Restaurant Awards vs Best Restaurants Guide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Search award-winning restaurants
- Global restaurant directory
- Discover exceptional wine lists
- Restaurant news and articles
- Chef and sommelier profiles
- Editor's top picks
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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.
Best Restaurants Guide
Discover over 12,000 of the world's most celebrated dining destinations, from Michelin-starred icons to La Liste favorites. Track your culinary achievements and explore curated city guides to find the finest places to eat, drink, and discover.
- Discover awarded restaurants globally
- Track visited restaurants and culinary achievements
- Explore curated city dining guides
- Filter by restaurant awards (Michelin, La Liste, etc.)
- Find hidden gems and legendary institutions
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THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO THE WORLD'S AWARDED RESTAURANTS Best Restaurants Guide connects you to over 12,000 of the world's most celebrated dining destinations — from Michelin-starred icons to La Liste favorites, World's 50 Best honorees, James Beard winners, Wine Spectator selections, and more. DISCOVER AWARDED DINING, EVERYWHERE Find the best restaurants in your city and around the globe, all in one place. Instantly see every award a restaurant has earned — uncover hidden gems and legendary institutions with ease. TRACK YOUR CULINARY ACHIEVEMENTS Collect Michelin stars as you travel and dine. Keep a personal record of every awarded restaurant you visit, building your own map of unforgettable experiences. EXPLORE CURATED CITY GUIDES Navigate the world's top culinary cities with expert-crafted guides, highlighting the finest places to eat, drink, and discover — wherever your journey takes you. ABOUT US We're two passionate food lovers who set out to create the ultimate guide for the modern gastro-traveler — a place where every awarded restaurant, from Michelin stars to hidden gems, lives in one seamless experience. Best Restaurants Guide was born from a simple idea: to make discovering the world's most celebrated dining destinations effortless, inspiring, and unforgettable. - Privacy Policy: https://brguide.com/privacy - Terms of Use: https://brguide.com/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Best Restaurants Guide at 5.0 against Restaurant Awards's 3.0. Best Restaurants Guide also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Restaurant Awards's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Best Restaurants Guide holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Restaurant Awards's written reviews are positive against 100% of Best Restaurants Guide's.
Restaurant Awards ships an update every 2 months, Best Restaurants Guide every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Restaurant Awards | Best Restaurants Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | M. Shanken Communications, Inc. | Best Restaurants, LLC |
Customer experience
Restaurant Awards
Best Restaurants Guide
In-app purchases
Restaurant Awards
No in-app purchases
Best Restaurants Guide
No in-app purchases
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