Falstaff Guide vs The BarCode Venue
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Falstaff Guide
Discover over 24,000 European restaurants, 3,000 bars, cafes, and hotels. Find curated reviews and book your next dining or travel experience. Save favorites and share your gourmet adventures.
- 24,000+ European restaurants
- 3,000+ bars, cafes, and lodges
- Luxury and boutique hotel listings
- Curated reviews from experts
- Instant booking options
- Save and share favorite spots
- Location-based discovery
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The Falstaff Guide app puts over 24,000 of Europe’s best restaurants at your fingertips, plus more than 3,000 curated cocktail and wine bars, cosy cafés, unique street food spots, and charming alpine lodges. Ready for your next adventure? Get inspired and explore the finest luxury and boutique hotels worldwide, brought to you by Falstaff Travel. The app shows you all the hotspots near you or at your next holiday destination, featuring authentic, carefully curated reviews from Falstaff’s renowned restaurant, bar, and street food guides. Once you find a new preferred spot, book instantly or save it to your favourites. Share and rate your experiences like over 20,000 other Gourmet Club members. Discover the world of fine dining and luxury hotels today!
The BarCode Venue
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The Venue Owner App is an easy and speedy way of tracking orders, updating status and to commute the notification's buzzer. Modernize features to fetch order updates. With The Venue Owner App venue owners propound existing orders and its updates.The venue owner application is for venue owners to change the order status and to commute the notification buzzer.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Falstaff Guide at every 2 months against The BarCode Venue's every 7 months. The BarCode Venue's advantage is iOS requirement (13.4 vs 16.0). 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.
Falstaff Guide ships an update every 2 months, The BarCode Venue every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Falstaff Guide | The BarCode Venue |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 27.3% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Falstaff Verlag | Milnes May Ltd. |
In-app purchases
Falstaff Guide
No in-app purchases
The BarCode Venue
No in-app purchases
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