Comparison

IOC vs NextPlate

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

Head to head
About

IOC

Discover independent, quality restaurants across France. Find menus, book tables, order food for pickup or delivery, and buy gift vouchers. Stay updated on restaurant news and exclusive deals.

Highlights
  • Locate nearby restaurants
  • View daily menus and full carte
  • Book tables
  • Order food for pickup/delivery
  • Purchase gift vouchers
  • See restaurant news and events
  • Save favorite restaurants
Features
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Today's menu and the à la carte menu of the restaurants around you, at any moment — published by the restaurants themselves. AROUND YOU The restaurants of the icioncuisine.com Guide, nearest first: today's menu published this morning, full menu, opening hours, photos, ratings. Set the radius, filter those with a menu, open now, with a terrace, bookable, under €20. SEARCH WHAT YOU FEEL LIKE EATING A dish, a restaurant, a city, a cuisine: "quenelle", "ramen", "Annecy", "Italian". The Guide tells you where it is on today's menu or à la carte, with the price. THE MAP Every restaurant around you on a real map; in green, those that published their menu today. Tap, and the page opens. YOUR FAVOURITES LET YOU KNOW The heart on a page keeps the restaurant and notifies you in the morning when it publishes today's menu, or when it has news — one notification per restaurant, not ten. And once a week, the new restaurants around you. BOOK, ORDER, CALL Book a table in two taps, order takeaway when the restaurant offers it, find your bookings, call or get directions. NO PASSWORD A code by SMS or e-mail is enough. If you had the Menu du Jour app, your favourites are still there. Le Guide is the app of icioncuisine.com, published by Dujour SAS. Menus are published by the restaurants on dujour.pro; prices are indicative.

About

NextPlate

Discover nearby restaurants and stores offering discounted meals, groceries, and baked goods nearing their best-by date. Save money and reduce food waste by rescuing delicious food before it's thrown away.

Highlights
  • Discounted meals and groceries
  • Find food nearing best-by date
  • Save money on food
  • Reduce food waste
  • Browse nearby restaurants and stores
  • Reserve and purchase via app
Features
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Welcome to NextPlate. We connect people like you with high-quality meals, groceries, and baked goods at incredible discounts. NextPlate shows you restaurants and stores nearby with up to 70% savings on regular priced food nearing its best by date. Instead of letting delicious food go to waste, you can help save the planet while also saving money. Restaurants, grocery stores, and bakeries often have excess food and baked goods left over at the end of the day. With NextPlate, you can find pasta, pizza, salad, bread, groceries and more.. at a fraction of its original price. Based in Los Angeles, you can find us all across California. Not yet in your area? Don't worry, NextPlate is on the way. How does it work? · Download NextPlate and create an account. · Browse discounted meals, bread, and groceries nearby. · Reserve a bag of goodies and purchase on your phone. · Stop by you local store at the pickup window. · Enjoy your delicious food! No coupons. No ads. No food waste. Need help? We've got you. Reach out on live chat from the app or email us at nextplateapp@gmail.com.

Screenshots

IOC3 screens
NextPlate3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: IOC at 76% against NextPlate's 44%. NextPlate's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

IOC ships an update every 2 months, NextPlate every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and August 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
IOC versus NextPlate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIOCNextPlate
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.9 (83 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.5% of reviews — better44.4% of reviews
Number of ratings—83 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDu JourSponty, LLC

Customer experience

IOC

Written reviews34 reviews
Positive76.5%
Neutral5.9%
Negative17.6%

NextPlate

All ratings83 ratings
Positive69.9%
Neutral2.4%
Negative27.7%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive44.4%
Neutral2.8%
Negative52.8%

In-app purchases

None

IOC

No in-app purchases

None

NextPlate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is IOC free?
IOC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NextPlate free?
NextPlate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do IOC or NextPlate have ads?
Neither IOC nor NextPlate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, IOC or NextPlate?
IOC ships an update every 2 months, and NextPlate every 10 days. Most recently, IOC was updated on September 27, 2026 and NextPlate on August 9, 2026.

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