Restaurant Advisor vs The MICHELIN Guide
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.
The MICHELIN Guide
Discover and book top-rated restaurants and hotels worldwide. Plan your next trip with curated selections, create personalized lists, and access exclusive perks. Expert travel assistance is also available.
- Global restaurant and hotel listings
- Instant booking for hotels
- Create and share favorite place lists
- Exclusive hotel upgrades and amenities (Plus membership)
- Expert travel specialist assistance
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Stay in amazing places. Eat unforgettable meals. Take the MICHELIN Guide app wherever you go. The MICHELIN Guide app puts the world’s best restaurants and hotels right in your pocket — and lets you book them. It marks the first time in history that the entire global guide — every restaurant in every location — is all together, all in one place. The app also includes the new and improved MICHELIN Guide hotel selection. Now you can instantly book the world’s most unique and exciting hotels, each one chosen for their extraordinary style, service, and personality. The MICHELIN Guide app makes it easier than ever to plan your next adventure or enhance your current one. Use it to quickly find and reserve restaurants and hotels near you or in a future destination; create and share lists of all your favorite places; or trial our “Plus” membership and receive free VIP upgrades and amenities at participating hotels. Need concierge-level care? Our expert travel specialists are waiting just a click away, available to assist with any aspect of your trip. They’re real people, ready to help you go places. So get going. Find great restaurants & hotels in each MICHELIN Guide city. Book amazing hotels wherever you find yourself. Download the app today.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: The MICHELIN Guide at 4.9 against Restaurant Advisor's 3.7. The MICHELIN Guide also leads on ratings volume (7.5K vs 3) and chart position (#152 vs unranked). Restaurant Advisor's advantage is review sentiment (75% vs 41%) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). 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.
The MICHELIN Guide holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The MICHELIN Guide has 7.5K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Restaurant Advisor's written reviews are positive against 41% of The MICHELIN Guide's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Restaurant Advisor ships an update fortnightly, The MICHELIN Guide every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Restaurant Advisor | The MICHELIN Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 4.9 (7.5K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 41.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 7.5K — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #152 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 172 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Mikhail Sazonov | Tablet Inc |
Customer experience
Restaurant Advisor
The MICHELIN Guide
Bugs and requests
Restaurant Advisor
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
The MICHELIN Guide
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes on launch
- Location services not working as expected
- Search functionality not returning relevant results
- Inability to save or access user-created lists
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to search by cuisine, price range, and other filters
- Map view with location-based recommendations
- User-generated reviews and photos
- Offline mode for accessing content without internet
- Landscape mode support for tablets
In-app purchases
Restaurant Advisor
No in-app purchases
The MICHELIN Guide
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Restaurant Advisor free?
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Which has better reviews, Restaurant Advisor or The MICHELIN Guide?
Do Restaurant Advisor or The MICHELIN Guide have ads?
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