GoTo Place vs WakeCheck
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GoTo Place
Connect with local restaurants for easy online ordering, table reservations, and waitlist tracking. Earn loyalty rewards with every purchase, supporting local businesses directly. Enjoy a seamless experience for takeout, delivery, and dining in.
- Online ordering for takeout/delivery
- Table reservations
- Real-time waitlist tracking
- Loyalty rewards program
- Support local restaurants
- No per-order commissions
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GoTo Place is your all-in-one app to connect with your favorite local restaurants. Online ordering, reservations, waitlists, and loyalty rewards. No per-order commissions means more of your money goes directly to restaurants compared to using 3rd party marketplaces. Order ahead: Food or drinks for takeout or delivery, directly from participating restaurants. Reserve tables: Skip the line and book your table in advance. Track waitlists: See your position in line in real time. Earn & redeem rewards: Show your QR code in-store to collect loyalty points every visit and redeem rewards. Support local restaurants and enjoy the convenience of ordering, reserving, and earning rewards—all in one seamless restaurant ordering app.
WakeCheck
This app provides health inspection results for restaurants in Wake County, NC. View scores, violation details, and inspection history before dining out. Get alerts for new inspections or score changes at your favorite places.
- Restaurant health inspection results
- Search and filter by grade, town, type
- View current score, history, and violations
- Map view of nearby restaurants
- Customizable alerts for saved places
- Weekly inspection digest
- Learn about inspection grading and violations
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Know before you eat. WakeCheck shows the health inspection results for restaurants across Wake County, North Carolina, so you can see how a place scored before you eat there. EXPLORE ANY RESTAURANT Look up restaurants, food trucks and other food service locations across Wake County. Search finds a place however you type the name. Filter by grade, town and type of place. See the current score and grade, the full inspection history, and exactly which violations the inspector found, with the inspector's notes. Google star ratings show alongside, one tap from Google Maps. NEAR ME See the restaurants around you on a map, each tagged with its inspection score, or as a list with the closest first. ALERTS FOR YOUR SAVED PLACES Add places to your Watchlist and WakeCheck will let you know when: • A saved place gets a new inspection • A score drops by 3, 5 or 10 points (you choose) Prefer fewer notifications? Turn on the weekly digest instead: one summary on Sunday morning, sent only when something was inspected. Alerts are held overnight, so nothing buzzes between 9pm and 8am. Tap an alert to go straight to that restaurant. YOUR WATCHLIST Sort saved places into "Will return" and "No go," see new scores at a glance, and pick which folders send alerts. Recently viewed keeps the last 50 places you opened, so you can find them again. INSIGHTS See what happened this week across the county: the grades handed out, how many places were inspected, which towns scored highest, the most common food safety problems, and how different kinds of restaurants compare. LEARN Understand how inspections and grades work, what common violations mean, and open the NC Food Code for the full details. In English and Spanish. No account required. Alerts are tied only to your device. We don't ask for your name or email. Inspection data comes from public Wake County records and is updated regularly. WakeCheck is independently owned and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or an official product of Wake County government.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GoTo Place at none against WakeCheck's 4. GoTo Place also leads on ratings volume (788 vs 1). WakeCheck's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. WakeCheck sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. GoTo Place asks for nothing beyond the download.
WakeCheck holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GoTo Place has 788 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
GoTo Place ships an update every 2 weeks, WakeCheck every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GoTo Place | WakeCheck |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (788 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 82.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 788 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 83 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SpotOn Transact, Inc | KAYJO, LLC |
Bugs and requests
GoTo Place
Reported bugs
5 issues- App update caused loss of past rewards progress
- Unable to select 'no tip' without extra steps
- Does not save credit card information
- Cannot apply promo codes
- Unable to change order pickup time
Requested features
3 requests- Save credit card information for faster checkout
- Allow integration of promo codes
- Enable changing order pickup times directly in the app
WakeCheck
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
GoTo Place
No in-app purchases
WakeCheck
- Fund Server Costs$2.99
- Commitment to Quality$9.99
- Ignite the Next Feature$24.99
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- Free for All$99.99
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