Grubbl: Restaurant Discovery
Discover & Curate Restaurants
Only for iPhone
Free · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
Grubbl is restaurant discovery and curation built for how locals actually decide where to eat. You can quickly search nearby restaurants, see what’s open right now, and explore with a live map that reflects real community activity, not ads or pay-to-play placements.
When you’re deciding in the moment, Grubbl helps you narrow fast. Filter by open now, highly rated, or close by, then tap into any spot to see ratings, photos, and real feedback from diners who have actually been there. No SEO bait, no fake reviews, no influencer hype driving what you see.
Grubbl also fixes the part most apps ignore: remembering your favorites. Save restaurants and build lists that match how you eat, like “Best Tacos in Phoenix,” “Date Night,” “Happy Hour Rotation,” or “Places to Try.” Your lists become your personal food map, making it easy to revisit go-to spots and share your picks with friends.
Your activity improves the experience for everyone. Love a place, skip it next time, or save it for later. Check in when you go out to share the current vibe, from a packed patio to an empty bar, so the map stays current in real time.
If you want a faster way to decide, Grubbl AI can answer local questions using restaurant data and community signals. Ask for the best tacos tonight, new openings nearby, or hidden gems locals keep going back to, and get recommendations that fit where you are.
Grubbl was created by an independent developer and lifelong foodie, not a corporation. It’s built to make restaurant discovery more local, more useful, and more fun.
more This is a fun new way to see what I can eat nearby!
This is a fun new way to see what I can eat nearby!
- Bug fixes in-app notifications
- Bug fixes to sorting and filtering
- More improvements to Grubbl AI!
1.9.11 5d ago
- Improvements to the Leaderboard
- Some minor UI/UX improvements
- Improvements to Keyboard usage
- Improved control over in-app audio
1.9.10 Jul 15
- Improvements to Grubbl AI
- UI/UX improvements
- A few random bug fixes
- Preparation for our Summer Giveaway! Shh....
1.9.9 Jul 10
- Fully redesigned the entire UI/UX of Grubbl!
- Major cleanup performed on the database!
- Improved leaderboard logic!
- NEW Activity type: share Links!
- Major improvements to our Mapping tools!
1.9.8 Jun 26
- MAJOR Design overhaul!
- Backend migrations to newer tech!
- Various bug squashes!
- Improved analytics!
- Grubbl AI is once again smarter!
1.9.7 Jun 22
- You can now add your own photos to your check-ins!
- You can now add your own photos to your reviews!
- You can now add photos directly to a business!
- Improvements to Ranking creation!
- Restaurant manual searches significantly improved!
- You can now start "Discussions" on the Feed!
- App-wide bug fixes!
- App-wide UI/UX improvements!
1.9.6 May 14
- Upgraded the Grubbl AI LLM models for better results!
- Fixed an issue with the Cheers button, cheers!
- Major improvements to our mapping!
- Minor UI/UX improvements here and there!
1.9.5 May 1
Updates for Grubbl AI - Now smarter than ever!
1.9.4 Apr 16
The Leaderboard makes a triumphant return!
Scoring events have been fully revisited and improved!
App-wide visual updates and UX improvements!
New ways to sort, filter and find activities!
New ways to sort, filter and share your own curated lists!
Improved overall Love, Save, Avoid, Check-in and Review List Management!
Additional improvements to restaurant reaction batching!
1.9 Mar 14
Improved location accuracy
Minor UI/UX improvements
Majorly improved Feed logic
Significant improvements to the Tastemaker Profiles
Major improvements to Grubbl AI Insights
1.8 Mar 3
Major improvements to app loading times
Improvements to The House Feed
Improvements to hour Cheers are counted
Grubbl AI received additional Tastemaker training
Improved the new Grubbler onboarding flow
Improvements to reaction batching logic
1.7 Feb 19
Improvements to Grubbl AI!
Improvements to weekly restaurant round up
Minor improvements to analytics
Minor graphical improvements
Minor bug fixes
1.6 Feb 6
** MAJOR UPDATE **
You can now directly share your Loved, Saved and Reviewed restaurants!
Directly add activities to the Feed - Check-in, Review, and ask Questions!
Updated The Top 100 Phoenix List!
Redesigned the Map View for better clarity!
Improved the restaurant type categorizations!
Improved overall searchability of restaurants!
Added over 1,050+ new restaurants to Grubbl!
Rankings now have captions to describe your rankings!
Add 'Story Sized' downloads to save restraurn details, reviews and rankings!
Better usage analytics implemented!
1.5 Jan 31
Design updates for a cooler experience!
Improved activity fetching for faster experience!
Improved the process for creating Rankings!
Added better ways to invite your friends (plus awards points now)!
1.4 Jan 28
*NEW* The thumbs down has arrived! Tell people what to avoid
*NEW* Weekly restaurant rounds up for review
*UPDATED* UI/UX Improvements
*UPDATED* Improved share functions
*UPDATED* Notification controls cleaned up
*IMPROVED* Loading Animations
*IMPROVED* Grubbler and Restaurant analytics
1.3 Jan 26
*NEW* Rankings now have a dedicated screen to explore!
