Comparison

Sawa Eats vs Tamelo

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

Head to head
About

Sawa Eats

This app helps groups decide on a restaurant together quickly. Start a session, invite friends, and collectively choose a place from nearby options. Once everyone agrees, the app confirms the selection and provides directions.

Highlights
  • Group session initiation
  • Restaurant discovery near you
  • Custom map area drawing
  • Filter by cuisine, price, dietary needs
  • Invite friends via link or contacts
  • View past decisions and favorites
Features
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End the "where should we eat?" debate—forever. Sawa Eats helps groups choose a restaurant together in minutes. Start a session, invite friends, and swipe on real restaurants near you. When everyone picks the same place, you've got your answer. HOW IT WORKS • Start a session and share a simple invite link or invite code • Everyone swipes on nearby restaurants • When the group matches, Sawa Eats confirms your pick • Get directions and head out together WHY GROUPS LOVE SAWA EATS Find restaurants anywhere Draw a custom boundary on the map to search any neighborhood—near your office, a friend's place, or wherever you're meeting. Filters that matter Narrow results by cuisine, price, and dietary needs including vegan, halal, and gluten-free options. Easy invites Share a link and friends can join your session quickly. Keep track of favorites View past group decisions and save spots you want to revisit. PERFECT FOR • Friends planning dinner • Coworkers choosing lunch • Couples who can never decide • Families with different tastes • Travelers exploring new cities • Last-minute plans before events FREE TO TRY Start sessions, invite friends, and pick places together—free. Upgrade to Sawa Gold for unlimited sessions, real-time voting visibility, and ad-free experience. Stop arguing. Start eating. Terms of Use: https://getsawa.app/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://getsawa.app/privacy/

About

Tamelo

This app helps you decide where to eat by learning your preferences and suggesting one perfect restaurant. It simplifies group decision-making by gathering private input from everyone and recommending a single spot.

Highlights
  • Personalized restaurant recommendations
  • AI-driven taste learning
  • Group decision-making tool
  • Private input for group dining
  • Save favorite restaurants
  • Customizable taste profile
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Tamelo is your AI taste companion for eating out. Instead of endless lists and group-chat debates, tell Melo what you're in the mood for and get one clear restaurant pick — chosen for your taste, your location, and the moment. Melo learns what you actually like. The more you use Tamelo — keeping, passing, comparing, saving, and telling Melo "liked it" or "not for me" — the sharper your picks get. Your cuisines, dealbreakers, dietary needs, and budget all shape what Melo suggests, and you stay in control from your Taste profile. For you • Tell Melo a craving and get one focused pick, with a short note on why it fits • Or browse a small, food-first shortlist and compare nearby spots — no endless scrolling • Save places to your Want to Try list and let Melo choose from them later • Dial personalization up for smart picks, or "surprise me" to widen the net With friends — Group Melo • Everyone joins, then each writes one short private note: what they want, what to avoid, what matters tonight • Notes stay private — nobody sees what anyone else wrote • Melo reads the room and recommends one restaurant, so you skip the debate and just go Your taste profile is yours: Melo personalizes only when you allow it, and you can pause or clear its memory anytime. Tamelo is for deciding where to eat — not recipes, groceries, payments, or reservations. Location is used to find places near you; signing in saves your taste profile, Want to Try list, and group sessions.

Screenshots

Sawa Eats4 screens
Tamelo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tamelo at none against Sawa Eats's 7. Tamelo also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). Sawa Eats's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 2). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Sawa Eats sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Tamelo asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Sawa Eats against 5.0 for Tamelo. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sawa Eats ships an update every 5 weeks, Tamelo fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Sawa Eats versus Tamelo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSawa EatsTamelo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (7 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings7 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSaleh QadanAnyviaai LLC

Customer experience

Sawa Eats

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Tamelo

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Sawa Eats

Subscriptions7
  • Monthly Explorer3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Sawa Premium (Monthly)$2.991 Month
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  • Annually7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Annually Intro1 Year trial$19.991 Year
  • Sawa Premium (Yearly)$22.991 Year
  • Yearly14 Days trial$24.991 Year
None

Tamelo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sawa Eats free?
Sawa Eats is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tamelo free?
Tamelo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sawa Eats or Tamelo?
Tamelo is rated higher. Sawa Eats averages 4.9 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Tamelo averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Sawa Eats or Tamelo have ads?
Neither Sawa Eats nor Tamelo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sawa Eats or Tamelo?
Sawa Eats ships an update every 5 weeks, and Tamelo fortnightly. Most recently, Sawa Eats was updated on November 4, 2026 and Tamelo on October 31, 2026.

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