8it vs Dabah
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.
Dabah
Organize all your favorite recipes from various sources into a single, user-friendly digital collection. Share your culinary creations with friends, discover what others are making, and get inspired for your next meal.
- Save recipes from websites, photos, and notes
- Type in handwritten family recipes
- Create shared cookbooks with others
- Explore community cooking feed
- Control recipe privacy settings
- Review downloaded recipes before saving
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Your recipes deserve a home. Dabah is where family recipes, cooking inspiration, and the people you feed all come together — in one beautiful, private space that's yours to keep. Save recipes from anywhere: • Websites, blogs, and cooking newsletters • Screenshots and photos from cookbooks • Handwritten family recipes and grandmother's notes • Texts, emails, and anything you've bookmarked Powered by AI — every import is automatically parsed and structured, whether it's a URL, a photo, or a handwritten page. Cook and share together: Create shared cookbooks with family, friends, or your dinner club See what your community is cooking and get inspired Keep recipes private or share them — your choice Build your shopping list and send it straight for delivery Generate beautiful AI photos for your recipes and cookbooks Get notified when someone saves, comments on, or shares a recipe with you Dabah is free (for now) — dive in and make it yours.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Dabah at 5.0 against 8it's 4.5. Dabah also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 83%) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). 8it's advantage is ratings volume (208 vs 11) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). On price, 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.
Dabah 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 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of 8it's written reviews are positive against 100% of Dabah's.
8it ships an update fortnightly, Dabah every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | 8it | Dabah |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (208 ratings) | 5.0 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 208 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 122 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | 8it, Inc. | Dabah, Inc |
Customer experience
8it
Dabah
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
Dabah
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
8it
No in-app purchases
Dabah
No in-app purchases






