Comparison

yummie! vs Restaurant Journal_

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

Head to head
About

yummie!

Features
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A Gourmet Network for Best Friends, Yummie! "Is this 5-star review real, or is it sponsored?" Tired of doubting every restaurant you search for? In the end, the most reliable reviews are the ones from people you actually know! There is no room for soulless star ratings or paid reviews that make you question their authenticity on Yummie!. Start building your own private restaurant map, filled only with the "true picks" guaranteed by the friends you personally invite. [ Exclusive Features of Yummie! ] Custom Private Maps for Every Group 'Date Night Spots' with your partner, 'Lunch Spots Near the Office' with coworkers, 'Weekend Dining Map' with family, or 'Affordable Pubs' with local friends. Create unlimited groups and manage them separately based on your relationships. (Of course, it's also perfect as a secret restaurant journal just for yourself!) No Typing, 1-Second Record with a Photo Just upload a photo of your food, and the location is automatically detected. Even if the photo lacks location data, you can easily search by name. We've removed all the hassle of registering a restaurant. Beat Indecision! 'What to Eat Today' Roulette Leave your daily menu dilemma to our mascot, Yummie! Yummie will hop around the real foodie spots on your map and pick the perfect menu for the day. Decorate Your Map with Your Own Photos Cut out delicious-looking food from your photos and set them as markers on the map. Say goodbye to maps filled with identical pins—your map will get prettier every day. Save Instagram & YouTube Hotspots Instantly When you find a place you want to visit someday while browsing social media, just press the share button to save it directly to your Yummie! archive. You can add it beautifully to your map later when you have some free time. Customize Your Own Restaurant Cover Create your personalized restaurant cover using food cutouts and various decorative stickers, and share it aesthetically on your Instagram Story. [ Coming Soon ] Time to Show Off Our Secret Map to the World! Right now, it's a rewarding restaurant map known only to us, but the 'Public Group Map Feature' is coming soon! Give others a sneak peek at your group's curated list of verified restaurants. Discover and share hidden gems that others don't know about, and expand your own foodie influence. [ We Highly Recommend Yummie! If You: ] * Want to beautifully manage a list of restaurants to visit with friends, your partner, and family all in one place. * No longer trust the 5-star reviews on regular restaurant apps. * Trust a friend saying "This place is really good!" more than a web search. * Constantly save hotspots from Instagram or YouTube but always forget about them later. * Find "What should I eat today?" to be the hardest question in life. [ A Quick Note from the Dev Team ] Yummie! is currently in its early stages. While our team is working hard to provide the best experience, you might occasionally encounter unexpected bugs or inconveniences. We have a 'Feedback' feature ready inside the app, so please feel free to share your thoughts, suggestions, or any issues you face at any time. Your valuable feedback will help Yummie! grow into a much better app! A personal foodie universe that is great alone, and even better together! Invite your friends right now and start Yummie!.

About

Restaurant Journal_

This app automatically creates a private map and journal of your dining experiences using your existing food photos. It identifies meals, organizes them by location, and allows you to add ratings, notes, and voice memos without manual check-ins or accounts.

Highlights
  • Automatic journal from photos
  • Private dining map
  • Meal ratings (Yay, Okay, Meh)
  • Add notes and voice memos
  • Photo and video storage per visit
  • Optional iCloud backup
Features
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Eat. Experience. Remember. Restaurant Journal turns the food photos you already have into a private, beautiful map and journal of everywhere you've eaten — automatically. No typing. No check-ins. No account. You have thousands of photos from meals out — birthdays, first dates, that hole-in-the-wall taco place — and no easy way to remember where any of them were. Restaurant Journal fixes that. It quietly scans your library on your device, recognizes your dining moments, and organizes them into a journal you'll actually want to revisit. A private map of your dining life • See every restaurant you've visited on a beautiful map — from your neighborhood to every city you've explored • Zoom from your street to "everywhere I ate in Italy" • Browse your whole history by month and year Effortless and automatic • Builds itself from photos you already took — nothing to log • Detects visits, groups them by place, and finds the restaurant for you • New meals appear on their own Capture what made it special • Rate every meal : Yay, Okay, Meh • Add notes and voice memos • Keep your photos and videos from each visit • Correct a place, or hide spots you'd rather not track Private by design • Your library is scanned on your device — your photos never leave your phone • No account required • Optional: back up privately to your own iCloud and sync across your iPhones, so you never lose a memory Rediscover your favorites Revisit spots you forgot you loved, and see how your tastes have changed over the years. Perfect for food lovers, travelers, photographers, and anyone who believes a great meal is a memory worth keeping. Your memories are more than photos. They're stories. Restaurant Journal helps you keep them alive.

Screenshots

yummie!4 screens
Restaurant Journal_4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: yummie! at 15.0 against Restaurant Journal_'s 17.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

yummie! ships an update every 3 days, Restaurant Journal_ every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
yummie! versus Restaurant Journal_: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameteryummie!Restaurant Journal_
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size89 MB7 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperYECHAN NOHTimothy Brandt

In-app purchases

None

yummie!

No in-app purchases

None

Restaurant Journal_

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is yummie! free?
yummie! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Restaurant Journal_ free?
Restaurant Journal_ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do yummie! or Restaurant Journal_ have ads?
Neither yummie! nor Restaurant Journal_ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, yummie! or Restaurant Journal_?
yummie! ships an update every 3 days, and Restaurant Journal_ every 4 days. Most recently, yummie! was updated on September 17, 2026 and Restaurant Journal_ on September 19, 2026.

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