The MICHELIN Guide vs HypedAbout
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
HypedAbout
Discover restaurants recommended by content creators on an interactive map. Watch original reviews, check community hype scores, and save your favorite spots. Contribute your own content to a growing community.
- Interactive map with creator reviews
- Filter restaurants by favorite creators
- Community hype scores for restaurants
- Watch original review videos
- Personalized feed of restaurant additions
- Save favorite restaurants
- Submit content as a creator
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Discover restaurants featured by your favorite content creators — all on one map. Tap any pin/restaurant to see which creators featured it, watch the original reviews, check community hype scores, and get directions — all in one place. Key Features: - Interactive Map: Hundreds of restaurants and video reviews pinned to a live map, each linked to creators who reviewed it. - Filter by Creator: Follow your favorite content creators to see a personalized map of their reviews. - Community Hype Scores: Worth the hype? Rate each restaurant to see how each spot stacks up. - Watch Before You Go: Every restaurant links to original review videos so you know exactly what to expect. - Feed: Scroll through the latest restaurant additions and creator activity in a familiar, easy-to-browse feed. - Save Favorites: Bookmark restaurants you want to visit and build your own personalized list. - Contribute: Are you a content creator? Submit your info and have your content added to the map along with others. - Always Growing: New creators, restaurants, and community submissions added daily.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: HypedAbout at free against The MICHELIN Guide's free with in-app purchases. HypedAbout also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). The MICHELIN Guide's advantage is ratings volume (7.6K vs 1) and chart position (#199 vs unranked). On price, rating, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for The MICHELIN Guide against 5.0 for HypedAbout. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The MICHELIN Guide has 7.6K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
The MICHELIN Guide ships an update every 9 days, HypedAbout weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The MICHELIN Guide | HypedAbout |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (7.6K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7.6K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #199 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 171 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tablet Inc | Phil Vengrinovich |
Customer experience
The MICHELIN Guide
HypedAbout
Bugs and 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
HypedAbout
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
The MICHELIN Guide
No in-app purchases
HypedAbout
No in-app purchases
