Bon App! vs DiningCity
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bon App!
Discover restaurants, schools, and more with honest reviews from an international community in China. Access curated lists and trending venue recommendations for exploring your city or traveling across the country. Find bilingual reviews to make informed decisions.
- Bilingual reviews
- Curated lists
- Venue recommendations
- Lifestyle guides
- International community reviews
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Connect, Meet, Bon Appetit! Bon App is the one-stop bilingual service platform for international people in China. It’s the de facto standard of English reviews for China. You can use Bon App to discover your next favorite restaurants, schools, day spas and more, with honest reviews written by its active international community across major cities in the country. * LISTS Take the curated lists with you for bite-sized recommendations, all based on trusted recommendations from locals and expats since 2013. Get a complete list of International Schools of your city, take a culinary tour “Around the World In 80 Bites”, or enjoy “Staycations or Travels Across China”. * DISCOVER Whether you are traveling or wanting to live life in your city to the fullest, keep up-to-date through our trending venue recommendations, curated lists and lifestyle guides. * REVIEWS Bon App is the de facto standard of English reviews for China. Bon App’s bilingual reviews are the most trusted and transparent in the industry. Read them to make the best decision on where to explore next. WeChat Mini Program: “BonAppMini” WeChat Official Account: “BonAppOfficial” Contact Us: support@bonapp.cn
DiningCity
Discover and book tables at high-end Asian restaurants with instant discounts. This premium dining guide offers exclusive deals, easy reservations, and detailed restaurant information across over 20 cities. Become a member to enjoy special event pre-bookings and up to 50% off.
- Instant restaurant reservations
- Exclusive deals and discounts up to 50%
- Discover fine dining in 20+ Asian cities
- Member pre-booking for special events
- Restaurant reviews and menu information
- Manage bookings and history
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Restaurant reservations with instant discounts in Asia’s high-end restaurants. DiningCity is the premium dining guide and reservation platform in Asia that allows you to discover fine dining, exclusive deals and online reservations wherever you are to enjoy the amazing restaurants in over 20 cities in Asia. Do you want to be part of this fine dining experience? Download the app and become a privileged member of the famous dining guide! Enjoy instant discounts and deals, make faster and easier reservations, use your current location to find restaurants wherever you are, write and read reviews, manage your bookings and many more! Features: - Easy and fast sign up and sign in. - Discover hundreds of the best restaurants in over 20 cities across Asia: - Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Chengdu, Chongqing, Hong Kong, Macau and more - Enjoy member pre-booking on events like Restaurant Week, Brunch Weekend, Seafood Week. - Enjoy all day discounts and deals up to 50%. - Find restaurant information: addresses, pictures, locations, reviews and more. - Find information about a restaurant menu: prices, pictures and reviews. - Guaranteed reservation in only three clicks. - Manage your upcoming reservations and your reservation history. - Language both in Chinese and English
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: DiningCity at none against Bon App!'s shown. DiningCity also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). Bon App!'s advantage is review sentiment (58% vs 41%) and ratings volume (271 vs 39). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Bon App! against 4.5 for DiningCity. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bon App! has 271 ratings behind it against 39, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 58% of Bon App!'s written reviews are positive against 41% of DiningCity's.
Bon App! ships an update every 2 months, DiningCity every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bon App! | DiningCity |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (271 ratings) | 4.5 (39 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.2% of reviews — better | 41.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 271 — better | 39 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 89 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | 柱 石 | Shanghai Shiju Network Technology Company Limited |
Customer experience
Bon App!
DiningCity
Bugs and requests
Bon App!
Reported bugs
11 issues- App crashes when submitting reviews
- Map view displays no restaurant results
- App freezes on home screen with iOS 13+
- Crashes when clicking on restaurant photo gallery
- Login doesn't work via WeChat or Facebook
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- Broken address copy function
- App forces settings open for notifications on every launch
- Constant crashes since latest update
- Error #1202 upon opening
- App non-functional with 'no network' errors
- Filtering capabilities lost after upgrade
Requested features
9 requests- Update restaurant information and remove closed venues
- Add filter for currently open restaurants with delivery
- Improve search algorithm for partial/fuzzy matching
- Update app dimensions for iPhone X and newer models
- Add happy hour and food specials section
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- Video upload capability for Meet feature
- Make share to WeChat moments optional (not default)
- Improve recommendation engine
- More frequent Bon App Meets events
DiningCity
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bon App!
No in-app purchases
DiningCity
No in-app purchases
