SmartTab App vs dishlist
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SmartTab App
Easily open, view, and pay for your bar tab directly from your phone. Discover trending menu items at participating locations and manage your tab in real-time for a seamless night out.
- Open bar tabs
- View tabs in real-time
- Pay for tabs
- Discover trending menu items
- Find participating locations
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SmartTab App Open, View and Pay for your tab through SmartTab and never leave your credit card at the bar again. Download SmartTab App and register to view participating locations and discover what food and beverage items on the menu are currently trending and when you visit, view your tab in real time on your mobile phone and take control over your night out.
dishlist
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dishlist helps you find, save, and rank your favorite things on the menu · Search for specific dishes, drinks, ingredients, cuisines, and more · Save things you love or want to try · Rank things by type, like pizza, burger, and breakfast burrito starting in san francisco · Explore Dogpatch, Potrero Hill, and Mission Bay · Browse every menu and every thing on it · Tell us which place or neighborhood you want next at support@dishlist.com privacy · Sign in with Apple without sharing your name, email, or phone number · Stay private or share your favorites with friends using your user handle · Approve or deny each follow request
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: dishlist at every 4 days against SmartTab App's every 2 months. dishlist also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). SmartTab App's advantage is ratings volume (153 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.5). 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.
dishlist holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SmartTab App has 153 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
SmartTab App ships an update every 2 months, dishlist every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SmartTab App | dishlist |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (153 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 153 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Smarttab Corp | dishlist, inc. |
In-app purchases
SmartTab App
No in-app purchases
dishlist
No in-app purchases
