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Best Restaurant Discovery Apps for iPhone (2026)

19 apps ranked S through F · · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

OpenTable is the top-ranked of 19 restaurant discovery apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.9/5 from 5,656,425 ratings.

  1. 1
    OpenTableS
    Free · ★ 4.9 · 5,656,425 ratings · score 100
  2. 2
    ResyS
    Free · ★ 4.9 · 796,307 ratings · score 98
  3. 3
    TheFork - Restaurant bookingsS
    Free · ★ 4.9 · 62,032 ratings · score 96
  4. 4
    Yelp: Food, Services & ReviewsS
    Free · ★ 4.5 · 2,086,156 ratings · score 94
  5. 5
    BeliS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 17,473 ratings · score 91

What belongs in this list

Find restaurants to eat at nearby or in another place.

Not here: Recipe discovery alone; General travel or local discovery alone; A food delivery app alone; A map app alone; Reservations alone

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

S
OpenTableResyTheForkYelpBeli
A
The Infatuat…TockDianpingToastelmenusSeed Oil ScoutSeated-Rewar…
B
The MICHELINHappyCowFind Me
C
TabelogFantuan-Asia…One Bite
D
None at D yet
F
Allset

Compare every app

  1. 1
    OpenTableS
    Free · ★ 4.9 · 5,656,425 ratings · score 100 · best in class
  2. 2
    ResyS
    Free · ★ 4.9 · 796,307 ratings · score 98 · best in class
  3. 3
    TheFork - Restaurant bookingsS
    Free · ★ 4.9 · 62,032 ratings · score 96 · best in class
  4. 4
    Yelp: Food, Services & ReviewsS
    Free · ★ 4.5 · 2,086,156 ratings · score 94 · best in class
  5. 5
    BeliS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 17,473 ratings · score 91 · best in class
  6. 6
    The InfatuationA
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 14,552 ratings · score 88 · excellent
  7. 7
    TockA
    Free · ★ 4.9 · 9,700 ratings · score 86 · excellent
  8. 8
    Dianping: Discover Good PlacesA
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 7,045 ratings · score 86 · excellent
  9. 9
    Toast - Local RestaurantsA
    Free · ★ 4.9 · 156,976 ratings · score 85 · excellent
  10. 10
    elmenusA
    Free download · ★ 4.5 · 12,544 ratings · score 85 · excellent
  11. 11
    Seed Oil Scout: Healthy DiningA
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 28,454 ratings · score 82 · excellent
  12. 12
    Seated-Rewards at RestaurantsA
    Free · ★ 4.6 · 10,383 ratings · score 80 · excellent
  13. 13
    The MICHELIN GuideB
    Free · ★ 4.9 · 7,531 ratings · score 75 · good · provisional
  14. 14
    HappyCow - Vegan Food Near YouB
    $4.99 · ★ 4.9 · 32,630 ratings · score 71 · good · provisional
  15. 15
    Find Me Gluten FreeB
    Free download · ★ 4.9 · 28,730 ratings · score 71 · good · provisional
  16. 16
    Tabelog - Food Guide in JapanC
    Free download · ★ 4.9 · 2,796 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
  17. 17
    Fantuan-Asian Food & ServicesC
    Free download · ★ 4.5 · 16,203 ratings · score 66 · situational · provisional
  18. 18
    One Bite by Barstool SportsC
    Free · ★ 4.9 · 41,122 ratings · score 62 · situational · provisional
  19. 19
    Allset: Food Pickup & RewardsF
    Free · ★ 4.7 · 3,721 ratings · score 43 · avoid · provisional

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Questions people ask

What is the best restaurant discovery app for iPhone?
OpenTable, S tier, ranked #1 of 19, rated 4.9 by 5,656,425 people.
Which restaurant discovery apps are free?
18 of 19 are free to download: OpenTable (S), Resy (S), TheFork - Restaurant bookings (S), Yelp: Food, Services & Reviews (S) and more. 1 of them sells in-app purchases. 10 report no in-app purchases.
Which restaurant discovery app has the best App Store rating?
OpenTable at 4.9 from 5,656,425 ratings.
How many restaurant discovery apps reach S or A tier?
12 of 19. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.

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