Comparison

EatChat vs BARFLi

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

Head to head
About

EatChat

Connect with others who share your food passions. Post your current cravings and discover nearby users with similar tastes. Build meaningful relationships centered around a mutual love for food.

Highlights
  • Post food cravings
  • Connect with similar users
  • Nearby cravers notifications
  • Time-limited cravings
  • Build relationships through food
Features
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Welcome, Cravers!! Introducing EatChat, your new hub for connecting with like-minded individuals who share your cravings. It's a fascinating fact that around 33% of individuals worldwide struggle with feelings of loneliness. At EatChat, our unwavering commitment lies in addressing this prevalent problem by offering a platform that nurtures significant connections centered around a mutual passion for food. Our mission is straightforward yet powerful: "Building relationships through the love of food." Here's how EatChat works: Post Your Cravings: Share what you're craving at any given moment, and let the app connect you with individuals who have similar cravings. Whether it's a hankering for sushi, a craving for a hearty burger, or a desire for a sweet treat, EatChat brings people together over their shared culinary desires. Nearby Cravers Notifications: Receive real-time notifications in the app when other "cravers" post their cravings in your vicinity. This feature ensures that you don't miss out on the opportunity to connect with someone new and explore local dining experiences together. Time-Limited Cravings: All cravings on EatChat disappear after 24 hours, ensuring that every opportunity to meet someone new is fresh and exciting. Embrace the chance to meet, chat, and eat with like-minded individuals who share your passion for food. By joining EatChat, you will not only have the chance to explore new dining experiences but also network and build meaningful relationships with individuals who have similar culinary interests. Imagine the joy of meeting someone who appreciates the same types of cuisine as you do or discovering hidden gems in your city's food scene with a new friend.

About

BARFLi

Connect with people at your local bar in real-time. See who's single, interested, and discover potential matches before approaching. Enhance your bar experience by blending online interaction with in-person dating.

Highlights
  • See who's single at the bar
  • Match with crushes across the room
  • Interactive map of bar patrons
  • Swipe through nearby users
  • In-app messaging
  • View match's favorite drink
  • Customize profile with preferences
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People date online, or they date at the bar. Never before has there been a hybrid solution to date online while you’re at the bar until now. Oftentimes bar goers will pull out their phones when they get bored with the other people at the bar, or to avoid looking weird or awkward in a crowd of strangers. Everyone does it, and everyone semi-hates themselves for doing it because they came to the bar to mix and mingle with the people on site. Traditional social and dating apps connect you with people all over the World while neglecting the people right in front of your face. BARFLi is here to solve the problem and redirect you back towards the people in the room when you pull out your phone. Fostering genuine connections. In the past the local bar or pub was the ideal place to go to meet new people. There were no dating apps that allowed you to interact while at home, and the concept of swipe right was all but unheard of. With the nearing of the present people have abandoned traditional dating at the bar in favor of a plethora of online dating options. Some of them on your computer, but most of them on your phone. BARFLi believes that people will return to the bar after end of all problems, but with a different skill set in the dating pool and expectations of an interaction that is both online and in person simultaneously. The BARFLi dating app allows you to see who’s single for the night, find out who’s interested in you, and match with your crush from across the room. You can use the interactive map to see how many men and women are at your bars of interest before you go out to avoid the sausage fest problem. You can use the card deck to swipe through the other people at the bar or neighboring bars on your smartphone, and you can use the chat module to message the love of your life and break the ice just before meeting him or her face to face in real time. With BARFLi you can know your match’s name, age, and favorite drink before you approach them so that it’s not so cold when you walk up and say hello. No more wondering if he’s attracted to you ladies, and no more debating if she has a boyfriend guys. BARFLi facilitates the dating scene at the bar by providing you with just in time information about the other patrons and socialites that you're partying with. Fellas, with BARFLi you will never get rejected because she’s taken already. The app will tell you who’s single and who wants you to approach them before you risk the chance of public rejection and humiliation. BARFLi reduces the fear of approaching strangers cold at the bar. Ladies, No more missed opportunities because he’s unaware that you want him to buy you a drink. The app will show him you’re interested by prompting the match. You can customize your experience by uploading profile pictures of yourself. Along with your favorite drink, cocktail, and cuisine. You can make yourself invisible at the bar, or available for all to see. You can choose the characteristics of your ideal date based on their age, gender, and specialty tastes. You can communicate with people in nearby bars that are walking distance away by expanding your search radius and matching with people at the pub across the street. BARFLi has everything you would expect and need from a social dating app that’s designed to be used at the bar. BARFLi provides a safe and effective way for you to see who’s at the bar with mutual interest to you without having to walk around aimlessly in circles from one corner of the room to the next. It turns strangers into acquaintances, acquaintances into friends, and friends into loved ones. The app makes dating at the bar easier, more efficient, safer, and more fun for everyone involved. Subscriptions are affordable and simple to understand. They give you a pass to see who liked you without having to match with them, and allow you multiple super likes on a recurring nightly basis. Welcome to the Digital Bar.

Screenshots

EatChat4 screens
BARFLi4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: EatChat at none against BARFLi's 7. BARFLi's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. BARFLi sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. EatChat asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for EatChat against 5.0 for BARFLi. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 5 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EatChat ships an update monthly, BARFLi fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on July 7, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
EatChat versus BARFLi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEatChatBARFLi
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings35 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB69 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperEat-Chat LLCBARFLi Inc.

Customer experience

EatChat

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

BARFLi

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

EatChat

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

BARFLi

Subscriptions4
  • Beginner Plan for subscribers$19.991 Month
  • 1month19.99$19.991 Month
  • Intermediate Plan$38.996 Months
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  • Best Value Plan$47.991 Year
One-time3
  • super_like_05$2.99
  • super_like_barfli_10$9.99
  • super_like_barfli_18$17.99

Questions

Is EatChat free?
EatChat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BARFLi free?
BARFLi is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, EatChat or BARFLi?
EatChat and BARFLi are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do EatChat or BARFLi have ads?
Neither EatChat nor BARFLi shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EatChat or BARFLi?
EatChat ships an update monthly, and BARFLi fortnightly. Most recently, EatChat was updated on July 7, 2026 and BARFLi on June 5, 2026.

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