DinnerWhere vs Chews
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DinnerWhere
This app simplifies group decisions for dining out by turning restaurant selection into a fun, shared game. Users swipe through nearby options with friends, and the app instantly finds a place everyone agrees on, eliminating endless debates.
- Group decision-making via swiping
- Restaurant discovery
- Instant match notifications
- Simple friend invitations
- Fast and easy selection
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DinnerWhere Choosing a restaurant with friends shouldn’t take longer than the meal itself. DinnerWhere turns the tedious task of group decision making into a quick, shared game. Instead of endless group chats and indecision, simply swipe through nearby restaurants together and instantly find a place everyone agrees on. How it works 1. Start a session and share a link with your crew. 2. Swipe through nearby spots and see who likes what. 3. Get an instant match when you all agree on the one. DinnerWhere transforms a frustrating group chore into something quick and fun. Features - Group decision-making. Everyone votes by swiping - Restaurant discovery. Uncover hidden gems and local favorites - Instant matches. Get notified the moment the group agrees - Simple sharing. Invite friends with a link or code - Fast and easy. Find restaurant in minutes Perfect for Friends deciding where to eat Couples choosing dinner Groups planning nights out Teams picking lunch spots Stop debating and start eating. Download DinnerWhere and find your next meal.
Chews
Eliminate dinner indecision with a randomized restaurant picker. Select food categories and spin a wheel to discover real, nearby dining options. Features include filtering by distance, rating, and availability, with options to save favorites and track past visits.
- Random restaurant wheel
- Filter by category, distance, rating, price
- Swipe-to-decide mode
- Save favorite restaurants
- Track dining history
- Skip recently visited places
- Customizable wheel animations
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Stop the dinner debate. You know the conversation. "Where do you want to eat?" "I don't know, where do YOU want to eat?" Twenty minutes later, you're still hungry and someone's annoyed. Chews fixes that. Pick a few food categories you're in the mood for — Mexican, sushi, BBQ, dessert, whatever — and spin the wheel. Real restaurants near you, randomly chosen. One tap, decision made, dinner happens. — What you can do — • Spin a wheel of real restaurants near you, filtered by category, distance, rating, price, and what's open right now • Swipe-to-decide mode if you want to vet options first • Save favorites and hide places you don't want to see again • Track where you've been with the "We Went!" history log • Skip recently-visited restaurants so the wheel keeps things fresh • Customize the wheel pointer and background animation • Haptics and confetti, because dinner should feel a little celebratory — What we don't do — No ads. No login. No tracking. No selling your data to anyone. Chews uses your location only to find restaurants. Everything else stays on your phone. — How we keep the lights on — Chews is free, and it stays free. If the app saves you from an hour of "I dunno, what do YOU want?" we have an optional tip jar in Settings — anywhere from $0.99 (a coffee) to $49.99 (you're a hero). It covers our server and API costs so we can keep things ad-free for everyone. No pressure. Every feature works without it. — About Chews — Chews is built by Dinnertime Labs LLC, a tiny indie team that got tired of the dinner debate. This is an early beta, so things will improve fast — and we love hearing from you. There's a "Send Feedback" button in Settings, or email info@dinnertimelabs.com. Hungry? Spin.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DinnerWhere at none against Chews's 6. Chews's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Chews sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. DinnerWhere asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for DinnerWhere against 5.0 for Chews. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
DinnerWhere ships an update every 5 days, Chews every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DinnerWhere | Chews |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Amanuel Berhe | Dinnertime Labs LLC |
Customer experience
DinnerWhere
Chews
In-app purchases
DinnerWhere
No in-app purchases
Chews
- Coffee Tip$0.99
- Taco Tip$2.99
- Dinner Tip$4.99
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- Feast Tip$9.99
- Generous Tip$24.99
- Hero Tip$49.99









