ThaItalian vs Local Haunts
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
ThaItalian
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ThaItalian is the recipe app for anyone who loves cooking both Thai and Italian food β save recipes from any website, YouTube, Instagram, or TikTok, and let the app read, scale, and organize them for you. β’ Import any recipe β paste a link from a blog, YouTube, Instagram, or TikTok and ThaItalian extracts the ingredients and steps automatically β’ Organize with cookbooks β sort saved recipes into your own custom cookbooks β’ Scale servings instantly β adjust ingredient quantities for any number of servings β’ Plan your week β add recipes to a meal planner and generate a grocery list automatically β’ Nutrition info β see calories and macros for every recipe (Premium) β’ Explore Thai & Italian cooking terms β a built-in glossary of ingredients and techniques Whether you're cooking Pad Thai or Osso Buco, ThaItalian keeps every recipe, plan, and grocery list in one place. Terms of Use (EULA): https://thaitalian.app/terms-and-conditions.html Privacy Policy: https://thaitalian.app/privacy-policy.html
Local Haunts
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Every restaurant app shows you the same twenty famous places. Local Haunts shows you the ones around the corner. Search near you and get independent restaurants only. National chains are filtered out (not downranked, filtered out), so a taqueria two streets away is not buried under the burger chain on the main road. WHY IT FINDS DIFFERENT PLACES Most apps rank by prominence, which is a polite word for fame. Local Haunts runs every search twice, once by distance and once by prominence, and merges the two. In testing, that turned twenty results into thirty-odd and changed them from landmarks into neighborhood places. NO CHAINS Chains are filtered by name and by how many locations we have actually seen for them, so a regional favorite with four locations in one state stays, and a national brand with four hundred goes. It is not perfect in either direction, and there is a support address for when it gets one wrong. VOUCH FOR THE PLACES YOU LOVE A vouch is one tap and it is free forever. No stars, no five-paragraph reviews, no arguing with strangers. Just how many locals stand behind a place. YOUR CACHΓ Save anywhere, signed in or not. An account keeps it on every device. WHAT PRO ADDS Β· Crown one best place per category β the best tacos, the best late-night Β· Lists across your CachΓ© Β· The Recommended and Rare Finds sorts Pro is $9.99 a year. There is also a lifetime purchase, limited to a batch of 1,000, and the first 250 are Founders. WHAT WE WILL NOT DO Money never buys ranking influence. No business can pay to place, and paying us does not weight your vouch above anyone else's. There are no ads. There is no social feed, no followers, no public profile, and nothing you save is visible to anyone else. Local Haunts covers the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Hong Kong. Restaurant information comes from Google. Terms of Use: https://localhaunts.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://localhaunts.app/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Local Haunts at every 4 days against ThaItalian's fortnightly. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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
Both are free to download. ThaItalian sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Local Haunts sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ThaItalian ships an update fortnightly, Local Haunts every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ThaItalian | Local Haunts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 4 days β better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod β better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Antonio Esposito | Legendarily Imperfect, LLC |
In-app purchases
ThaItalian
- Premium Monthly$6.991 Month
- Premium Yearly$39.991 Year
Local Haunts
- Local Haunts Pro$9.991 Year
- Founder Lifetime$29.99
- Lifetime$49.99
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