Luxury Restaurant Guide vs Caparsa
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Luxury Restaurant Guide
Discover and book top-rated restaurants across the UK with expert rankings. Subscribe to a club for exclusive dining rewards, instant savings, and special invitations at the finest establishments.
- Discover highly awarded UK restaurants
- Expert rankings (Michelin, AA, Sunday Times)
- Search by location, name, or area
- Direct and online booking
- Exclusive club member rewards
- Instant savings and complimentary offers
- Digital membership card
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Luxury Restaurant Guide & Club Launched in 2011, the Luxury Restaurant Guide app blazed the trail as the first ever fully responsive, multi-platform restaurant guide and digital membership card app. Discover and book the finest restaurants in the UK using the free and stylish Guide of all highly awarded restaurants. If you love dining out, subscribe to the Club to enjoy instant rewards and invitations at the best destinations. How It Works The Guide amalgamates expert rankings from Michelin, AA, Sunday Times Top 100 and restaurants with high social sentiment, so diners can confidently choose the best venue in any location. Simply search nearby, by restaurant name or area, book direct, or online where available. The Club provides the largest selection of savings across the fine dining industry, exclusively for subscribers, with offers shown on each participating restaurants page. Diners can join from as little as £10 monthly with no tie-ins, and enjoy savings from £15 to £97.50 per dining visit. Take advantage of instant rewards, such as: • Club member dines complimentary • Champagne on arrival • Menu upgrades • % saving privileges Club members simply present a digital card when dining, or click to book online through the app for benefits to be applied automatically. Making A Difference We are proud to support registered charity 'Action Against Hunger' and donate 25p per cover booked online in noted restaurants, so diners can be safe in the knowledge that just booking their meal can make a difference to feed those less fortunate around the world.
Caparsa
Find restaurants and shops worldwide that carry specific wines. Explore detailed tasting notes to learn more about each varietal. The app automatically adjusts to your phone's language settings for a seamless experience.
- Geo-localize wine resellers
- Search for specific locations
- Discover restaurants and shops
- Read wine tasting descriptions
- Automatic language detection
- Information on organic winery
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Caparsa App is a simple way to geo-localize the resellers of our wine in the world. Caparsa is a family organic winery, based in Radda in Chianti. Caparsa App has a main page where you can choose the country and find restaurants and shops close to you that sell Caparsa's wines. Or with a simple word you can search for a specific place. Moreover, you can read about our wines, with tasting descriptions that can help you learn about our wines. Caparsa App recognize the language on your phone: italian or english.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Caparsa at 5.0 against Luxury Restaurant Guide's 4.5. Caparsa also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 71%) and monetization model (free vs freemium). Luxury Restaurant Guide's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 33 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Caparsa holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Luxury Restaurant Guide's written reviews are positive against 100% of Caparsa's.
Luxury Restaurant Guide ships an update every 2 months, Caparsa every 33 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Luxury Restaurant Guide | Caparsa |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 33 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Luxury Restaurant Guide Limited | Paolo Cianferoni |
Customer experience
Luxury Restaurant Guide
Caparsa
In-app purchases
Luxury Restaurant Guide
No in-app purchases
Caparsa
No in-app purchases
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