Taste NotesFree
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Up to 10 restaurants
- Restaurants, visits and dish ratings
- Photos, tags and search
- Backup and restore
A dining journal for iPhone
Remember every great bite.
Taste Notes keeps your restaurant history down to the dish. What you ordered, how you rated it, and what to get next time.
iPhone only at launch. Your notes stay on your phone.
Why Taste Notes
Star ratings for a restaurant don't tell you what to order.
What did I get here last time?
Every visit keeps the dishes you ordered, who you were with, and your notes.
Was that pizza any good?
Rate each dish in half stars. Your favorites rise to the top of the restaurant page.
Where should we eat tonight?
Plan by craving, distance and who's coming, using places you've already rated.
How it works
Save the restaurant. Rate the dish. Remember the order.
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Save a restaurant
Pick it from places near you or search Apple Maps, with the address, phone and website filled in. Mark it Want to Try or Visited.
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Log the visit
Pick the restaurant from your list, sorted by how close you are right now.
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Rate what you ate
Add each dish with a half-star rating, a photo and a note like "ask for extra sauce."
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Order with confidence
Next time, House Favorites and Must Order dishes are waiting at the top of the page.
Dish-level memory
The restaurant's rating comes from your dishes.
Taste Notes builds each restaurant's score from the dishes you've rated there, so a great burger and a forgettable salad both count.
- Half-star ratings for every dish
- House Favorites and Must Order picks on each restaurant
- Menu items stay in your history after they leave the menu
- Tags for cuisine, ingredients and occasions
Your whole list
Every place you've been, and every place you want to go.
Sort and search your restaurants, see the rating at a glance, and keep notes like veteran discounts where you'll see them.
- Search My Dishes finds your best version of a dish across every restaurant
- Want to Try, Visited and Favorite lists
- Recent visits on the home screen
Discover and plan
Find somewhere new, or settle where to eat tonight.
Find Something New searches Apple Maps near you, or near a hotel when you're traveling, and hides places you've already saved.
- Dinner Planner filters by craving, distance and who's going
- Skip places you've eaten at recently
- Restaurants to Try keeps your wish list in one place
Also in the app
The details that make it yours.
Dish photos
Snap the plate, then crop and rotate it before you save.
Tags
Tag dishes and restaurants. A restaurant picks up the tags of the dishes you've had there.
Apple Maps
Import restaurant details and open directions in one tap.
Two looks
Choose Bistro, a deep green and brass, or Rose, a warm blush.
Backup and restore
Save a full backup file whenever you like and restore it on the same or a new phone.
Private by default
No account and no ads. Your notes live on your iPhone.
Pricing
Start free. Unlock it once.
Pay once for the app on your phone. A subscription is planned only for services that cost money to run, like cloud sync.
Lifetime
$9.99
One-time purchase
- Unlimited restaurants
- Import your historical restaurant notes
- Yours to keep, with no renewal
- Works fully offline on your iPhone
Taste Notes+
Pricing later
Subscription
- Sync across your devices
- Automatic cloud backup and photo storage
- Smart features as they arrive
Prices and plan limits are still being finalized. The App Store listing will always show the current price before you buy.
Coming later
On the menu, not yet served.
These are planned. None of them are in the first release.
Sync across devices
Your notes on every phone and tablet you use.
Android
Taste Notes for Android phones.
Menu capture
Photograph a menu and turn it into dishes you can rate.
Recommendations
Suggestions based on the dishes you rate highest.
Questions
Good to know
Do I need an account?
No. Open the app and start adding restaurants. There's no sign-up.
Where is my data stored?
On your iPhone. Taste Notes doesn't send your restaurants, ratings or photos to us. You can save a backup file any time from Settings.
Why does it ask for my location?
To sort your saved restaurants by distance and to search Apple Maps for places nearby. It's only used while the app is open, and you can say no and still use everything else.
Can I move my notes to a new phone?
Yes. Create a backup in Settings, move the file to your new phone, and restore it there.
Is there an Android version?
Not yet. Taste Notes launches on iPhone first. Android is on the roadmap.
How much does it cost?
There will be a free version and a one-time Lifetime unlock. Final prices will be on this page and in the App Store at launch.