Elite Eats vs Brine
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Elite Eats
Discover local restaurants with a card-based interface. Swipe right for details, left to dismiss, and save favorites. Filter by location, category, and price to find your next meal.
- Card-based restaurant browsing
- Save favorite restaurants
- Restaurant picker/shuffler
- Filter by location, category, price
- View restaurant details
- Get directions
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"You eat with your eyes first." Elite Eats is a new way to discover your next favorite restaurant! This app takes all of the restaurants within your area and places them on cards for you to browse through. Like what you see? Swipe right, and see more details about the restaurant! Scroll to the bottom, and there’s the address for you to copy or tap the map to get directions. Tap the Yelp icon, and it’ll open the restaurant or review in Yelp. Don't like what you see? Swipe left to keep browsing. Filter and select new restaurants based on location, category, distance, and price range. With this feature, you can easily discover and explore new dining options that match your preferences and budget, making their dining experience even more enjoyable and convenient! Are you tired of endlessly scrolling through restaurant options, unable to make a decision on where to eat? Say goodbye to decision fatigue with our new restaurant picker! Simply swipe up to add restaurants to your favorites or "potential restaurants list". Once you've narrowed down your options, you can easily swipe through your list. And if you still can't make up your mind, just press the shuffle button! Our app will randomly select a restaurant from your favorites list for you to enjoy. No more stress or indecision when it comes to choosing where to eat.
Brine
Easily log your oyster tasting experiences with a comprehensive database and custom notes. Track brine, minerality, size, and texture with intuitive sliders, and add photos to your entries. Search your personal library by various criteria to recall past favorites.
- Oyster tasting catalog
- Database of 500+ oysters
- Origin maps
- Slider descriptors (brine, minerality, size, texture)
- Custom tasting notes
- Photo uploads
- Searchable tasting library
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Brine is the expert's way to catalogue their oyster eating experiences. If you've looked at the blackboard at your local oyster bar and know you have tried the oysters before but can't remember if you liked them, this app will keep you sorted. With a built in database of over 500 oysters, complete with maps pinpointing their waters of origin, Brine allows you enter standard descriptors with easy to use sliders to document brine, minerality, size, and texture. You can enter your own custom tasting notes so you can recall exactly how you experienced the oyster! Even add your own photo from your phone's photo library! Can't find the oyster you are looking for? Brine allows you to search your tasting library and sort it by oyster name, tasting date, origin, or star rating. You can edit your notes in the app and zoom in on a map to see exactly where your oyster came from. This is the oyster lover's second brain. Brine: The oyster lover's app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Elite Eats at 5.0 against Brine's 4.0. Elite Eats also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and ratings volume (15 vs 4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Elite Eats holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Elite Eats's written reviews are positive against 67% of Brine's.
| Parameter | Elite Eats | Brine |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (15 ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aaron Ochoa | Joseph Bailey |
Customer experience
Elite Eats
Brine
In-app purchases
Elite Eats
No in-app purchases
Brine
No in-app purchases









