Comparison

OnlyPlates vs BiteBook

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

Head to head
About

OnlyPlates

This app allows users to rate individual food plates rather than entire restaurants. Discover trending dishes in your local area and explore food rankings by category. It's designed for food enthusiasts who want to share and find specific culinary experiences.

Highlights
  • Rate individual food plates
  • Discover trending local dishes
  • Explore food rankings by category
  • Provide feedback on plates
  • Live feed of local food trends
Features
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** CURRENTLY ACTIVE IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND SOME SURROUNDING AREAS ** OnlyPlates is the first food rating app to prioritize rating plates over restaurant buzz. Made for people who have big taste bud energy. Rate the food you like in your town, give feedback about the plate itself, and OnlyPlates will show you a live feed of the plates trending in your town. Featuring an ever-changing ranking board of the best food in your region and tabs for everything from Breakfast to Italian, OnlyPlates is the premium food browsing experience. Note: If you live outside of Northwest Arkansas, we need your help to find great food in your area. Start rating and watch your local feed grow!

About

BiteBook

Log and rate every restaurant and dish you try, creating a personal dining history. Explore cuisines, discover new places, and share your culinary adventures with friends. Features a visual globe of your eating experiences and a fun wheel for deciding where to eat.

Highlights
  • Log restaurants and dishes with ratings and notes
  • Discover new places and trending spots
  • Track cuisine collections and personal passport
  • Visualize eating history on a global map
  • Spin a wheel for dining decisions
  • Share lists and passport with friends
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BiteBook is your personal restaurant diary. Every place you love, every dish worth ordering again, every city you've eaten in — rated, tagged and searchable forever. SAVE ANY PLACE IN SECONDS Search Google inside the app and the cuisine, address and map come with it. Or add a place by hand. Keep a wishlist of places to try next and move them to your book once you've been. LOG WHAT YOU LOVED Give every dish a rating, a price, a note and tags. Mark the ones you'd always order again. Browse by place, or flip to the dish view and search everything you've ever rated. COLLECT A STAMP FOR EVERY CUISINE Fifty-nine cuisines to collect in your cuisine passport. Log a place with a cuisine and its stamp is yours; keep eating and the page fills with visits, dishes and a rank. Pages turn like a real book. YOUR BITE GLOBE A live card of your eating life — countries, cities, places, dishes and cuisines — on a globe lit wherever you've been. It updates itself as you log. Share it as a 5-second spinning clip or a still image. CAN'T DECIDE? SPIN THE WHEEL Pick a few candidates, or filter by cuisine, rating or collection, and let the wheel choose tonight's dinner. SCOUT WHAT'S NEAR YOU Top 10, hidden gems, trending and late-night spots for any city, and save one to your wishlist with a tap. EAT TOGETHER Follow people whose taste you trust, browse their places and passports, and share your own lists. Real recommendations — no algorithm, no ads. ALSO • Collections for any occasion: date night, travel, work lunches • Filter by cuisine, city, rating, collection; sort by recent, top rated, A–Z • Share any list, place or your passport as a PDF or image • Set a yearly challenge: new places, cuisines, dishes or visits • Light and dark themes, your choice of font • Sign in with Apple, Google or email BiteBook is free. Your book is yours: export it any time, delete your account whenever you like. Bite it. Save it. Share it.

Screenshots

OnlyPlates4 screens
BiteBook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: BiteBook at 5.0 against OnlyPlates's 4.5. BiteBook also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 83%). OnlyPlates's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

BiteBook holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OnlyPlates has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of OnlyPlates's written reviews are positive against 100% of BiteBook's.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
OnlyPlates versus BiteBook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOnlyPlatesBiteBook
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (8 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOnlyPlates Inc.Goldfox Technologies Inc.

Customer experience

OnlyPlates

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

BiteBook

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

OnlyPlates

No in-app purchases

None

BiteBook

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is OnlyPlates free?
OnlyPlates is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BiteBook free?
BiteBook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, OnlyPlates or BiteBook?
BiteBook is rated higher. OnlyPlates averages 4.5 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while BiteBook averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do OnlyPlates or BiteBook have ads?
Neither OnlyPlates nor BiteBook shows ads.

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