ResX vs The Bites App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ResX
Easily exchange last-minute restaurant reservations. Give away reservations you can't make or grab spontaneous dining opportunities at popular spots. Enjoy the city's best dining experiences without the hassle of advance planning.
- Exchange last-minute reservations
- Give away unwanted reservations
- Grab spontaneous dining opportunities
- Access in-demand restaurants
- Simplify dining plans
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ResX is a free, peer-to-peer exchange to give and take last-minute restaurant reservations at the most in-demand restaurants in New York and London. No resale, no bots - just diners helping diners. How it works: • Claim - Get the best tables in town without the weeks of planning. • Share - Have a reservation you can't make? Post it on ResX for free and avoid any cancellation fee • Earn - Earn tokens with every booking. Redeem them for exclusive rewards. The city's best plans, without the planning. For terms of use and more details on ResX Premium, visit: https://bit.ly/ResX_TC
The Bites App
Discover local dishes through a personalized, scrollable feed of real food at nearby restaurants. Rate your meals to build a taste profile and see what friends and locals recommend. Plan your next meal with ease, whether it's a quick lunch or a travel destination.
- Personalized food feed
- Scrollable dish discovery
- Tap-to-go directions
- Travel mode for local eats
- Build personal food leaderboard
- See friends' rankings
- Global and city leaderboards
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Bites: Food Discovery, Decoded Join fellow food lovers who've ditched endless Yelp scrolls and group chat debates. Bites is the food discovery app that turns "what should we eat?" into a 30-second scroll — and turns every meal into part of your food identity. DISCOVER FOOD LIKE YOU DISCOVER EVERYTHING ELSE Open the app. Scroll a feed of real dishes at real spots near you. Tap to go. Rate after. That's the loop. No lists, no maps, no review paragraphs to wade through — just food, served the way your feed already works. A FEED BUILT FOR YOUR TASTE Your Bites feed is personalized and hyperlocal, tuned to your location and your taste. Late-night cravings, date night plans, lunch break decisions — the feed reads the room. TAP TO GO Every bite in your feed links straight to directions, hours, and details. Discovery and decision in one tap. No tab-switching, no copy-pasting addresses — just go eat. TRAVEL MODE Flip a switch before your trip and your feed transforms. Get the best local eats wherever you're headed, powered by real rankings from people who actually live there. Skip the tourist traps. Eat like a local from day one. CHANNEL YOUR INNER INFLUENCER Every meal you rate builds your personal food leaderboard. Climb, drop, defend your top spots. Your rankings become your taste profile — the kind of receipts that make people actually trust your recs. FRIENDS & GLOBAL LEADERBOARDS See what your friends are eating and ranking in real time. Contribute to citywide leaderboards and find out whose palate you actually trust. The best burger in Miami isn't decided by an algorithm — it's decided by the people eating them. BUILT FOR FOOD LOVERS From Miami holes-in-the-wall to Tokyo ramen counters to your nonna's Sunday sauce, Bites is where food discovery and social ranking finally live in one place. Stop guessing. Start eating. Download Bites.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The Bites App at none against ResX's 8. The Bites App also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 73%). ResX's advantage is ratings volume (609 vs 11) and chart position (#13 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. ResX sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. The Bites App asks for nothing beyond the download.
The Bites App holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ResX has 609 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of ResX's written reviews are positive against 100% of The Bites App's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ResX | The Bites App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (609 ratings) | 5.0 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 609 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #13 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 130 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | ResX | Jonathan Greenip |
Customer experience
ResX
The Bites App
Bugs and requests
ResX
Reported bugs
7 issues- App crashes when trying to grab reservations
- Reservation alerts open to the wrong page
- Cannot click button to see available reservations
- Verification texts never arrive
- App crashes when trying to submit a reservation
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- App crashes on iOS 17
- App crashes when offering a reservation
Requested features
8 requests- More reservation options in NYC
- Clearer policy on cancellation fees
- Notification for reservation pickups after 5 minutes
- Ability to filter alerts by time, day, and party size
- Direct link to reservation screen from notification
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- Add a 'favorites' list for restaurants with notifications
- Set notifications for party size, time frame, specific restaurants/neighborhoods
- Ability to access menu and more photos from the app
The Bites App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ResX
- ResX Premium$14.991 Month
- ResX Premium1 Month trial$14.991 Month
- ResX Premium6 Months trial$14.991 Month
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- ResX Premium3 Months trial$14.991 Month
- ResX Annual$119.991 Year
- 3-month subscription$37.99
- 6-month subscription$69.99
- 12-month subscription$119.99
The Bites App
No in-app purchases









