Comparison

BiteCritic vs Tamp

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

Head to head
About

BiteCritic

Discover new dining spots and share your culinary experiences. Read authentic reviews with photos, save favorites, and get personalized recommendations. Connect with other food enthusiasts and document your dining adventures.

Highlights
  • Discover restaurants with search and filtering
  • Read detailed reviews with photos
  • Create your own reviews with ratings
  • Save favorite restaurants
  • Follow food critics and friends
  • Personalized restaurant recommendations
  • Offline access to reviews
Features
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BiteCritic is your ultimate food discovery and reviewing platform, now available as a native iOS app. Find new restaurants, read authentic reviews, and share your own dining experiences with a vibrant community of food enthusiasts. Key Features: • Discover restaurants near you with powerful search and filtering options • Read detailed reviews with high-quality food photos • Create your own reviews with ratings, photos, and detailed descriptions • Save your favorite restaurants for future visits • Follow food critics and friends to see their latest reviews • Get personalized restaurant recommendations based on your taste preferences • Access your BiteCritic account across web and mobile seamlessly • Offline access to recently viewed restaurants and reviews Whether you're a casual diner looking for your next meal or a passionate foodie documenting your culinary adventures, BiteCritic helps you find and share extraordinary dining experiences. Download BiteCritic today and join our community of food lovers!

About

Tamp

This app helps coffee enthusiasts remember every bean they've tried, log their brew methods, and discover specialty roasters. It builds a personal taste profile over time, allowing users to recall favorite recipes and explore new coffees.

Highlights
  • Log coffee origin, process, and tasting notes
  • Record detailed brew recipes
  • Discover specialty roasters with live catalogs
  • Build a personal taste profile
  • Support for all brewing methods
  • Offline logging and cross-device sync
Features
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Three months ago you loved an Ethiopian. Now the bag is empty and the name is gone. Tamp is the coffee journal that fixes this. Log every bean in under 30 seconds. Find every roaster you've tried. Remember every brew that actually worked. REMEMBER EVERY BEAN Origin, process, roast level, tasting notes, and the only rating that matters: would you buy it again. Photograph the bag, scribble three notes, done. RECALL THE BREW You spent a Saturday dialing in your AeroPress recipe. Don't lose it. Log your grind, ratio, water temperature, and brew time. Next time you open the bag, the recipe is right there. DISCOVER SPECIALTY ROASTERS Browse roasters by city or country, with live catalogs pulled directly from their stores. You see what's actually on the shelf — not a stale list someone last touched in 2022. WATCH YOUR TASTE PROFILE BUILD The more you log, the more Tamp learns: which origins you gravitate to, which processes you keep coming back to, which roasters you trust. No quizzes. No streaks. Just an honest history of coffee. LOG ANY METHOD Espresso, pour-over, AeroPress, French press, Chemex, moka pot, cold brew, V60, drip, siphon. If you brew it, Tamp logs it. WORKS OFFLINE, SYNCS EVERYWHERE Log offline in the café or on the train. Sync when you're back on Wi-Fi. Your collection follows you across devices. THE CORE APP IS FREE No ads. No upsells in your face. No algorithm pushing you toward bigger spend. Tamp is built for specialty coffee drinkers and supported by roasters who want to be found. Built in the Netherlands by two indie devs — who got tired of forgetting the name of that Ethiopian.

Screenshots

BiteCritic4 screens
Tamp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Tamp at every 6 days against BiteCritic's every 5 months. On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BiteCritic ships an update every 5 months, Tamp every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
BiteCritic versus Tamp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBiteCriticTamp
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.616.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB97 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHurkan AkbiyikIdea Fabriek

Customer experience

BiteCritic

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Tamp

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

BiteCritic

No in-app purchases

None

Tamp

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BiteCritic free?
BiteCritic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tamp free?
Tamp is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BiteCritic or Tamp have ads?
Neither BiteCritic nor Tamp shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BiteCritic or Tamp?
BiteCritic ships an update every 5 months, and Tamp every 6 days. Most recently, BiteCritic was updated on October 28, 2026 and Tamp on October 31, 2026.

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