Comparison

de Buik vs SommelierX

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

SommelierX

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SommelierX is the next generation of WineStein. It was built over 17 years with scientists and sommeliers. During the WineStein era, more than 500,000 people used it, and it ran in 400+ stores and restaurants. Any dish. Any wine. One calculated match. SNAP YOUR PLATE, POUR THE WINE Photograph your dish and instantly see which wine fits, and why. Rather type or speak? That works too. From stew to sushi, you get matching wine styles, each with a score. CALCULATED, NOT GUESSED Sommeliers scored 609 wine styles on 19 taste dimensions, such as body, acidity, tannin and sweetness. SommelierX sets them against 17 dimensions of your dish and calculates what fits. You see the full Wine DNA and Dish DNA. No stars from strangers, just the reason behind every match. DINING OUT Scan the wine list at the restaurant. You see the best wine on the list for each dish. WORKS BOTH WAYS Got a bottle? Scan the label or search for the wine. You see which dishes go with it. It works with any wine you can scan. YOUR CELLAR, ALWAYS AT HAND Keep track of your bottles and add one with a photo of the label. Your cellar weighs in on every recommendation. STRAIGHT TO YOUR DOOR See where a matching bottle is for sale, right next to your recommendation, and filter by price. This works in countries with a connected web shop. DINNER PARTY Add everyone's dish. SommelierX looks for one wine that suits them all. If none does, you pick two. ASK SOMMY A sommelier in your pocket. Ask any wine question in plain language. FREE AND PREMIUM SommelierX is free to use: 10 recommendations a month, with all matching wine styles, complete with score, full Wine DNA, full Dish DNA and filters for colour, region, country and where to buy. You also get a cellar for up to 10 wines and 3 Sommy messages a day. Premium adds unlimited Sommy, your full wine cellar without a bottle cap (with one-step import from Excel, CSV, PDF or a photo, estimated cellar value and the filter on your own cellar), unlimited recommendations and your full recommendation historyβ€”and supports an independent, advertising-free product. New subscribers can try Premium free for 14 days; after that the subscription continues at the price shown before you subscribe, and you can cancel anytime. You do not need to know wine. Just bring the plate or the bottle. SommelierX calculates the rest. Terms of Use (EULA): https://sommelierx.com/terms?lang=en Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://sommelierx.com/privacy?lang=en

Screenshots

de Buik4 screens
SommelierX4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: de Buik at none against SommelierX's 2. SommelierX's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. SommelierX sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. de Buik asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

de Buik ships an update every 4 months, SommelierX every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
de Buik versus SommelierX: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterde BuikSommelierX
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” better
Requires iOS1615.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size41 MB39 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperGoHereRoger Theunissen

In-app purchases

None

de Buik

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

SommelierX

Subscriptions2
  • SommelierX Premium (Monthly)14 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • SommelierX Premium (Annual)14 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is de Buik free?
de Buik is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SommelierX free?
SommelierX is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do de Buik or SommelierX have ads?
Neither de Buik nor SommelierX shows ads.
Which is updated more often, de Buik or SommelierX?
de Buik ships an update every 4 months, and SommelierX every 2 days. Most recently, de Buik was updated on October 25, 2026 and SommelierX on November 5, 2026.

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