Comparison

Food Lover’s Guide to Paris vs Eater

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

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About

Food Lover’s Guide to Paris

Explore Paris's culinary scene with expert recommendations from a renowned food critic. Discover over 500 top restaurants, cafes, bakeries, and specialty shops, with detailed commentary and search filters. Includes a map, glossary, and bookmarking features for easy navigation.

Highlights
  • Over 500 culinary destinations
  • Search by cuisine, neighborhood, and price
  • Map with offline geolocator
  • Glossary of French culinary terms
  • Bookmark favorite spots
  • Regularly updated recommendations
Features
Currently charting
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The most authoritative guide to eating well in the City of Light is now available as an application for iOS. Paris has been home to food critic, cookbook author, and cooking school teacher Patricia Wells for more than 35 years, and no one knows Paris’s culinary scene better. With this app, discover Patricia’s top picks of restaurants, cafes, wine bars, bakeries, pastry, chocolate and cheese shops, markets, wine shops, specialty food shops and kitchen and tableware shops. Regularly updated, Patricia and her small but expert team are constantly expanding and fine-tuning their list of favorite gastronomic destinations. Visitors will find old favorites as well as new inspirations, covering every category from spots for quick bites to crêperies, sushi and dumpling treasures, as well as Michelin three-star haute cuisine restaurants. 
“Food lovers rejoice! You can now tour Paris with Patricia Wells, the city’s most reliable guide to its very best spots. Her app is fast and easy to use, chock-full of terrific information and a great read. In other words, it’s a delicious must-have.”
Dorie Greenspan, author of Dorie’s Cookies and Around My French Table 

FEATURES • Discover more than 500 of the city’s ultimate culinary destinations, tested by Patricia and her team and regularly updated with detailed dependable commentary. • Search by category using a filter to refine your search by cuisine type, neighborhood, details such as Michelin stars or gluten-free, atmosphere, price, and culinary specialties. • Browse the app contents by category or neighborhood, or by restaurant specifics such as price, cuisine type, specialties or restaurant details like vegetarian-friendly or Michelin-star rating.  • A map of Paris shows the location of all the addresses in the guide (use the filter to limit the addresses to those you are interested in). An offline geolocator allows you to see your location even when you’re not connected to the internet. • A-Z glossary of French culinary terms to help translate menus on the spot. • Bookmark your favorite addresses, and access Patricia’s current favorites and seasonal recommendations in the Picks section. • English language only.

 ABOUT PATRICIA 

Patricia Wells, author and former Washington Post and New York Times journalist, was global food critic for the International Herald Tribune for more than 25 years. She has written five print editions of The Food Lover’s Guide to Paris and 14 other books, including Bistro Cooking and Trattoria. With her husband, Walter, Patricia has lived in France since 1980 and also teaches classes at her popular cooking school – At Home with Patricia Wells – in Paris and Provence. 
 For more information visit www.foodloversparis.com 
To offer feedback or report issues on the App, email bon.app@foodloversparis.com © 2017 Patricia Wells

About

Eater

Discover top restaurant and bar recommendations curated by expert editors. Find new places in any city, get personalized suggestions, and easily make reservations. Never have a bad meal again with trusted insider picks.

Highlights
  • Editor-curated restaurant picks
  • Personalized recommendations
  • Insider community connection
  • Smart search functionality
  • Create and share custom lists
  • Direct table reservations
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The Eater app is the most trusted way to find great restaurants. Our editors have spent years eating at the best restaurants and bars so you always know where to go next. Get instant access to all of Eater’s restaurant picks in every major city, whether you're exploring a new neighborhood, planning a trip, or need a quick rec on the go. With the Eater app, you’ll never have a bad meal. What you’ll love about the Eater app: - Curated by editors: Trusted recommendations and reviews from people who know restaurants - Insider to insider: Follow and connect with editors, chefs, and friends, and be part of the Eater community - Ask anything: Smarter search that finds the places you actually want - Recommended for you: Eater’s take on restaurants near you and wherever you travel - Create and share: Browse Eater lists, make your own, and share your favorite spots with friends - Browse to book: Reserve tables directly in the Eater app so you’re one step closer to a great meal With the Eater app, the next great place to eat or drink is in the palm of your hand, no matter where the day (or night) takes you. Download the Eater app to find your next great meal.

