8it vs Pl8it
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
8it
Discover the best NYC food experiences happening now, from pop-ups to limited-time drops. Find expert-recommended dishes near you and organize your culinary adventures.
- Food pop-ups, drops, and collabs
- Explore map for local discovery
- Dish-first food organization
- Customizable dish lists
- Expert recommendations
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8it shows you what’s worth eating in NYC - right now and near you. Dish-first food discovery for pop-ups, limited drops, collabs, and must-eat dishes, recommended by people who work in food. Why 8it - Food pop-ups, limited drops & collabs in one place What’s live, what’s limited, and what you’ll be annoyed you missed. - Explore Map for smarter discovery See expert-approved dishes near you, right now. - Dish-first discovery We organize by dish because you crave food, not a restaurant. - Custom dish lists Build lists for date night, friends in town, and your next food crawl.
Pl8it
Discover salmon dishes at local restaurants with images, ratings, and comments. Filter reviews based on user taste preferences to find your perfect meal.
- Discover salmon dishes
- View dish photos
- Read dish ratings
- Filter comments by taste
- Compare dishes individually
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Want to see all salmon related dishes in every restaurant in your area with a single click of a button? How about some pictures, comments and ratings to help you make comparisons between them? How about filtering those comments and ratings according to users with the same taste in food? Now you can thanks to Pl8it. Knowing what a dish looks like is really important when deciding what to order. Pl8it allows dishes to be seen, rated, and commented on individually. Allowing them to stand on their own outside the reputation of the restaurant they belong to.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pl8it at 5.0 against 8it's 4.5. Pl8it also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). 8it's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 26 months). On price, 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.
Pl8it holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 8it has 208 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
8it ships an update fortnightly, Pl8it every 26 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 8it | Pl8it |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (208 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 208 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 26 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 122 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 8it, Inc. | Wilmer Abreu |
Customer experience
8it
Pl8it
Bugs and requests
8it
Reported bugs
5 issues- Password authentication system malfunctioning
- Unresponsive customer support for password recovery
- Location-based search not functioning properly
- Duplicate restaurant results in different searches
- App shows restaurants far outside user's location
Requested features
6 requests- Expand to more cities nationwide
- Expand to Boston area
- Improve geographic coverage beyond NYC and LA
- Global expansion
- Increase search radius beyond 1.5 miles
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- Make app accessible to New Jersey area
Pl8it
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
8it
No in-app purchases
Pl8it
No in-app purchases
