Comparison

Vimini vs BentoBook

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

Head to head
About

Vimini

Features
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The all-in-one app for restaurant aficionados: share reviews with friends and save your favorite places. No login required. Easily save your favorite restaurants. Ever forgot a cool place you just visited once? Ever recommended the same three places again, because you couldn't remember that hidden gem? That's why we created vimini: a calm, curated and personal space to save all your favorite restaurants and remember what made them special. But it's not all. Manage your lists. Easily. Import your lists from your notes or Google Maps directly on vimini, to have them all in a single, easy to use and to share place. And with automatic lists, whenever you'll review a restaurant you like, we'll add it automatically to themed lists. Of course, only if you want: it's always you in charge of the whole thing. You can also, with a tap, save new places from Google, Instagram or TikTok. Recommendations from friends, not endless or AI-first results. The Netflix effect for restaurants is real: we lose more time browsing through endless search results, and lots of anonymous reviews, reading just 4/5 of them per restaurant, for then to go back to your classic spots. On vimini, you can just browse all your friends favorite places and read their reviews. Less options? Maybe. Faster, better and more interesting discovery? Absolutely. A little friendly competition never hurts. Settle once and for all who is the Pizza King, or who is the authority for Greek restaurants. As you add places, you'll earn badges for the categories & countries where you eat the most. This way, you'll know in no time who to ask for tips for your holiday in Italy or for that special occasion. Since everyone loves bullet points, here's at a glance all you can do inside vimini: - Save your restaurant experiences and keep track of every place worth remembering. - Read your friends reviews and choose in a 1/10th of the time where to eat next. - Build curated lists you can share with anyone. - Use our super-powered chat to exchange recommendations, organise dinners, and run polls when the group cannot agree. - Share your reviews and lists even with friends who are not on vimini.

About

BentoBook

Features
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Save where you want to eat. Remember where you’ve been. BentoBook is a personal restaurant journal and planning tool. A home for the places you want to try and the meals you want to remember. Save a restaurant the moment you hear about it. Organize your places into lists, see them on a map, filter by cuisine or price, or find what’s nearby when it’s time to choose. When a meal is worth remembering, add a visit with photos, notes, and the people who were there. Each restaurant keeps its complete history, from the first dinner to a favorite you return to again and again. BentoBook remembers people, too. Look back at every place you’ve been with a friend, partner, or family memberβ€”and see a shared history take shape, one meal at a time. Everything you save stays private until you choose to share it. Send a restaurant or an entire list directly to another BentoBook user, or share it outside the app through Messages, Mail, or another sharing app. Your own places, your own taste, and the people who shared the table.

Screenshots

Vimini4 screens
BentoBook4 screens

Verdict

The call

Vimini and BentoBook are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters β€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them β€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Vimini ships an update fortnightly, BentoBook every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Vimini versus BentoBook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterViminiBentoBook
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad β€” better
Requires iOS16.4 β€” better17.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size80 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRICCARDO BETTIOUnhook Studio

In-app purchases

None

Vimini

No in-app purchases

None

BentoBook

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Vimini free?
Vimini is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BentoBook free?
BentoBook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Vimini or BentoBook have ads?
Neither Vimini nor BentoBook shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Vimini or BentoBook?
Vimini ships an update fortnightly, and BentoBook every 2 weeks. Most recently, Vimini was updated on October 20, 2026 and BentoBook on October 10, 2026.

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