*ADDED* New restaurants in NE Scottsdale area
*UPDATED* Chat & Leaderboards are taking a quick break
*UPDATED* Sharing of activity & rankings has been made easier
*IMPROVED* Loading times throughout the app
1.2 Jan 16
1.1.0 is a Minor update:
- 700 more restaurants added bringing us to over 4,000!
- Improved crash analytics for future improvements
- Improvements to analytics event tracking
- Improved deeplinking for better sharing
- Improved device distance calculations
1.1.0 11/25/2025
Exploration has undergone significant improvements!
- Over 1,000 NEW restaurants added to Grubbl
- This brings us to over 3,000 total in the Phoenix area
Location detection has gotten much more accurate, improving nearby restaurant detection
Grubbl AI Insights have also undergone significant traning improvements!
- These should be more accurate, insightful and overall helpful
General performance improvements speeding up our already lightning fast app!
Improved the batching logic of The House Feed, cutting down on Feed spam
Leaderboard accuracy has also been improved. Start collecting your gems!
General user experience and user design improvements to design elements
1.0.9 11/19/2025
Grubbl AI has received additional training!
Improvements to the Feed!
Performance improvements behind the scenes!
Improved Onboarding flow and images!
Push Notifications significantly improved!
Login issues are hopefully resolved (again)!
1.0.8 11/11/2025
Fighting the good fight to fix excessive logouts!
Major updates to the Feed!
-- Icons are updated
-- Sorting now works as intended
-- Cleaned up how activities are added
-- Improved image fetching logic
-- More control with moderation tools
-- More diverse welcome messages
Improvements to overall analytics so we know what you like!
Made it easier to Love and Save restaurants. Get after it!
Some minor improvements to the chat system. Let's chat!
Grubbl AI should now be more dependable. S/he's learning!
Our Tastemaker survey has improved. More restaurants!
The onboarding experience has improved. Better explainers!
Collections are now called Rankings. Like the MySpace top 8!
Backend file cleanup. Things are even faster!
1.0.7 10/23/2025
*NEW FEATURE*
- Introducing the Feed! This feed won't force feed you, but it will provide an overview all app activity. Read reviews, see who's checking in where, stay on top of Grubblers' reactions, and see each Collection as it's curated!
SMALLER UPDATES:
Profiles now focus on Loved, Saved, Check-ins & Reviews - easier curation!
Removed the "Dislike" reaction type - it wasn't serving much of a purpose!
Styling updates to help with Collection creation - better UI experience!
Hangouts are on a hiatus - but they will return!
Posts are also postponed - watch for them to reappear in the new Feed!
About the 6th version we've worked on login improvements - Maybe this time?!?!
1.0.6 10/01/2025
*NEW FEATURES*
- Introducing the Top 100 restaurants! Now the top 100 restaurants in Phoenix will be highlighted throughout the app. The restaurants are determined by a combination of review averages, total reviews and overall quality of the reviews. These are restaurants that are ALWAYS worth a visit, so keep an eye out for when you're nearby.
- Say hello to the The House Feed! The House Feed has been added to each restaurant profile. This will allow everyone to have a real-time feed of all Grubbler's reactions - love, disinterest, saves, collections, check-ins. Now it's easier to see how the sentiment flows!
SMALLER UPDATES:
Improved the check-in flow - easier and more fun!
Improved the restaurant review flow - easier and more fun too!
Added Reviews to Grubbler profiles - easily see all of your reviews in one spot!
Updated scoring events and point totals for Check-ins and Reviews
Grubbl AI Insights are less hostile and more fun - he was having a bad week!
Grubbl AI Chat is also improved in the process and is less restrictive!
Moved Love and Save reactions to the Explore screen - easier to curate your lists!
Finally unified the whole search experience - Search for restaurants, posts, Grubblers, Tours, Hangouts and more all in one search
Continued work on the logout issues - this one is tough but I'm on it!
1.0.5 09/26/2025
Improved app usage analytics - So I know what to improve!
Improve admin tools - better moderation!
Grubbl AI improvements - download conversations!
Grubbl AI has had a tone adjustment - more fun!
Search UI/UX improvements - Get around easier
Improved “Share Cards” for saving items to Camera Roll
Added predictive username tagging in Chat - Tag your friends!
Added reply functionality to Chat - keep convos going!
1.0.4 09/23/2025
Login system improvements - less logouts!
Better analytics - So we know what you like!
Better photo & hours fetching - less placeholders!
Made profiles more accessible - complete your profile!
Check-in & Reaction updates - better management!
Scoring events for Collections, Tastemaker & Check-ins - earn more points!
Improved Collections ranking logic - Keep your rankings intact!
Improved the Check-in flow - smoother check-ins!
1.0.2 09/17/2025
Fixed leaderboard rankings - Accurate positions!
Fixed O.G badges - You get an O.G badge now!
Improved persistent login logic - Less frequent logouts!
Improved app usage analytics - So I know what to improve!
Better integration of Grubbl AI - Because it’s so awesome!
Updates to FABs - More intuitive buttons!
Tightened up restaurant radius - more walkable selections!
Fixed Deep linking - Better sharing!
Added better search - Find your friends!
1.0.1 09/15/2025
- Bug fixes in-app notifications
- Bug fixes to sorting and filtering
- More improvements to Grubbl AI!
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