Comparison

Restaurant Roulette!! vs ForkIt!

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Restaurant Roulette!!

Struggling to pick a restaurant? This app helps you discover open eateries nearby based on your food preferences and budget. Spin a virtual roulette wheel to randomly select a dining spot from your curated list and get directions to your chosen destination.

Highlights
  • Discover nearby open restaurants
  • Filter by cuisine, price, and distance
  • Add custom restaurants to the list
  • View restaurant details and ratings
  • Randomly select a restaurant
  • Get directions to chosen restaurant
Features
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Can't decide where to eat? Let Restaurant Roulette choose for you! Find open restaurants near you that serve the food you're craving & fit your price range - then spin the roulette wheel to randomly pick one! We'll help you put together a list of restaurants - you can search near you, search using a map, search near a zip code, or enter your own restaurants. You can even view details about each restaurant before adding them to the roulette wheel! Last of all spin the wheel and let Restaurant Roulette decide where you should go for your next meal (or maybe even dessert?) We'll even give you directions to get there. Ready to find your next favorite place to eat? Download Restaurant Roulette for free! Features - • Find nearby open restaurants using your location, a map, or a zip code. • Filter restaurants by food category, price & distance. • Food categories include Asian, barbeque, burgers, cajun, Chinese, crepes, dessert, Hawaiian, Indian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, kosher, Mexican, pizza, sushi, Thai, vegan, vegetarian & waffles. • Select restaurants you want in the roulette & even add your own restaurants to the list. • View restaurant ratings, food types, distance, price and more! You can even see the Yelp web page for each restaurant. • Randomly select a restaurant from your roulette list. • Get directions to your randomly chosen restaurant.

About

ForkIt!

Struggling to choose a restaurant? This app randomly selects a dining spot near your current location with a single tap. It offers various filtering options and a group decision-making feature to help you and your friends find the perfect place to eat.

Highlights
  • Random restaurant selection by location
  • Group decision-making for dining
  • Customizable filters for distance and cuisine
  • Save and block favorite/disliked places
  • Add personal restaurant spots
  • Fork history tracking
Features
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Can't decide where to eat? ForkIt! picks a random restaurant near you. One tap, done. No scrolling through reviews. No group debates. Just fork it. FREE FEATURES - Random restaurant picks based on your location - Walk or drive mode with smart suggestions - Filter by distance, cuisine keyword, and exclusions - Hidden Gems mode — skip the chains, find local spots - Add your own spots (Mom's house, that taco truck) - Save favorites, block places you never want to see - Fork history — see everywhere ForkIt! sent you - Export and import your data anytime PRO ($1.99/month or $14.99/year) - All filters: price ceiling, minimum rating, open now - Full restaurant details: rating, price, hours, website, call button - 2 alternative picks in different categories with every fork - 20 searches per month - 3 Fork Around group sessions per month PRO+ ($2.99/month or $24.99/year) - Everything in Pro - Unlimited searches - Unlimited Fork Around sessions FORK AROUND: GROUP PICKS Can't agree where to eat as a group? Start a session, share a 4-letter code, and everyone sets their own filters privately. Nobody has to say "I can't afford that" or "I don't eat there." ForkIt! picks one place that works for everyone. NO ACCOUNT NEEDED ForkIt! works anonymously. No sign-in, no account, no cloud database. Your data stays on your device. Back it up anytime with a single tap. Re-rolls from your cached pool are always free — only filter changes or an expired pool count as a new search. - Terms of Use: https://forkit-web.vercel.app/terms.html - Privacy Policy: https://forkit-web.vercel.app/privacy.html

Screenshots

Restaurant Roulette!!4 screens
ForkIt!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Restaurant Roulette!! at 4.5 against ForkIt!'s 4.0. Restaurant Roulette!! also leads on review sentiment (36% vs 0%) and ratings volume (1.7K vs 2). ForkIt!'s advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Restaurant Roulette!! sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and ForkIt! sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Restaurant Roulette!! holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Restaurant Roulette!! has 1.7K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of Restaurant Roulette!!'s written reviews are positive against 0% of ForkIt!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Restaurant Roulette!! ships an update every 2 weeks, ForkIt! fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Restaurant Roulette!! versus ForkIt!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRestaurant Roulette!!ForkIt!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1.7K ratings) — better4.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews36.1% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1.7K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterFortnightly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTurbolaser LLCCherrelle Tucker

Customer experience

Restaurant Roulette!!

All ratings1,610 ratings
Positive87.1%
Neutral5.2%
Negative7.6%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive36.1%
Neutral8.3%
Negative55.6%

ForkIt!

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Restaurant Roulette!!

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Showing places far outside search radius
  • Repeated restaurant recommendations on reset

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add delivery option
  • Improve random number generator
  • Include food trucks
  • Add more filters (delivery, outdoor seating, etc.)
  • Integrate with Yelp collections
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  • Save added restaurants for future use

ForkIt!

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Restaurant Roulette!!

One-time5
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • Medium Tip$1.99
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  • Big Tip$4.99
  • Huge Tip$9.99
4 purchases

ForkIt!

Subscriptions4
  • ForkIt! Pro$1.991 Month
  • ForkIt! Pro+ Monthly$2.991 Month
  • ForkIt! Pro - Annual$14.991 Year
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  • ForkIt! Pro+ Annual$24.991 Year

Questions

Is Restaurant Roulette!! free?
Restaurant Roulette!! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ForkIt! free?
ForkIt! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Restaurant Roulette!! or ForkIt!?
Restaurant Roulette!! is rated higher. Restaurant Roulette!! averages 4.5 out of 5 from 1.7K ratings, while ForkIt! averages 4.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Restaurant Roulette!! or ForkIt! have ads?
Restaurant Roulette!! shows ads; ForkIt! does not.
Which is updated more often, Restaurant Roulette!! or ForkIt!?
Restaurant Roulette!! ships an update every 2 weeks, and ForkIt! fortnightly. Most recently, Restaurant Roulette!! was updated on October 26, 2026 and ForkIt! on October 15, 2026.

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