# UK Food Hygiene Ratings — user reviews > 60 indexed App Store user reviews of UK Food Hygiene Ratings by John Benson, rated 4.60/5 from 5 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/uk-food-hygiene-ratings/id1017702924/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/uk-food-hygiene-ratings/id1017702924.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 3 · 4★ 2 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 0 ## Newest reviews (15 of 60) ### 2/5 — Watch app didn’t work *2025-07-01, version 2.2* Seems like a good app but the watch app simply doesn’t load anything and it’s not been updated in a year ### 4/5 — Good not great *2025-04-20, version 2.2* Bit hard to use and not well polished ### 3/5 — Clunky to use *2025-02-27* Once you’ve eventually found the business you’re looking for the information is good but I’m not sure if it’s because I’m trying the free version but the layout on my iPhone is terrible and I find it very difficult to search for what I’m looking for. I’ve since deleted it and I’m using another app. If it had worked well I might have paid a reasonable amount for ad free but as it is I’m not even prepared to use the free version ### 3/5 — Needs a map option *2024-10-07* Needs a map option to make searching an area and some places are missing. ### 4/5 — Good app, but search could be better *2023-09-27* Good app, but the search doesn’t always work very well ### 4/5 — Great but no Google reviews *2022-08-14* Downloaded this app in preference to others because of the detail it provided for each business in terms of its hygiene assessment. Plus how this relates to assessments generally in the local area. I like the idea of combining this with Google reviews for venues as that would bring in another useful way of working out if a cafe/ restaurant was really for me. And would be in just one place. If that was sorted out I’d give this five stars. ### 4/5 — Is this a UK app? *2022-06-01, version 2.0* Why are the recalls dates in the format year/month/date? Also it mentions the word ‘countrys’ which is incorrect English. Is this a U.K. app or produced overseas? ### 4/5 — Useful app! Searching not very intelligent! *2021-09-24, version 2.0* Grt app. Tells u wot for example trip-advisor doesnt. Know places to avoid. ### 3/5 — Many missing businesses *2021-06-18* There are a lot of businesses missing from this app and the GPS tracking is not particularly good either. ### 2/5 — Okay but could be improved. *2020-10-17* Great little app. There are a couple of bugs though. Alerts tend to show everything in the past not just the most recent alerts and it’s a bit annoying to have to choose the location when it has just searched for it when looking for local venues. **Developer response:** Hi our data for opening times comes live from google. We have a bug fix coming very soon to sort the issue with the more page. If you want to search in a postcode area you just need to enter it in the second box under business name and then select the address from the pick an address list below that. Thanks ### 3/5 — Could be improved *2020-02-11* Find the app useful, but can’t get the notification to work, been like this after every update. When you go to turn it on it says check settings and doesn’t show notifications on this app ### 4/5 — Food Hygiene app *2020-02-03, version 1.6.9* Very good app but needs to be updated more regularly. Hygiene ratings dating back to 2018 is not acceptable, standards quickly change! ### 3/5 — Needs to be updated for iOS 13 Dark Mode *2019-10-17, version 1.6.8* Great app, useful, but needs support for dark mode widgets ### 3/5 — Could be improved *2018-12-15* This app is okay. However I find that when searching business types only one at a time can be selected. It would be useful if you could select multiple business types in a search. ### 4/5 — This is great *2018-08-03, version 1.6.5* I think this app is great now I can look and make sure all restaurants are displaying the right information ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Scammy ads! *2026-05-18, version 4.0* I was just served a full screen ad that stated my phone was hacked. The text of the ad: Your account has been restricted. We have detected that your device has been hacked after visiting adult websites. ### 1/5 — Annoying video ads *2026-01-25, version 3.9* Shows annoying video ads whenever you view a business. Also the default cookie options share data with hundreds of organisations. ### 1/5 — New version really poor *2025-12-31* This app has gone backwards. If you name a restaurant and search it doesn’t bring that restaurant up, it simply gives a list of restaurants in the area which you then have to scroll through. There is one restaurant nearby which comes up as you type the name but then doesn’t appear in the list. It’s such a shame as the app had previously been very useful, but is now very hard work to use. ### 1/5 — So flawed *2025-12-27, version 3.5* It can’t find restaurants if searching by name. When in near me mode the list is not in alphabetical order so I have to scroll through the whole list just to find a particular restaurant. ### 1/5 — New update now has ads and no option to restore previous purchase *2025-10-14* I have really liked this app. The new update looks great, but despite having paid to remove ads, the new update does not allow to restore a purchase and the ads are back there **Developer response:** Hi Sorry to here your having issues restoring your purchase. When you see the subscribe pop up at the very bottom you should see a restore link. Make sure your signed into the iCloud account that you made the purchase with and it should remove the ads. ### 1/5 — Limited info *2025-01-04, version 2.2* Very poor app. Gives hygiene score but no info on why a score is low. ### 1/5 — Good idea but flawed implementation *2024-12-19, version 2.2* It’s annoying to use and some places don’t come up at all. Poor functionality ### 1/5 — So little information! *2022-01-08, version 2.0* I really think there ought be a link to the full report so we can see why an establishment has 1 star. ### 1/5 — Not up to date *2019-06-29, version 1.6.8* Out of date ratings. ### 1/5 — Rubbish *2018-10-17, version 1.6.5* Downloaded the app. Searching... That's all it does ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Works great now on the Apple Watch *2025-10-20* Would love to donate option to get rid of ads. Works great on the watch now. Support for compilations would be ideal so you can access immediately ### 5/5 — Almost perfect *2025-09-16* Very good, would be nice if it was nicer looking. Also some sort of link to the website to see more detail maybe. Also if you had the ability to search out of your favourites, as I have many restaurants added, it would be nice to quickly find them. But overall super helpful ### 5/5 — Hello John Benson. *2023-03-18, version 2.0* If you see this I have a few questions about your app, thank you. ### 5/5 — I Always use this app *2021-12-04* We always use this app . Avoided a few 0- 2 ratings that looked nice from outside but grateful to know what’s going on behind closed doors (kitchen) ### 5/5 — Good App *2018-05-20, version 1.6.3* This app works well ### 5/5 — Works well *2018-05-03* Works well. Delivers up to date information ### 5/5 — Food poisoning *2018-03-01* I do not eat anywhere new without checking this site ### 5/5 — Hygiene stuff *2018-01-16, version 1.6.1* Solid guide well worth using check the date of the audit ### 5/5 — Very informative *2017-11-04, version 1.6.1* I think this apps helps to enlighten me as to the best places to feel comfortable to go and eat where hygiene is concern. ### 5/5 — Discrepancies *2017-09-11* We have just started using this app in our local area. There seems to be some variations between the ratings that are shown in the App and the ratings that are displayed by the restaurants themselves. The ones displayed by the restaurants are always higher than the ones shown in the App. Which one is the more up-to-date? **Developer response:** Hi, the data shown in the app comes direct from the Food Standards Agency's live database so as soon as they updated a rating it will be shown in the app. If you see a sticker in the shop window it should have the issue data written on the back so you can see if they are displaying an outdated rating. --- *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 2026-09-12.*