Untappd, but for food.

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What Untappd gets right.

On Google Play, Untappd describes itself as the social app for rating and discovering beer, wine and spirits. You check in a drink in seconds with a rating, tasting notes, a photo and where you had it; keep a history of every drink and see your favorite styles and producers; save drinks to lists; follow friends, toast and comment on their check-ins; and earn badges. It also shows drink menus nearby and scans barcodes. You must be of legal drinking age to use it.

Two ideas make it addictive: the personal count (everything you’ve tried) and the tiny ritual (a check-in takes seconds).

Translate it

Dishes instead of drinks.

Make it a game

Five food “badges” to give yourself.

PlateDiary has no badges — but your saves make these easy to check. Try them as personal challenges this year:

• Ten bowls — ten different noodle soups: pho, laksa, ramen, khao soi, bún bò Huế…
• Around the world in a city — twelve cuisines without leaving town.
• The regular — five visits to one place. The place page counts them for you.
• Same dish, five places — the best carbonara (or birria, or croissant) in your city, settled with evidence.
• Table for ten — one night with ten companions on it.

House rules

What counts as one dish?

Untappd has a database, so a drink is a drink. With food you set the rules. These keep counts honest:

• Same name, same place = same dish. Your third pad kra pao at the corner spot counts as “eaten 3×”.
• Same name, different place = a new entry — that’s the whole point of comparing.
• Shared plates count for everyone at the table.
• Drinks are dishes too, if you want them to be.

Quiet counting

Counts without a public feed.

Untappd is social by design, and that suits a beer community. Food is more personal — and a lot of meals happen with people who’d rather not be posted. PlateDiary keeps the count and the history to yourself: no account, no followers, nothing published. Your You tab shows saves, moments and places, your most-eaten dishes and favorite drinks; Served turns a month or a year into a story.

And if you want Untappd for your drinks and PlateDiary for the plates, the two sit happily side by side. PlateDiary keeps drinks too — every glass on the table is its own save — but it won’t check them into a beer community.

Pick yours

Which one, or both?

We make PlateDiary, so weigh that in. Untappd facts come from its App Store and Google Play pages, checked 19 October 2026.

• Choose Untappd if… drinks are your thing and you enjoy check-ins, friends’ toasts and badges.
• Choose PlateDiary if… you want every dish (and drink) you try out, counted quietly, with the place and people attached.

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