Resy vs DBC Dining
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Resy
Discover and book tables at top restaurants globally. This app simplifies finding and securing reservations at sought-after dining establishments in over 80 cities, making it easier to enjoy dining out.
- Book restaurant reservations
- Discover top restaurants
- Find sought-after seats
- Reservations in 80+ cities
- Future of hospitality tech
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Resy powers the world’s best restaurants, using technology to imagine the future of hospitality. If you’re a person who loves dining out but hates hassling for reservations, download Resy now! Book sought-after seats at the best restaurants in 80 cities worldwide.
DBC Dining
This app allows colleagues to preorder and prepay for food and drinks at various office locations. Enjoy freshly prepared meals with selectable pickup times and easy payment options, including exclusive promotions.
- Preorder and prepay for food
- Scan and pay capabilities
- Selectable pickup times
- Freshly prepared meals
- Multiple payment methods
- Exclusive promotions
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DBC Dining is an engaging mobile and desktop application allowing our colleagues to preorder and prepay, along with scan and pay capabilities, for increased satisfaction and convenience at 10 Exchange, Der Bulle, Honor Markets and more. With the DBC Dining App you’ll get a safe, seamless, and customized experience at the office every time you want something to eat or drink. You don’t have to skip meals or grab something in a rush anymore. We’ve got you covered with: Freshly Prepared Food You don’t have to leave the building to have a great food experience! All of the food options you’re used to, made fresh to order so your food is perfectly hot (or refreshingly cold) when you pick it up. Selectable pickup times Choose a pickup time that works best for YOUR schedule. No more waiting around for your order to be ready. You decide when you want to pick up and we make sure it’s ready when you arrive. Easy Payment We accept all the most popular payment methods, including Apple Pay. Exclusive Promotion We’re always finding new ways to say thank you to our loyal customers. Get special promotions for use exclusively in the DBC Dining app.
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Verdict
Resy and DBC Dining both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of DBC Dining's written reviews are positive against 43% of Resy's. DBC Dining also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). Resy's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (781K vs 39). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Resy against 4.8 for DBC Dining. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Resy has 781K ratings behind it against 39, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 43% of Resy's written reviews are positive against 100% of DBC Dining's.
Resy ships an update every 2 weeks, DBC Dining every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Resy | DBC Dining |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (781K ratings) — better | 4.8 (39 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 781K — better | 39 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #45 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 166 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Resy | Compass Group Canada LTD |
Customer experience
Resy
DBC Dining
Bugs and requests
Resy
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes frequently
- Location detection issues
- Reservation cancellation problems
- Unreliable notification system
- Inability to update user profile
Requested features
5 requests- Add restaurant menus and pricing
- Improve search filters and sorting
- Allow multi-reservation booking
- Provide better reservation management tools
- Enhance user reviews and ratings system
DBC Dining
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Resy
No in-app purchases
DBC Dining
No in-app purchases
