MACARFI vs FOODING®
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MACARFI
Discover Barcelona's best restaurants recommended by 2,000 local food enthusiasts. Find places based on specific criteria like ambiance, food type, and price, or explore curated lists and rankings.
- Local gastronomist recommendations
- Advanced restaurant search
- Customizable restaurant lists
- Restaurant rankings
- Geolocation features
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Hay muchas apps de restaurantes de Barcelona, pero ninguna escrita por 2000 gastrónomos locales. Te preguntarás, ¿qué es un gastrónomo? Pues alguien a quien le apasiona visitar todos los restaurantes de la ciudad y luego describir, con mucha objetividad, qué le han parecido la comida, el servicio, el precio y la decoración. Por eso, en MACARFI descubrirás donde comen los que saben. ¡Pero eso no es todo, aún hay más! También te ofrecemos la posibilidad de encontrar el restaurante que buscas en cada momento a través de nuestro motor de búsqueda capaz de cruzar más de 44.000 opciones. ¿Quieres un sitio con ambiente, buenas croquetas, terraza y precio medio? O tal vez buscas un local con los mejores arroces de la ciudad, excelentes gin-tonics, romántico y con una gran variedad de postres. Lo encontrarás. Y si tus opciones no dan ningún resultado será porque no existe o porque para nuestros gastrónomos no merecía la pena recomendártelo. Sí, son un poco exigentes, qué le vamos a hacer. Lo del geo-localizador no te lo decimos porque es obvio que lo tenemos. Pero, además, en nuestra app encontrarás un ranking con los mejores restaurantes de Barcelona, un sinfín de listas con las recomendaciones de nuestros gastrónomos y la posibilidad de crearte las tuyas. Hay mucho más, pero preferimos que te la descargues y lo vayas descubriendo tú mismo. Buen provecho y ya nos contarás.
FOODING®
Discover over 2,000 curated restaurants, hotels, bars, shops, and cellars across France with a geolocation map. Find new additions and favorite spots near you, with advanced search filters and easy reservation options. Personalize your experience with a "My Fooding" account to save and share lists.
- Geolocation map of 2,000+ venues
- Hundreds of new additions annually
- Efficient search with precise filters
- One-click restaurant reservations
- Personalized "My Fooding" account
- Save and share favorite places
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- Over 2,000 ingenious restaurants, stylish hotels, bars d’auteurs, stand-out shops and spirited cellars from across France, all included in our handy geolocation map feature. - Hundreds of new additions to the guide each year, plus all our favorite spots nearest to wherever you are – from neighborhood bars to neo-bistros, not to mention all the bakeries, coffee shops and wine bars… - Our new search engine is more efficient than ever before (with ultra-precise filters). - Make reservations at hundreds of restaurants in the click of a button. - Exclusive features via your My Fooding account, where you can create and share lists of all your favorite places and must-try spots, and personalize your alerts so you don’t miss any new publications that you’re sure to love. Fooding® is a registered trademark.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: FOODING® at 4.7 against MACARFI's 4.3. FOODING® also leads on ratings volume (314 vs 4). MACARFI's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 71%) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
FOODING® holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FOODING® has 314 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of MACARFI's written reviews are positive against 71% of FOODING®'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
MACARFI ships an update every 4 weeks, FOODING® every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MACARFI | FOODING® |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (4 ratings) | 4.7 (314 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 71.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 314 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Materile Barcelona Proyectos, SL | lefooding.com |
Customer experience
MACARFI
FOODING®
In-app purchases
MACARFI
No in-app purchases
FOODING®
No in-app purchases









