YP Dine vs Mapfluence
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
YP Dine
Discover Canadian restaurants, bars, and cafes. Reserve tables, order food, and read reviews. Find dining options based on your location, cravings, and occasion.
- Curated restaurant lists
- Restaurant details (menus, photos, hours)
- Table reservations
- User profiles for reservations
- Apple Maps integration for reservations
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On the look-out for your next great dining experience? Satisfy all your cravings with the only app covering every corner of the country’s food scene. Whether you’re looking to reserve a table, order in or simply discover delicious dining options, YP Dine does it all, connecting food lovers with the most noteworthy Canadian restaurants, bars and cafés. So, what are you waiting for? Dig in! YP Dine is packed with exciting features: • Choose from curated lists customized to your location, the kind of food you’re craving and the type of occasion • Access restaurant details including menus, photos, address, phone number, opening hours, maps, user reviews, and more. • Reserve a table right in the app • Create a user profile to make and modify your reservations directly in the app. • Make reservations directly in Apple Maps.
Mapfluence
Discover local spots like cafes, restaurants, and bars through recommendations from friends and people around you. Explore a social map, save places, and share your own discoveries to find hidden gems.
- Discover places through friends
- Search for restaurants, cafes, bars
- Explore on a social map
- Save places to wishlist
- View place details and photos
- Share posts and recommendations
- Follow users and their discoveries
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Mapfluence helps you discover places through the people around you. Find cafés, restaurants, bars, brunch spots, and hidden gems through friends, posts, saves, maps, and real recommendations. With Mapfluence, you can: • Discover places your friends are visiting • Search for restaurants, cafés, bars, and local spots • Explore nearby places on a social map • Save places to your wishlist • View place details, photos, services, and contact information • Share posts, reviews, and recommendations • Follow people and see what they discover Mapfluence is built for people who want a more social way to explore their city — starting with Montréal. Whether you are looking for your next brunch spot, coffee shop, dinner place, or hidden local gem, Mapfluence helps you find places through real people, not just anonymous ratings.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mapfluence at 5.0 against YP Dine's 3.0. YP Dine's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 1) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.1). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Mapfluence holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: YP Dine has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
YP Dine ships an update every 4 weeks, Mapfluence monthly. Both last shipped on October 18, 2026.
| Parameter | YP Dine | Mapfluence |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 8.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Yellow Pages Digital & Media Solutions Limited | 9566-9008 Quebec Inc |
Customer experience
YP Dine
Mapfluence
Bugs and requests
YP Dine
Reported bugs
18 issues- Have to re-enter personal info every time
- Reviews are inaccessible
- White on yellow graphics impossible to see
- Difficult to choose reservation time
- Search results don't match availability
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- App shows availability but then doesn't when clicking
- Cannot complete reservation due to unclickable email field
- Cannot enter email address
- Email field is locked/faulty
- App doesn't work on iOS
- App keeps crashing
- Black screen issue
- Login for Bookenda accounts missing
- Cannot create an account
- App is inactive
- Cannot access reservations
- Reservation functionality missing for some restaurants
- Cannot cancel reservations through the app
Requested features
7 requests- Add calendar synch feature for reservations
- Add restaurant rating, feedback, pictures
- Use calendar format for reservations instead of scrolling
- Add option to pay with Apple Pay
- Filter for vegan options
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- Improve search functionality
- Improve user interface design
Mapfluence
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
YP Dine
No in-app purchases
Mapfluence
No in-app purchases