Screenshots

Food Lover’s Guide to Paris4 screens
Eater4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Eater at Free against Food Lover’s Guide to Paris's $4.99. Eater also leads on rating (4.1 vs 3.4) and update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months). Food Lover’s Guide to Paris's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (57% vs 41%). On ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Eater is free to download; Food Lover’s Guide to Paris costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Eater holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 24 and 64 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 57% of Food Lover’s Guide to Paris's written reviews are positive against 41% of Eater's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Food Lover’s Guide to Paris ships an update every 4 months, Eater weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Food Lover’s Guide to Paris versus Eater: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFood Lover’s Guide to ParisEater
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating3.4 (24 ratings)4.1 (64 ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.4% of reviews — better41.1% of reviews
Number of ratings2464 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#12 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS9.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB154 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperFood Lovers & Co. IncVox Media, Inc.

Customer experience

Food Lover’s Guide to Paris

All ratings24 ratings
Positive58.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative41.7%
Written reviews47 reviews
Positive57.4%
Neutral6.4%
Negative36.2%

Eater

All ratings61 ratings
Positive75.4%
Neutral3.3%
Negative21.3%
Written reviews90 reviews
Positive41.1%
Neutral7.8%
Negative51.1%

User reviews

Food Lover’s Guide to Paris

From 24 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Excellent food recommendations
  • 👍 Trusted guide for Paris dining
  • 🗺️ Useful map integration
  • 📚 Comprehensive glossary
  • 👍 Content is well-written and informative

Room to improve

  • ⚠️ Outdated information
  • ⚠️ Not updated for years
  • ⚠️ Poor app functionality
  • ⚠️ Unresponsive support
  • ⚠️ Inconsistent restaurant listings

Eater

From 64 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Convenient access to Eater content
  • 🚀 Curated restaurant recommendations
  • 💡 Ability to save/reference restaurant lists

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App crashes/won't open for some users
  • 🔒 Forced opt-in for data tracking
  • 🗺️ Outdated restaurant information
  • 🌍 Limited to certain regions/cities

Bugs and requests

Food Lover’s Guide to Paris

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Venues not found
  • App not updating
  • Emails for support rejected
  • Map not working correctly
  • App freezing
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  • Unresponsive buttons
  • Formatting issues
  • Built-in web browser issues

Requested features

5 requests
  • App needs to be updated regularly
  • Improve search and sorting functionality
  • Indicate when reviews were last updated
  • Better iPad optimization
  • More restaurant coverage

Eater

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Search and account icons smushed on main map page
  • Location settings get stuck after disabling tracking

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add filters and sorting for map/list view
  • Allow sharing of restaurant lists
  • Improve font size and layout on map view

In-app purchases

None

Food Lover’s Guide to Paris

No in-app purchases

None

Eater

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Food Lover’s Guide to Paris free?
Food Lover’s Guide to Paris costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Eater free?
Eater is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Food Lover’s Guide to Paris or Eater?
Eater is rated higher. Food Lover’s Guide to Paris averages 3.4 out of 5 from 24 ratings, while Eater averages 4.1 from 64 ratings.
Do Food Lover’s Guide to Paris or Eater have ads?
Eater shows ads; Food Lover’s Guide to Paris does not.
Which is updated more often, Food Lover’s Guide to Paris or Eater?
Food Lover’s Guide to Paris ships an update every 4 months, and Eater weekly. Most recently, Food Lover’s Guide to Paris was updated on November 1, 2026 and Eater on October 30, 2026.

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