Nod vs Tiny Dinner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nod
This dating app leverages your friends to vouch for your character and advocate for you in the New York City dating scene. It offers a unique approach by showcasing who your connections say you are, moving beyond anonymous profiles.
- Friend vouching system
- Friends advocate for you
- See who friends say someone is
- Team-based dating approach
- NYC-focused singles
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New York City's first vouched dating app. Your friends vouch for you and that changes everything. This is fundamentally different from other anonymous swiping apps. They know what makes you great in ways a profile never could. On Nod, they advocate for you and reach out to matches on your behalf. Your dating life gets a team behind it. And when you're looking at someone? You're not just seeing a stranger. You're seeing who their people say they are. This is the dating app that will actually work for New York City singles.
Tiny Dinner
An exclusive community for dinner party enthusiasts to connect, discover events, and host their own gatherings. Experience curated social dining experiences with friends of friends in major cities.
- Invite-only community
- Discover dinner parties
- Join dinner tables
- Host your own dinners
- Connect with members
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Tiny Dinner is an invite-only community for people who love dinner parties. Members have hosted 400 dinners with friends of friends in homes across NYC, Miami, and LA. Browse dinners, join the table, or host your own.
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Verdict
Nod and Tiny Dinner are too close to call on the numbers: across 9 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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 Nod against 5.0 for Tiny Dinner. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.
Nod ships an update every 3 weeks, Tiny Dinner every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nod | Tiny Dinner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Aspiring Armadillo Studios LLC | Molly Boots Inc. |
Customer experience
Nod
Tiny Dinner
In-app purchases
Nod
No in-app purchases
Tiny Dinner
No in-app purchases
