Comparison

Palm Berries vs Local Haunts

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

Head to head
About

Palm Berries

Easily earn and track loyalty rewards at participating stores. Scan a QR code to check in, view available rewards, and monitor your progress towards future benefits. Access store information and review your transaction history.

Highlights
  • QR code check-in
  • View available rewards
  • Track reward progress
  • Store information
  • Refer friends
  • Transaction history
Features
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Palm Berries App - Earn and track your rewards at participating stores Features: - Check in on in-store tablet with QR code on app - View available rewards and track progress for future rewards - View store info - Refer friends through app - View transaction history - And much more!

About

Local Haunts

Features
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Every restaurant app shows you the same twenty famous places. Local Haunts shows you the ones around the corner. Search near you and get independent restaurants only. National chains are filtered out (not downranked, filtered out), so a taqueria two streets away is not buried under the burger chain on the main road. WHY IT FINDS DIFFERENT PLACES Most apps rank by prominence, which is a polite word for fame. Local Haunts runs every search twice, once by distance and once by prominence, and merges the two. In testing, that turned twenty results into thirty-odd and changed them from landmarks into neighborhood places. NO CHAINS Chains are filtered by name and by how many locations we have actually seen for them, so a regional favorite with four locations in one state stays, and a national brand with four hundred goes. It is not perfect in either direction, and there is a support address for when it gets one wrong. VOUCH FOR THE PLACES YOU LOVE A vouch is one tap and it is free forever. No stars, no five-paragraph reviews, no arguing with strangers. Just how many locals stand behind a place. YOUR CACHÉ Save anywhere, signed in or not. An account keeps it on every device. WHAT PRO ADDS · Crown one best place per category — the best tacos, the best late-night · Lists across your Caché · The Recommended and Rare Finds sorts Pro is $9.99 a year. There is also a lifetime purchase, limited to a batch of 1,000, and the first 250 are Founders. WHAT WE WILL NOT DO Money never buys ranking influence. No business can pay to place, and paying us does not weight your vouch above anyone else's. There are no ads. There is no social feed, no followers, no public profile, and nothing you save is visible to anyone else. Local Haunts covers the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Hong Kong. Restaurant information comes from Google. Terms of Use: https://localhaunts.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://localhaunts.app/privacy.html

Screenshots

Palm Berries3 screens
Local Haunts4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Palm Berries at none against Local Haunts's 3. Palm Berries also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). Local Haunts's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 months). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Local Haunts sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Palm Berries asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Palm Berries ships an update every 6 months, Local Haunts every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Palm Berries versus Local Haunts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPalm BerriesLocal Haunts
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB43 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperPalm Berries LLCLegendarily Imperfect, LLC

In-app purchases

None

Palm Berries

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Local Haunts

Subscriptions1
  • Local Haunts Pro$9.991 Year
One-time2
  • Founder Lifetime$29.99
  • Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Palm Berries free?
Palm Berries is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Local Haunts free?
Local Haunts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Palm Berries or Local Haunts have ads?
Neither Palm Berries nor Local Haunts shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Palm Berries or Local Haunts?
Palm Berries ships an update every 6 months, and Local Haunts every 4 days. Most recently, Palm Berries was updated on October 24, 2026 and Local Haunts on October 29, 2026.

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