-30* I used to post on FB - asking friends for suggestions of places. Raved takes away the hassle. I just jump on and find what my friends are "raving" about…and I get the suggestions I need! ### 5/5 — Awesome Application *2013-06-12, version 1.8.8* This app is a definite because it gives you the nearest locations and is not as bugged as Yelp is. ### 5/5 — Good app *2013-04-02, version 1.8.4* Good app. Think ill keep it. :) ### 5/5 — New favorite app! *2012-12-16* When I'm looking for a new place to eat, I always check Raved first. I've discovered some great hidden gems thanks to my friends recommendations on here. Love the easy navigation and design too! ### 5/5 — Nice app! *2012-09-18* This app is a combination of all the best things of foursquare, yelp, and pinterest! And they keep all of their information relevant to me by knowing what my facebook friends like. ### 5/5 — Great app! *2012-09-10, version 1.3* Great app for finding places recommended by people you trust. ### 5/5 — Awesome *2012-08-21, version 1.1* Great recommendations app - find out what your friends love nearby! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Wow *2013-05-07, version 1.8.6* The screen doesn't load with the iOS update so u should fix ### 1/5 — Auto Facebook wall posts *2012-07-19, version 1.0* You know users hate this! I got 8 posts to my wall that I started using raved. Needless to say, I hated that. ### 2/5 — ? *2013-06-13, version 1.8.8* dont see hows it different from yelp... ### 4/5 — Yes *2013-11-16, version 2.0.1* I like this app only thing would be to have reviews and also categories. I couldn't find that ### 5/5 — Great App for Local Recommendations *2014-10-30* It's like Pinterest meets Yelp with recommendations just from friends and people you know and trust. Easy to invite friends, follow people and find great restaurants, shops and other places nearby. ### 5/5 — Stellar look! *2014-10-29, version 3.0* Very easy to use and the new video uploads are awesome! ### 5/5 — A must have app! *2014-04-26* Getting around the city and with important info you need on all the great places in the area right in the palm of your hand - amazing! ### 5/5 — Finally a useful location app *2013-11-21* This is a great app to actually see what places your Facebook friends' like across the board - as opposed to seeing the places anonymous folks like... love it - this new version is an incredible upgrade !!! ### 5/5 — Nice app! *2013-11-18, version 2.0.1* Nice app. Very easy to use and a ton of good suggestions for places to go. Will be using this ### 5/5 — The Ultimate Time Saver *2013-11-05* Love Raved. Stop trying to track friends down to ask for the best restaurant, place to go, etc…follow their favorite places on Raved! The app is pre-populated and has links to open Table, coupons, etc ## Most praised reviews (4 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great app for Restuarant discovery *2013-11-01* Cool way to find a new place to eat as recommended by your friends. Very easy to use. Check out the tips, very useful. ### 5/5 — Great app for recommendations. *2013-11-01* This is a great app for recommendations from trusted friends. It's also fun to follow local foodies and celebrities. I will definitely recommend this to friends and family. ### 5/5 — Visually beautiful. Great interface. *2013-11-01, version 2.0* Makes you really want to go to all the recommended places. ### 5/5 — Great way to get recos from trusted people *2013-10-31* I’ve been a FourSquare, Yelp, TripAdvisor user for a while and Raved does a great job of bringing together the value of these 3 services. I can now get recos from trusted friends in the area or from friends who have visited (or lived in!) the cities I’m visiting. Raved is really helpful on business trips! I like the lists feature and being able to follow recommendations from top Raved users. I noticed Steve Wozniak has a list of recommendations. I’m a HUGE Apple fan so it’s cool to see what The Woz likes. --- *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 2026-06-10.*