8it vs TapTab
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.
TapTab
Browse restaurant menus with high-quality visuals and detailed descriptions. Easily identify dishes that meet dietary needs with descriptive icons, ensuring a safe and modern dining experience.
- Visual dish browsing
- Detailed dish descriptions
- Dietary restriction icons
- Contactless menu viewing
- Modern ordering experience
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TapTab modernizes in-restaurant dining by allowing diners to scan QR codes to view beautiful, visual restaurant menus and dishes on your phones. TapTab menus provide you with the best menu browsing and ordering experience in the world. The app offers: - Gorgeous visuals of dishes so that you compare different options and can see what you're ordering before you send your order to the kitchen. Gone are the days of, "I wish I ordered that!" - Detailed dish descriptions so that you can order knowing exactly what's included in your dish - Descriptive icons indicating whether a dish violates your dietary restrictions, so you no longer have to ask your waiter whether a dish contains a particular ingredient, send your dish back because it contains something that you can't eat, or get sick because you unknowingly ate something that you shouldn't have. With TapTab, you get a safe, contactless, pleasurable, modern menu browsing and ordering experience in the palm of your hand.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: 8it at none against TapTab's shown. 8it also leads on review sentiment (83% vs 67%) and ratings volume (208 vs 15). TapTab's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, update cadence 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for 8it against 4.5 for TapTab. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 8it has 208 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of 8it's written reviews are positive against 67% of TapTab's.
8it ships an update fortnightly, TapTab every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | 8it | TapTab |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (208 ratings) — better | 4.5 (15 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 208 — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 122 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 8it, Inc. | TapTab, Inc. |
Customer experience
8it
TapTab
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
TapTab
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
8it
No in-app purchases
TapTab
No in-app purchases









