Comparison

Restaurant Awards vs Preferabli

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Restaurant Awards

Discover restaurants globally recognized for their outstanding wine selections. This app provides access to over 3,800 award-winning establishments across 50 U.S. states and 80+ countries, offering a curated wine experience. Explore restaurant news, chef profiles, and editor recommendations.

Highlights
  • Search award-winning restaurants
  • Global restaurant directory
  • Discover exceptional wine lists
  • Restaurant news and articles
  • Chef and sommelier profiles
  • Editor's top picks
Features
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Wine Spectator's Restaurant Awards app will help you find restaurants with exceptional wine lists. Every featured dining destination - covering all 50 U.S. states and 80+ countries - has earned a Wine Spectator Restaurant Award for its dedication to wine. This app allows you to search through more than 3,800 award-winning restaurants to help you discover the ultimate wine experience. You’ll also find articles featuring the latest restaurant news, chef and sommelier profiles, our editors’ top picks and more.

About

Preferabli

Discover personalized recommendations for wine, tequila, whiskey, beer, and cheese. Rate products to build a taste profile and find new favorites. Easily manage your collection and find where to buy recommended items.

Highlights
  • Personalized taste profiling
  • Product rating system
  • Customizable recommendations
  • Beverage and cheese journal
  • Cellar management
  • Where to buy locator
Features
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You're one-of-a-kind, and so are your preferences. ======== Wine Ring is now Preferabli! Now covering wine, tequila / mezcal, whiskey, beer, and cheese! Preferabli is 1:1 patented personalization that works the way a human expert would, learning your preferences from your personal ratings. Preferabli learns one person at a time, one product at a time. Simply taste and tell us if it's a Love, Like, SoSo or Dislike™. Our innovative, patented technology learns your unique preferences from those ratings, giving you a smarter way to buy. As seen on CNBC – https://www.youtube.com/embed/tQd27OTeVsc Washington Post – 'This App's Got Me Pegged' One of Food & Wine Magazine's 7 Crucial Wine Apps #1 Essential Wine App - liquor.com KEY FEATURES || Rate || Get started by rating. Take a photo of the label or type it out, and tell us if it's a Love, Like, SoSo or Dislike. JumpStart your profile by swiping through popular products, rating as you go. || Get Recs || Get recs for products based on your personal ratings. Filter by preference style, price or food. Works for groups and gifts too, based on everybody's personal ratings. || Journal || Your Loves, Likes, SoSos and Don't Likes all in one place. Filter by type, sort by grape or geography. Add your own notes and photos. || Taste Profile || Learn the preference styles you love – and those you don't. The Preferabli preference engine evolves with you as your preferences develop over time. || Partners || We're partnering with the best merchants around so you can buy the products we're recommending. || My Cellars || Create and manage your product cellars, and get recommendations for you and your friends on what to drink from your collection! || Where to Buy || Find out where to try your product recommendations from our growing list of merchant partners. Preferabli with an 'i', not Preferably with a 'y'. Preferabli℠ United States Patent #8751429 United States Patent #8838517 United States Patent #9026484 United States Patent #9449077 United States Patent #10127598 United States Patent #10460246 United States Patent #11263687 United States Patent #11756100 Australia Patent #2013288957 Australia Patent #2015218497 Australia Patent #2015271952

Screenshots

Restaurant Awards4 screens
Preferabli4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Preferabli at 4.5 against Restaurant Awards's 3.0. Preferabli also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (75% vs 67%). Restaurant Awards's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Preferabli holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 31 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Restaurant Awards's written reviews are positive against 75% of Preferabli's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Restaurant Awards ships an update every 2 months, Preferabli monthly. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Restaurant Awards versus Preferabli: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRestaurant AwardsPreferabli
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (10 ratings)4.5 (31 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1031 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB151 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperM. Shanken Communications, Inc.Preferabli, Inc.

Customer experience

Restaurant Awards

All ratings10 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral8.3%
Negative25.0%

Preferabli

All ratings31 ratings
Positive83.9%
Neutral3.2%
Negative12.9%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

None

Restaurant Awards

No in-app purchases

None

Preferabli

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Restaurant Awards free?
Restaurant Awards is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Preferabli free?
Preferabli is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Restaurant Awards or Preferabli?
Preferabli is rated higher. Restaurant Awards averages 3.0 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Preferabli averages 4.5 from 31 ratings.
Do Restaurant Awards or Preferabli have ads?
Preferabli shows ads; Restaurant Awards does not.
Which is updated more often, Restaurant Awards or Preferabli?
Restaurant Awards ships an update every 2 months, and Preferabli monthly. Most recently, Restaurant Awards was updated on November 2, 2026 and Preferabli on November 2, 2026.

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