Comparison

tayste vs Nodesto

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

Head to head
About

tayste

Never forget a meal again. This app helps you recall dishes and restaurants you've enjoyed or disliked, and keeps track of places you want to try. Easily search, sort, and share your dining experiences.

Highlights
  • Recall liked/disliked dishes and restaurants
  • Remember places to try
  • Search by restaurant, dish, category, or note
  • Sort by rating, relevance, or distance
  • Share favorite restaurants/dishes
  • Navigate directly to restaurants
  • Include meal photos
Features
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Tayste is your personal dining journal — the easiest way to remember every meal, rate what you ate, and decide where to eat next. Snap a photo, jot a quick note, and rate the dish. Tayste keeps your taste history organized and searchable, so your favorite spots and must-order dishes are always a tap away. REMEMBER EVERY MEAL • Log restaurants and dishes with photos, ratings, and notes • Build a searchable history of everywhere you've eaten • Look back with Timeline & Memories DECIDE WHERE TO EAT NEXT • Keep a Bucket List of places you want to try • Discover restaurants on an interactive map • Get personalized picks based on your taste SHARE WITH FRIENDS • Collaborative Shared Lists you can send with a single link • Share your achievements and reviews as beautiful branded cards SMARTER WITH TAYSTE AI • On-device insights into your dining habits — private and fast • A Menu Scanner that reads a menu right from your camera • Natural-language search: just describe what you're craving MAKE IT YOURS • A personalized home feed you can customize • A customizable tab bar • Light and dark themes with adjustable accents TAYSTE PRO Unlock the full experience with Tayste Pro: advanced AI insights, unlimited features, and an ad-free experience. Subscriptions are billed through your Apple Account and renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings. Your data syncs securely across your devices with iCloud. Start your dining journey today — and never forget a great meal again. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Nodesto

Discover restaurants and understand your meals with AI-powered insights. Share your favorite dishes, get calorie estimates from photos, and connect with other food lovers. Find your next great meal based on your preferences and community recommendations.

Highlights
  • AI-powered restaurant search
  • Plain language search queries
  • Dietary filters (vegan, gluten-free, etc.)
  • Calorie estimation from dish photos
  • Social food sharing and recommendations
  • Interactive map discovery
  • Direct messaging for meal planning
Features
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Nodesto is the social home for food lovers. Find great restaurants, share the dishes you love, and get a feel for what's on your plate. Powered by AI, built around a community that eats like you do. FIND YOUR NEXT MEAL • Ask Nodesto AI in plain language: "cozy ramen for a rainy night," "tacos for date night," "vegan brunch nearby" • Get place cards based on real place data, with the reasons for each pick • See places picked for your taste, and what's trending near you • Explore a map of nearby spots and where people have eaten KNOW WHAT YOU'RE EATING • Snap a photo of a dish and get an AI calorie and macro estimate • See the ingredients behind each estimate • Track your meals and macros day by day SHARE THE FOOD YOU LOVE • Post your meals with photos and location • Browse a feed of what people are eating, nearby first • React, comment, and tag friends on the dishes worth talking about • Save spots and posts to your Shortlist so you never lose a great find CONNECT WITH FOOD LOVERS • Add friends to your Circle and discover people with great taste • Message directly to plan your next meal together • Your Taste learns what you like, and you can edit it any time Hunting for tonight's dinner? Watching what you eat? Want to share that dish? Nodesto handles all of it in one place.

Screenshots

tayste4 screens
Nodesto4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Nodesto at none against tayste's 6. Nodesto also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). tayste's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and device support 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. tayste sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Nodesto asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Nodesto holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

tayste ships an update every 5 days, Nodesto every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
tayste versus Nodesto: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametertaysteNodesto
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings33
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.018.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB38 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperLargent Labs, LLCNodesto, Inc.

Customer experience

tayste

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Nodesto

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

tayste

Subscriptions6
  • Monthly Ad Free Subscription.$0.991 Month
  • Tayste Pro Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Pro Monthly Trial7 Days trial$4.991 Month
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  • Yearly Ad Free$9.991 Year
  • Tayste Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Pro Yearly Trial7 Days trial$39.991 Year
None

Nodesto

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is tayste free?
tayste is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nodesto free?
Nodesto is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, tayste or Nodesto?
Nodesto is rated higher. tayste averages 4.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Nodesto averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do tayste or Nodesto have ads?
tayste shows ads; Nodesto does not.
Which is updated more often, tayste or Nodesto?
tayste ships an update every 5 days, and Nodesto every 2 months. Most recently, tayste was updated on November 4, 2026 and Nodesto on October 30, 2026.

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