BAOverse vs Riverside Dining
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BAOverse
Explore a virtual world inspired by Taiwanese culture and earn in-app currency by dining at participating restaurants. Use your earned currency to purchase unique digital items that can be redeemed for real-world counterparts. Level up your character to unlock new content and exclusive benefits.
- Interactive restaurant exploration
- Earn BAOcoin by dining
- Spend BAOcoin on in-app items
- Redeem items for real-world counterparts
- Level up characters
- Unlock exclusive perks
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The BAOverse is an interactive restaurant experience app which rewards you for exploring our world where each of our London restaurants represents a different slice of Taiwanese culture. Here’s how it works: Choose a character and start exploring the Map Dine at our restaurants to earn BAOcoin Spend your BAOcoin on unique items in the app. Redeem your BAOverse items for their real world counter parts next time you visit. Keep exploring to level up and unlock more characters and exclusive perks.
Riverside Dining
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A smart one stop app for all employees of Foster & Partners For fast ordering - Check out our N&D menus and orders on the go, find your favourite’s and even make it your own - Cut out the queue with click and collect from the Hub or Bar For Easy payment - Pay for your hot drink with your phone For Rewards - Sign up for incentives and promotions from your pocket
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: BAOverse at every 2 weeks against Riverside Dining's every 3 months. BAOverse also leads on iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
BAOverse ships an update every 2 weeks, Riverside Dining every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BAOverse | Riverside Dining |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 22.2% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 135 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BAO London Ltd | Its Lolly |
In-app purchases
BAOverse
No in-app purchases
Riverside Dining
No in-app purchases
