Truffle vs TacoBytes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Truffle
This social app helps you track restaurants you've visited or want to visit, either for personal journaling or with friends. Enjoy a pressure-free experience without rankings or mandatory reviews, and visualize your tracked spots on a shared map.
- Social restaurant tracking
- Personal restaurant journal
- Connect with foodie friends
- No ranking or review pressure
- Map of tracked restaurants
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Truffle is the social restaurant tracking app. Key features: - Connect with foodie friends or use Truffle as a restaurant journal for yourself. We’re flexible - Enjoy a non-ranking system and no pressure to post photos, write reviews, or broadcast yourself (but you can, if you want) - See all your and your friends' tracked restaurants on the Truffle map
TacoBytes
Discover and celebrate the best taco spots near you. Explore menus, check prices, and read reviews from fellow taco enthusiasts. Earn fun badges for your taco-finding achievements and easily save and share your favorite taco joints.
- Discover local taco restaurants
- Explore menus and prices
- Read user reviews
- Earn achievement badges
- Save and share favorite spots
- Location-based taco finder
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TacoBytes – Discover the Best Tacos Near You Love tacos? TacoBytes is your ultimate companion for finding and celebrating the best taco spots nearby. Explore Local Favorites Browse top taco restaurants, explore menus, check prices, and read reviews from other taco lovers. Earn Badges & Celebrate Wins Unlock badges for milestones like your first taco search, saving favorites, or hitting streaks — complete with fun confetti celebrations. Smart Taco Finder Quickly find tacos near you with location-based search, or plan ahead for your next taco adventure. Save & Share Favorites Keep track of your favorite taco joints and share them with friends. Whether you’re craving al pastor, birria, carne asada, fish tacos, or veggie options, TacoBytes helps you discover, celebrate, and enjoy tacos everywhere. Download TacoBytes today — because every taco deserves to be celebrated!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: TacoBytes at 100% against Truffle's 65%. TacoBytes also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Truffle's advantage is ratings volume (338 vs 2) and chart position (#197 vs unranked). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Truffle sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. TacoBytes asks for nothing beyond the download.
TacoBytes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Truffle has 338 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of Truffle's written reviews are positive against 100% of TacoBytes's.
Truffle ships an update every 9 days, TacoBytes every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Truffle | TacoBytes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (338 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 338 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #197 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Reeltalk INC. | Juan Ibarra |
Customer experience
Truffle
TacoBytes
Bugs and requests
Truffle
Reported bugs
5 issues- SMS verification code not being sent to users
- Photos shuffle from their original upload order
- Private account photos remain public by default
- Text verification not working in UK
- Photos not displaying in chronological order
Requested features
11 requests- Star rating system for meals and restaurants
- Ability to rate restaurants on profile alongside reviews
- Social features to view and sort other users' reviews
- Photo sorting by chronological order of addition
- Option to set photos as private by default
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- Ability to assign rankings to restaurants
- Feature to track who you dined with (friends vs. family)
- Ability to note what was ordered at each restaurant
- Integration of photos from Google, Yelp, and Facebook
- Ad-supported free tier option
- Free trial period before subscription
TacoBytes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Truffle
- Weekly Subscription7 Days trial$1.997 Days
- Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Annual Subscription7 Days trial$29.991 Year
TacoBytes
No in-app purchases
