Comparison

Food Lover’s (Sample) vs FOODING®

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

Head to head
About

Food Lover’s (Sample)

Explore Paris's best culinary destinations with an authoritative guide. Discover over 500 tested locations, filter by cuisine, neighborhood, or price, and view them on a map. Includes a glossary of French culinary terms and offline capabilities.

Highlights
  • Over 500 culinary destinations
  • Search by cuisine, neighborhood, price
  • Map with offline geolocator
  • Glossary of French culinary terms
  • Bookmark favorite addresses
  • Regularly updated commentary
Features
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A sample of the most authoritative guide to eating well in the City of Light is now available as an application for iOS. “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 OF THE FULL VERSION • 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

FOODING®

Discover over 2,000 curated restaurants, hotels, bars, shops, and cellars across France with a geolocation map. Find new additions and favorite spots near you, with advanced search filters and easy reservation options. Personalize your experience with a "My Fooding" account to save and share lists.

Highlights
  • Geolocation map of 2,000+ venues
  • Hundreds of new additions annually
  • Efficient search with precise filters
  • One-click restaurant reservations
  • Personalized "My Fooding" account
  • Save and share favorite places
Features
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- Over 2,000 ingenious restaurants, stylish hotels, bars d’auteurs, stand-out shops and spirited cellars from across France, all included in our handy geolocation map feature. - Hundreds of new additions to the guide each year, plus all our favorite spots nearest to wherever you are – from neighborhood bars to neo-bistros, not to mention all the bakeries, coffee shops and wine bars… - Our new search engine is more efficient than ever before (with ultra-precise filters). - Make reservations at hundreds of restaurants in the click of a button. - Exclusive features via your My Fooding account, where you can create and share lists of all your favorite places and must-try spots, and personalize your alerts so you don’t miss any new publications that you’re sure to love. Fooding® is a registered trademark.

Screenshots

Food Lover’s (Sample)4 screens
FOODING®4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: FOODING® at 71% against Food Lover’s (Sample)'s 0%. FOODING® also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (320 vs 2). Food Lover’s (Sample)'s advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FOODING® holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FOODING® has 320 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Food Lover’s (Sample)'s written reviews are positive against 71% of FOODING®'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Food Lover’s (Sample) ships an update every 4 months, FOODING® every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Food Lover’s (Sample) versus FOODING®: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFood Lover’s (Sample)FOODING®
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)4.7 (320 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews71.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2320 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFood Lovers & Co. Inclefooding.com

Customer experience

Food Lover’s (Sample)

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

FOODING®

All ratings314 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral2.2%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive71.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative29.0%

In-app purchases

None

Food Lover’s (Sample)

No in-app purchases

None

FOODING®

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Food Lover’s (Sample) free?
Food Lover’s (Sample) is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FOODING® free?
FOODING® is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Food Lover’s (Sample) or FOODING®?
FOODING® is rated higher. Food Lover’s (Sample) averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while FOODING® averages 4.7 from 320 ratings.
Do Food Lover’s (Sample) or FOODING® have ads?
Neither Food Lover’s (Sample) nor FOODING® shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Food Lover’s (Sample) or FOODING®?
Food Lover’s (Sample) ships an update every 4 months, and FOODING® every 2 months. Most recently, Food Lover’s (Sample) was updated on November 1, 2026 and FOODING® on November 3, 2026.

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