Comparison

de Buik vs Guide des Chefs

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

Head to head
About

de Buik

Features
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The de Buik app helps you quickly find a restaurant that suits you, selected by the food experts at De Buik. De Buik is the award-winning platform for the local food culture in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Utrecht with more than 1,500 food and drinks businesses in its database, supported by more than 4,000 journalistic stories about the best restaurants, bistros, brasseries, pizzerias, bakeries, breakfast shops, lunchrooms and the best coffee shops, cocktail bars, wine bars, cafes, bars, beach bars and terraces. The Buik app uses your (GPS) location to clearly arrange the best things in your area for you. The app has the best and most current information on these matters. This always consists of a short reason why you should eat or drink here and beautiful photos of the business. You can click on for more detailed explanations per case on more than 70 criteria, such as design, type of cuisine (Italian, Chinese, Mexican or, for example, pizza, sushi or burgers) and you can read journalistic stories about all things that make them so special. This app is the ideal complement to de Buik and the perfect partner for when you go into town and want to make the best choices where to eat or drink, alone, with your loved one or with friends, business or private. This app lets you: - Easily find on the map where good restaurants are - Read all the tips from De Buik about restaurants, cafes and bars in an overview - Save your own favorites - Quickly contact the found restaurant - Quickly find your way via Google or Apple Maps to the restaurant - Read extensively about the tips of the Belly - Share your own tips with the Belly and with your friends in the app About de Buik You live in the city or go to a city and want to eat somewhere, but where? You hear everyone about hip new tents, cool pop-ups and new rooftops, but your head is always empty when you want to eat somewhere. And actually you don't even remember what that one place you really had to be was called, so you end up back at the grand cafΓ© where you've always been. Recognizable? For more than a million people in and around Rotterdam, Amsterdam and Utrecht, yes. How does de Buik know? Because she has been providing these food lovers with beautiful stories and an extensive restaurant guide for years, and in this way advises them well about where they should eat that day. You can read our tips in the de Buik app!

About

Guide des Chefs

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Eten in een toprestaurant draait om zoveel meer dan de gerechten alleen. De ambiance, het menu, de wijnkaart, de filosofie van de chef: alles telt op tot een complete en unieke ervaring. Guide des Chefs brengt die ervaring nu exclusief naar uw smartphone. CULINAIRE COMMUNITY Guide des Chefs is een platform voor liefhebbers van haute cuisine, waar de allerbeste restaurants en hun chefs zich presenteren. Als lid van Guide des Chefs wordt u onderdeel van een culinaire community waarbinnen topchefs u een uniek inkijkje geven in hun visie, hun keuken, hun signature dishes en hun restaurant. Bij Guide des Chefs zijn de chefs de sterren! DIGITAAL PLATFORM Op het digitale platform van Guide des Chefs vindt u van ieder restaurant een serie hoogwaardige video’s waarvan het water u in de mond loopt. In deze smaakvolle video’s krijgt u de chefs en hun culinaire tovenarij te zien zoals u nog nooit gezien heeft. Zo belichten we onder andere de chef, het restaurant, de filosofie, een gerecht of de unieke samenwerking met een leverancier. EEN GREEP UIT DE RESTAURANTS Bij Guide des Chefs vindt u de beste restaurants van Nederland. Alle aangesloten restaurants hebben minimaal een Michellinster of koken op sterrenniveau. Wekelijks voegen wij nieuwe restaurants toe en houden we de content op het platform actueel. De top van de culinaire wereld is altijd in beweging en via Guide des Chefs bent u altijd als eerste op de hoogte. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

de Buik4 screens
Guide des Chefs3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: de Buik at none against Guide des Chefs's 5. Guide des Chefs's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Guide des Chefs sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $22.99 per 3 months. de Buik asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

de Buik ships an update every 4 months, Guide des Chefs every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 3 level
de Buik versus Guide des Chefs: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterde BuikGuide des Chefs
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 4 weeks β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” better
Requires iOS1612.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size41 MB69 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperGoHereGuide des Chefs Nederland B.V.

In-app purchases

None

de Buik

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Guide des Chefs

Subscriptions5
  • 3 Maanden$22.993 Months
  • 3 Maanden7 Days trial$22.993 Months
  • 6 Maanden$44.996 Months
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  • 1 Jaar$44.991 Year
  • 1 jaar7 Days trial$44.991 Year

Questions

Is de Buik free?
de Buik is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Guide des Chefs free?
Guide des Chefs is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do de Buik or Guide des Chefs have ads?
Neither de Buik nor Guide des Chefs shows ads.
Which is updated more often, de Buik or Guide des Chefs?
de Buik ships an update every 4 months, and Guide des Chefs every 4 weeks. Most recently, de Buik was updated on October 25, 2026 and Guide des Chefs on October 24, 2026.

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