Comparison

Black Walnut vs S

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

Head to head
About

Black Walnut

This app allows you to join a loyalty program to earn points and track rewards at your favorite restaurant. You can find locations, view menus, manage your account, and redeem points for special offers. It also lets you add value to gift cards and check in for points with your order.

Highlights
  • Earn points for rewards
  • Find nearby locations
  • View menus
  • Check account balances
  • Redeem points for rewards
  • Add value to gift cards
  • Check in for points
Read full description

If Black Walnut is your favorite place for breakfast, lunch or dinner, you'll love using this app to earn points and keep track of rewards when you join our loyalty program. Download it today for free and you’ll be able to: • Join Black Walnut Loyalty to start earning points for rewards • Find a Black Walnut that’s closest to your location • Check out our menus • View your account balances and details • Exchange your points for rewards • Add stored value to your gift card • Check in to let us know you’ve arrived and get points with your order

About

S

Discover local restaurants using a unique S/A/B/C/F tier list system instead of traditional star ratings. Explore over 2,300 curated establishments with quick actions, a live map, and dish photos. Contribute to the community consensus and find your next favorite meal.

Highlights
  • Rank restaurants on S/A/B/C/F tier lists
  • Discover 2,300+ local restaurants
  • Live map with color-coded tiers
  • Quick actions: Call, Directions, Order
  • Dish photos and community contributions
  • Filter by cuisine, price, and area
Features
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S-Tier Eats is a restaurant tier list for The Woodlands, Spring, and north Houston. Instead of five-star ratings that smear every place into a 3.9-to-4.4 blur, you rank spots the honest way: S, A, B, C, or F. Your list is yours. The community's consensus is everyone's. Compare them side by side. CAN'T DECIDE WHERE TO EAT? PLAN A NIGHT OUT Tell the app the vibe — a cuisine, how far you'll go, and how good it has to be — and it picks tonight's spot for you, from your own list, the community, or the local Foodie Pros. Not feeling it? Spin again. RANK THE HONEST WAY Drop any restaurant into a tier and the app builds two things at once: your personal S/A/B/C/F board, and the crowd's consensus tier for every spot. S means drop everything and go. F means never again. BEST SPOTS NEAR YOU Top-Rated Near Me shows the best community-ranked restaurants around you, filterable by cuisine — the best BBQ, sushi, tacos, and more across 14 areas. EVERYTHING FROM ONE SCREEN Call, get directions, order, open a menu, or reserve a table — right from a restaurant's page. WITH YOUR PEOPLE Follow friends, see what they're ranking, and tap Compare to find your "taste match" — where you agree and where you argue. BUILT FOR THIS PLACE, NOT FOR YOUR DATA No social feed. No public follower counts. No personalized tracking. Built by one person who lives here and eats here. Free to use, with an optional one-time Remove Ads purchase and optional tips.

Screenshots

Black Walnut4 screens
S4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Black Walnut at none against S's 4. Black Walnut also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). S's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 6 months) and rating (4.9 vs 4.7). On price, review sentiment, 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. S sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Black Walnut asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

S holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 12 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Black Walnut ships an update every 6 months, S every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Black Walnut versus S: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlack WalnutS
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (16 ratings)4.9 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings16 — better12
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supportedAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size152 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPaytronix Systems IncAnthony Compofelice

Customer experience

Black Walnut

All ratings13 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

S

All ratings12 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Black Walnut

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

S

One-time4
  • Remove Ads$1.99
  • Small Tip$1.99
  • Medium Tip$4.99
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  • Generous Tip$9.99

Questions

Is Black Walnut free?
Black Walnut is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is S free?
S is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Black Walnut or S?
S is rated higher. Black Walnut averages 4.7 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while S averages 4.9 from 12 ratings.
Do Black Walnut or S have ads?
Both Black Walnut and S show ads.
Which is updated more often, Black Walnut or S?
Black Walnut ships an update every 6 months, and S every 8 days. Most recently, Black Walnut was updated on October 10, 2026 and S on October 8, 2026.

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