Karen Eats vs Spotless
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Karen Eats
This app translates government health inspection records into an easy-to-understand score for restaurants. It highlights critical issues like pest activity and repeat violations, helping you make informed dining choices.
- Restaurant health score (0-100)
- Flags pest and rodent activity
- Shows recent closures and repeat violations
- Integrates with Maps and Yelp
- Accesses official health department records
- Updates with new inspections
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Roaches don't show up in star ratings. Karen Eats decodes real health inspection records: free, public, and honest. Tap any restaurant in Apple/Google Maps or Yelp and Karen tells you if the kitchen is actually clean. WHAT KAREN DOES • Turns government health inspections into a 0–100 Karen Score • Flags pest and rodent activity, repeat violations, and recent closures • Shows the last several inspection results, not just one • Pulls from official county, city, and state health department records • Updates as new inspections are published WHERE KAREN WORKS 200,000+ restaurants across the US and Canada: • California: LA, San Diego, Orange, San Francisco, Sacramento, San Bernardino, Riverside, and more • New York City: all five boroughs • Chicago, IL • Florida: statewide • Toronto, ON WHY KAREN EXISTS Yelp tells you if the food was good. Google tells you the place is open. Neither tells you whether the kitchen has a rodent infestation, was shut down last month, or has been written up four times for the same temperature violation. Health departments publish that data. Karen reads it for you. APPLE MAPS INTEGRATION Found a place in Apple/Google Maps or Yelp? Tap Share → Karen Eats. Score, citations, closure history, two taps, no copy-paste, no separate search. WHAT THE SCORE MEANS • 80–100: Looking Good • 60–79: Sketchy • 40–59: Yikes • Below 40: Nope The score blends recency, severity, repeat violations, and pest activity. Cleaner record = higher score. The methodology is transparent inside the app. KAREN IS FREE No ads. No paywall. No tracking pixels selling your lunch plans to a data broker. The app exists because public health records should actually be readable by the public. KAREN IS HONEST Every score links back to the source health department record. If you disagree with Karen, you can read the underlying inspection yourself and make your own call. If Karen has saved you from a sketchy meal, the only marketing she has is your review. Leave one.
Spotless
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How clean is the restaurant you're about to eat at? Now you know — before you sit down. Spotless turns official city health-department inspection data into one simple 0-10 Spotless Score, the restaurant's real letter grade, and clear flags for rats, mice, roaches, and flies. No star reviews. No guessing. Just the record. WHAT YOU GET - Spotless Score — a 0-10 cleanliness score for any restaurant - Official health grades (A/B/C) straight from the health department - Pest flags — see if a place has a history of rats, mice, or roaches - Full inspection & violation history, in plain English - A live map — green pins are clean, red pins aren't - Search any spot, or find clean food near you - Spotless Wrapped — a shareable cleanliness receipt for the places you eat most WHERE IT WORKS New York City, Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles County — sourced from each city's official open inspection data and updated as new inspections post. Eat out with confidence. Check it on Spotless first.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Spotless at none against Karen Eats's 3. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Karen Eats sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Spotless asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Karen Eats | Spotless |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 168 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Heslil Inc. | HyperSocial Incorporated |
In-app purchases
Karen Eats
- Buy Karen a coffee$0.99
- Buy Karen lunch$4.99
- Karen's biggest fan$9.99
Spotless
No in-app purchases
Questions
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