Safe Dining vs Samurai Restaurant
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Safe Dining
Easily check food service inspection results for restaurants across Florida. Find nearby establishments, view inspection details, and even share your findings. Discover new places and see how others rate them.
- Check food service inspections
- Search by address
- Interactive map search
- Color-coded inspection results
- View inspection reports
- Share findings on social media
- Rate restaurants
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** FEATURED ON FOX 13 TAMPA BAY ON 01/31/2013 ** Safe Dining - Florida Edition is the quickest, easiest way to check food service inspections for restaurants in Florida. Planning a trip to Florida? No problem. Even if you live out of state, you can enter a full or partial address and Safe Dining will show restaurants around that location. You can also drag around the map and request restaurants in the current map area. Locals, check your favorite restaurants using the searchable list and explore new restaurants using the interactive map. Determine inspection results at a glance with simple color coding and view the actual inspection report from the state of Florida web site for more detail. Share your findings using social media. Facebook, Twitter and Weibo are all supported. Safe Dining uses the social media account information you've already entered into your device. NEW FEATURES Ratings for restaurants give you an idea of how others like the restaurant in addition to how it does on state inspections. Rate restaurants on a 1 - 5 star scale. A FREE user account is required, just tap a restaurant, tap the rating.
Samurai Restaurant
Explore a menu of Japanese-inspired Teppanyaki and sushi, featuring popular dishes like Hibachi Chicken Rice, USDA Choice beef, and fresh seafood. Satisfy your cravings with a variety of appetizers and specialty sushi options.
- Japanese Teppanyaki dishes
- Sushi selection
- Hibachi Chicken Rice
- USDA Choice beef
- Seafood options
- Appetizers
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Samurai features Japanese-inspired Teppanyaki and sushi dishes, including its craveable Hibachi Chicken Rice, USDA Choice beef, succulent seafood, appetizers and specialty sushi. Sense a Crave? Online Tracking Opt Out Guide: https://www.olo.com/on-line-tracking-opt-out-guide/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Samurai Restaurant at 5.0 against Safe Dining's 1.6. Safe Dining's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 14 months) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Samurai Restaurant holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Safe Dining has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Safe Dining ships an update every 3 months, Samurai Restaurant every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Safe Dining | Samurai Restaurant |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.6 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 14 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Christopher Morris | Rudy's Restaurant Group, Inc |
Customer experience
Safe Dining
Samurai Restaurant
In-app purchases
Safe Dining
No in-app purchases
Samurai Restaurant
No in-app purchases
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