Restaurant Advisor vs Pintxos
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Restaurant Advisor
Discover restaurants and cafes globally. Filter by cuisine, price, or even specific dishes to find your next dining experience. Get detailed information including menus, hours, and location via the built-in navigator.
- Global restaurant search
- Cuisine and price filtering
- Dish-specific search
- In-built map navigator
- Detailed restaurant information
- View menus and photos
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All restaurants in your mobile! Our app helps you find a suitable restaurant or cafe anywhere in the world. Look for new places to eat tasty dishes and have a good time in your city or while traveling. How to choose an ideal restaurant? 1. Select a type of the place you want to visit. 2. Choose the cuisine you want to enjoy: a wide list is provided for you (French, Spanish, Italian, Vegetarian, Japanese, Malaysian, Peru, Tibet, etc.). 3. Indicate a price range: from cheap diners to elite restaurants. Want a particular dish for dinner? Enter its name in the search field and find out where you can try the best tenderloin steak in your city or worldwide. Use the inbuilt navigator to find a restaurant on the map. Get the full info about the place: working hours, menu, phone number, address, website and photos. Apply different search filters: enter a ‘tasty tartar’, see the list of top restaurants and bars and choose the most suitable place.
Pintxos
Discover the 99 best pintxos in San Sebastian, curated by Michelin-starred chefs. Find bars, check opening times, view ingredients, and get directions. Save your favorites and explore suggested routes.
- 99 best pintxos list
- Selected by Michelin-starred chefs
- Bar locations and opening times
- Pintxo ingredients and preparation
- Navigation to bars
- Save and share favorites
- Suggested pintxo routes
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Enjoy the best gastronomic experience in the world with the help of true experts: going out for pintxos in Donostia / San Sebastian. PINTXOS - The Starred Chefs List - The 99 best is an app with the 99 best pintxos in Donostia / San Sebastian, selected anonymously by the 11 Michelin-starred chefs in Gipuzkoa. It's not a ranking. It's a list made by real experts. No fake opinions. PINTXOS rewards the quality and excellence of the bars that take care of the essence of this tradition in Donostia / San Sebastián, the world capital of pintxos. Discover Michelin-starred chefs' favorite pintxos. Find which are closest to you andwhich bars are open at a given time, or filter pintxos by product type. Check out the ingredients and how are they cooked. Find the bars and navigate to them. Choose, save and share your favorite pintxos; and enjoy the suggested routes, sort according to the type of pintxo, the area of the city, or the season. PINTXOS, the only list made by local gastronomic specialists for you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Restaurant Advisor at 3.7 against Pintxos's 1.8. Restaurant Advisor also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (75% vs 41%). Pintxos's advantage is ratings volume (18 vs 3). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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 Advisor holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pintxos has 18 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Restaurant Advisor's written reviews are positive against 41% of Pintxos's.
Restaurant Advisor ships an update fortnightly, Pintxos every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and August 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Restaurant Advisor | Pintxos |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better | 1.8 (18 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 41.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 18 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Mikhail Sazonov | CRM DL CRM S.L. |
Customer experience
Restaurant Advisor
Pintxos
In-app purchases
Restaurant Advisor
No in-app purchases
Pintxos
No in-app purchases






