What gets rated
DishCast: The dish. Every plate has its own verdict.
- Photo feeds: Whatever you post. There's no rating.
- Review sites: The restaurant as a whole.
- Map apps: The restaurant as a whole.
Why DishCast
Not another feed. Not another review site.
Photo apps, review sites and maps were built to share a moment or rate a place. DishCast is built for one thing: knowing which dish to order, remembering the ones you love, and making them at home.
Side by side.
How each kind of app is generally built, and where DishCast is different.
Whose opinion
DishCast: Your circle, weighted by how close their taste is to yours.
- Photo feeds: Anyone who follows you.
- Review sites: Mostly strangers.
- Map apps: Mostly strangers.
The number you see
DishCast: Your dishcast: your odds of loving this dish.
- Photo feeds: Likes, which measure reach.
- Review sites: A star average, the same for everyone.
- Map apps: A star average, the same for everyone.
Effort to share
DishCast: One question: would you order it again?
- Photo feeds: Photo, caption, hashtags.
- Review sites: A written review.
- Map apps: Stars plus a written review.
After the meal
DishCast: A home recipe and grocery list for the dish.
- Photo feeds: Nothing.
- Review sites: Nothing.
- Map apps: Nothing.
General comparison of app categories, not of any specific company's current features.
01 · Dish, not restaurant
A 4.5-star place can still serve a forgettable plate.
Restaurant stars blend the bread, the service, the parking and the one great dish into a single number. DishCast keeps every dish separate, so you know exactly what to order when you sit down.
Demo dishcast94%chance you love it02 · Your taste, not the crowd's
Strangers' averages aren't your taste.
A thousand anonymous reviews tell you what most people think. DishCast learns what you love and leans on friends whose taste matches yours, so the number is about you.
03 · Honest, not performative
No likes to chase. Just the truth about the plate.
Photo feeds reward the prettiest shot. DishCast asks one blunt question, would you order it again, so a beautiful plate that tasted fine never fools your friends.
04 · It doesn't end at the check
The dish you can't forget comes home with you.
Review sites and maps stop when you leave. DishCast turns the dish into a home recipe and a grocery list, so your favorite plate becomes Tuesday dinner.
San Diego first
Keep the apps you love for everything else. Use DishCast for the dish.
The first 150 founding members get in before anyone else.