Restaurant Connection vs The ArtZone Map
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Restaurant Connection
Easily order food from your favorite restaurants while on the go. Browse menus, search for specific dishes, and enjoy a convenient mobile ordering experience. Let us handle the details so you can relax.
- Order food on the go
- Search restaurant menus
- Browse food options
- Convenient mobile ordering
- Relax while ordering
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Download RC customer App to order while you’re on the go. Search, browse, and enjoy the ease of ordering on your mobile device. Kick back and relax, we'll take care of all the work.
The ArtZone Map
Discover Santa Barbara's vibrant Funk Zone and surrounding arts districts. Explore local artists, businesses, wineries, breweries, and restaurants, with detailed profiles, hours, and directions. Plan your visit and save your favorite spots.
- Artist and business profiles
- Hours, addresses, and contact info
- Interactive directions
- Save favorite locations
- Trip planning tools
- Explore local arts and culture
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The ArtZone App is a guide to Santa Barbara’s Funk Zone and the surrounding neighborhoods—a unique Santa Barbara arts, culture, business, and industrial district. It features local artists and businesses contributing to the creative and cultural ecology of Santa Barbara—local art, drink, food, clothes, crafts, objects, etc—creative works of all kinds. You can: 1. View profiles of local artists, wineries, breweries, restaurants, clothing and furniture shops, galleries, and more. 2. Get hours, addresses, contact information, and a touch of local flavor. 3. Find directions. 4. Save your favorites for later. 5. Plan a trip or a weekend adventure, and explore Santa Barbara’s unique local arts and culture ecosystem.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Restaurant Connection at 1.6 against The ArtZone Map's 1.3. Restaurant Connection also leads on ratings volume (70 vs 3) and review sentiment (13% vs 0%). The ArtZone Map's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price, update cadence, 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.
Restaurant Connection holds the better App Store score, 1.6 against 1.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Restaurant Connection has 70 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of Restaurant Connection's written reviews are positive against 0% of The ArtZone Map's.
Restaurant Connection ships an update monthly, The ArtZone Map every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Restaurant Connection | The ArtZone Map |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.6 (70 ratings) — better | 1.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 13.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 70 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Paragon Software Inc | Santa Barbara Arts Collaborative, Inc. |
Customer experience
Restaurant Connection
The ArtZone Map
Bugs and requests
Restaurant Connection
Reported bugs
16 issues- Cannot click 'proceed to checkout'
- Order disappeared after waiting
- App is buggy
- App constantly breaking and glitching
- App crashes every time trying to pay
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- App crashes every time trying to login
- App requires address for pickup but crashes
- App error messages for address
- App shutting down during order placement
- App doesn't work
- Deleted order twice
- Would not accept 4 digit CVV for Amex
- Order disappeared after 'on the way'
- App is poorly designed
- App is awful
- App is terrible
Requested features
8 requests- Option to mimic companies like Toast
- Dark mode option
- Advanced analytics dashboard
- Add PayPal or Apple Pay
- Better UI/UX
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- Clearer communication
- Show list of restaurants upfront
- Fix notification issues
The ArtZone Map
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Restaurant Connection
No in-app purchases
The ArtZone Map
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Restaurant Connection free?
Is The ArtZone Map free?
Which has better reviews, Restaurant Connection or The ArtZone Map?
Do Restaurant Connection or The ArtZone Map have ads?
Which is updated more often, Restaurant Connection or The ArtZone Map?
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