LDS Taste Buds vs The GO app
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LDS Taste Buds
Connect with fellow Latter-day Saints who share your passion for food. Discover local foodies, plan casual dining meetups, and enjoy good company and great meals without pressure. Features include group gatherings, safety tools, and dietary preference options.
- Find local foodies
- Plan simple meetups
- Create groups and gatherings
- Prioritize safety with public locations
- Note dietary preferences
- Organized with RSVPs and reminders
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LDS Taste Buds helps members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints find fellow food lovers nearby and meet up to eat out—no swiping, no pressure, just good company and good food. Why you’ll love it Find your people: Discover Latter-day Saint foodies by location and shared tastes. Plan simple meetups: Post a dinner idea or join one—pick cuisine, time, and budget. Groups & gatherings: Go solo, with friends, or set family-friendly meetups. Safety first: Public locations, clear details, and built-in tools to keep plans organized. Dietary tags: Note vegetarian, gluten-free, halal, and more. Organized & flexible: RSVP, reminders, and maps so everyone gets to the table on time. Whether you’re new in town, traveling, or just hungry for great conversation, LDS Taste Buds makes it easy to share a meal with people who share your values.
The GO app
This app helps you find and plan real-world events with people nearby. It simplifies the process of organizing hangouts, from discovering activities to coordinating with attendees through group chats. Earn rewards for participation and connect with others based on shared interests.
- Browse local events
- One-tap event joining
- Event-specific group chats
- Host your own events
- Find people with shared interests
- Earn participation badges
- Identity verification for safety
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Everyone says "we should hang out sometime" and then nobody plans anything. GO is built for the part everyone skips: actually going. BROWSE WHAT'S HAPPENING NEAR YOU Real events posted by real people close by - a sunrise hike, a boat day, a pickup game, a study group. Every event shows the date, where to meet, how many spots are left, what to bring, and who else is going. You know what you're walking into before you commit. JOIN IN ONE TAP Tap "I'm in" and you're on the list. No group text chain, no back-and-forth about who's actually coming. Hosts can approve people first if they want to keep it smaller. EVERY EVENT GETS A GROUP CHAT Join an event and you're in the chat with everyone going. Sort out the carpool, split the gas, figure out who's bringing what, and it's all still there for the next one. HOST YOUR OWN Post something in a couple of minutes. Set the day, the spot, how many people, what to bring. Make it open to anyone, friends only, or approve people yourself. Repeating events keep the same group chat week after week. FIND PEOPLE WORTH KNOWING Browse people nearby who like the same things you do, with shared interests and skill levels shown up front, so you're matched on what you'd actually do together, not just who's closest. EARN IT BY SHOWING UP Badges and streaks come from attending, not from scrolling. The people who turn up are the ones the app rewards. BUILT TO BE SAFE Everyone verifies their identity when they sign up, so you know the people you're meeting are real and over 18. Any post, profile, message or event can be reported, and anyone can be blocked instantly. Reports are reviewed every day. GO is free, and it's for people 18 and over. Utah first. More coming soon. Together as a family, lets revolutionize the way we use "social" media
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: LDS Taste Buds at 9 against The GO app's 3. On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for LDS Taste Buds against 5.0 for The GO app. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
LDS Taste Buds ships an update every 3 days, The GO app weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LDS Taste Buds | The GO app |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 136 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Tyler Donohue | TradeTech LLC (USA) |
Customer experience
LDS Taste Buds
The GO app
In-app purchases
LDS Taste Buds
No in-app purchases
The GO app
No in-app purchases








