AlaMesa vs Mandao Store
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AlaMesa
Discover over 700 restaurants and bars in Cuba with this award-winning app. Find places to eat and drink like home, with detailed information, menus, photos, and offline maps.
- Search restaurants, cafes, bars by location, cuisine, name, price
- View menus, photos, contact info, and site characteristics
- Save favorite dining spots
- Offline maps and GPS navigation
- Information in English and Spanish
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Discover places to eat and drink like home during your stay in Cuba. Easy to use thanks to a design that has already been awarded, this tool lets you choose from more than 700 restaurants and bars of the most important cities of the island. Who are we? The leading platform for information on gastronomy and culinary culture in Cuba and the most up to date Directory of Restaurants in the country. Features: - Easily search restaurants, cafes and bars by location, type of cuisine (eg Chinese, Italian, Indian.), Name and / or average price. - View menus, photos, phone numbers, addresses, site characteristics, and all the information you need to choose a place to eat. - Keep a list of your favorites for easy reference. - Find your way around with offline maps & GPS support. References: “…AlaMesa, an app to connect Cubans to restaurants…” Barack Obama (President of United States. La Habana, Cuba, 21.03.2016) "...a popular Yelp-meets-TripAdvisor-meets-OpenTable app that provides restaurant listings, locations and prices" TechCrunch: http://tcrn.ch/1rqbHC7 "a Yelp-like app called Alamesa that provides information about the location of a restaurant its average price and cuisine both in English and Spanish" The Miami Herald: http://hrld.us/26GeHdK "Some North American and European dining habits are evidently rubbing off on Cuban diners as well: Cellphone-toting food fanatics can download apps like AlaMesaCuba that allow them to look up and rate Havana’s newest restaurants." New York Times: http://nyti.ms/1PRGnjN "The app, which works offline (though download it before you leave for Cuba), is a great way to discover new restaurants in a country not renowned for its food." The Guardian: http://bit.ly/1UnQ4hl Follow us: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/alamesacuba Twitter https://twitter.com/alamesacuba
Mandao Store
Expand your business reach by selling products and services to a wider audience. This platform connects merchants with customers and handles order fulfillment, including delivery. Track your finances easily with a dedicated dashboard.
- Expand sales reach beyond storefront
- Receive and process customer orders
- Integrated delivery service
- Financial tracking dashboard
- Easy merchant onboarding
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MANDAO STORE Your world just got bigger. There are no boundaries to whom you can reach. You'll now be able to sell your product or services to thousands of people beyond your storefront. HOW DO YOU SIGN UP? Just send us an email to ayuda@mandao.app and let us know your name, business name, business type, and where it's located. Once we have all of your information, we’ll reach out and onboard you as quickly as a blink of an eye. HOW IT WORKS Once you become an approved merchant in Mandao, you are ready to go and you´ll start receiving notifications orders from customers in the app. Just make sure you accept them and process them quickly so clients can enjoy your products as soon as possible. You do not need to worry about the delivery, the app will immediately assign a Mandadero to pick up the order and deliver it to your client. WHAT ABOUT THE DOUGH? Tracking your finances is easy!!! We’ve got you covered. Our friendly dashboard will keep you updated on expenses so you can keep your business on track.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: AlaMesa at 95% against Mandao Store's 50%. AlaMesa also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.7) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
AlaMesa holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AlaMesa has 70 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 95% of AlaMesa's written reviews are positive against 50% of Mandao Store's.
AlaMesa ships an update every 2 months, Mandao Store every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AlaMesa | Mandao Store |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (70 ratings) — better | 3.7 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 95.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 70 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | ISLA Management LLC | Mandao Inc |
Customer experience
AlaMesa
Mandao Store
In-app purchases
AlaMesa
No in-app purchases
Mandao Store
No in-app purchases








