Top 10 best foodie apps for iPhone
The world is a beautiful place, especially when you’re seated in front of a plate, bowl, bag, cup, mug, etc. of your (new) favorite food. Find the best nosh and dining wherever you and your iPhone or iPod touch happen to be at the moment with these great foodie apps.
Of these apps, my favorites are Local Eats, Urbanspoon and Yelp. Of course, Yelp isn’t a foodie app per se as it’ll help you find just about anything you’re looking for whence out and about, which is a good thing if you’re looking for a Thai restaurant near an open drug store on a Sunday — word.
The hot new app in this lot in Foodspotting, which helps you find good eats and includes an element of competition that encourages users to find, rate and, quite naturally, enjoy local cuisine.
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- • Zagat to Go, $9.99
— A year’s access to fresh reviews from over 45 trusted restaurant guides for less than the price of a single guide, plus nightlife, hotel and shopping coverage.• Local Eats, $0.99
— The critically acclaimed dining app now features coupons and dining savings; find the best local dining for the Top 50 US cities.
— iPhone apps: Local Eats knows the best places to dine …• Urbanspoon, free
— Can’t decide where to eat? Shake your iPhone and the Urbanspoon slot machine will pick a good restaurant for you to try or keep shaking until you find one you’re happy with.• Yelp, free
— Looking for a burito shop (or gas station) open in the middle of the night? Then iPhone and Yelp are here to help!• Foodspotting, free
— A visual guide that lets you find food, not just restaurants. Powered by people who take pictures of their food, this app makes finding good food easier.
— Review: Foodspotting delivers the eats, fun• MenuPages, free
— The indispensable resource that millions love and trust to find restaurant and menus on the web (only covers NYC, Boston, San Francisco, LA, Philly, Boston, Chicago, DC metro and South Florida)
— See also, GrubHub• GoodFood by GoodRec, free
— The best way to find great places to eat. See what others like. Make quick thumbs up or down recommendations and add a quick tip to briefly say what makes the restaurant good.• RN Dining,
— Before you make dinner plans, check which restaurants are offering rewards.• VeganXpress, $1.99
— This app lists over 110 very common restaurants and their menu items suitable for the vegan diet.• Check Please Lite, free (ad supported)
— What’re you gonna do — pull out a calculator in the middle of restaurant? Bad form…
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March 16th, 2010
for those foodies looking for their “fix” of authentic Chicago style hot dogs, Vienna Beef created the Vienna Beef Locator app. Find restaurants serving Vienna Beef anywhere in the country. You can even report a “Ketchup violation” on this free iphone app (ketchup on a Chicago hot dog is a felony).
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/vienna-beef-hot-dog-stand/id352609059
March 16th, 2010
Have you seen http://www.dineouthceap.com‘s app ? I like it a lot better than Local Eats. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dine-out-cheap/id341333335?mt=8
March 16th, 2010
Don’t forget that ChicagoBestRestaurants,info serves up the 100 best restaurants all within touch on your iPhone, Blackberry and smarphone.
March 16th, 2010
Don’t forget that ChicagoBestRestaurants.info also serves up the 100 best restaurants all within touch on your iPhone, Blackberry and smartphone.
March 17th, 2010
Hunger for Knowledge? “Foodie APPtitude Test” is Now on the Menu
New York, NY March 17, 2010 – Are you REALLY a Foodie? TourBuddy Systems asks that question today with the launch of the Foodie APPtitude Test (F.A.T.’s). This interactive quiz promises to sate your hunger and quench your thirst for culinary knowledge while simultaneously making your mouth water.
Users can simply order the size of the quiz they would like and the random trivia engine will serve up fresh questions from a bank of hundreds. Topics include: recipes, fine dining, chefs, Food TV, ingredients, wine, beer, cocktails, restaurants, food history and more. Score up to 1600 and see how that compares with other Foodie’s like yourself.
Available for iPhone and iPod touch. Free content and feature updates are included. No jacket, tie or reservations required.
March 19th, 2010
Twiddish is another great iPhone App and social network for diners and food lovers.
Real-time, user-generated individial dish photos, reviews, and ratings are uploaded from restaurants and take-out nationwide.
Users aka “dishers” can search by craving and find the exact dish they are seeking, uninfluenced by the restaurant experience or service, its all about the dish.
If you’re in NYC and you want great pizza, there are tons of dishers that have shared thier opinion on thier favorite spot, based on thier preferences.
Check it out http://www.twiddish.com or http://www.twd.sh.
You can develop your own dish review style and have fun.
July 14th, 2010
I have the Zagat application on my third gen iPhone, and it’s probably the best $10 I’ve ever spent – really. My fiance and I are big foodies, so we are often out and about, and the app always points me in the right direction for awesome food destinations.
July 20th, 2010
How about Bittman’s How to Cook Everything?
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/how-to-cook-everything/id367690249?mt=8