Palate Journal
Private restaurant guide
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Palate Journal is a private restaurant journal — a place to keep a record of the meals worth remembering, the dishes that surprised you, and the rooms you'd return to. No reviews to publish. No followers. Just your own quiet guide to the places you love.
Each restaurant earns a tier mark — three stars for a journey, two for a detour, one for a very good meal in its category, plus Bib, Plate, Watching, and a private Blocklist. The system is yours; the marks are yours; nobody else sees them.
Add a place in seconds: tap +, find the restaurant from a search or a dropped pin, give it a tier, and write as much or as little as you like. Photograph the dishes. Tag the companions. Note the occasion. Each visit becomes a card in your guide.
Every December, Palate Journal renders your year as a beautifully typeset PDF — a print-ready volume of the restaurants you visited, the dishes of your year, and the patterns hidden in twelve months of eating. Print it. Share it. Shelve it.
FEATURES
• Editorial tier system: three star, two star, one star, Bib, Plate, Watching, Blocklist
• Visit log with companions, occasions, photos, and per-visit tier marks
• Dish-of-the-year highlighting
• Map view across every city you've eaten in
• Annual PDF guide auto-generated each December
• Trips: group restaurants by city and dates
• Cross-device sync via iCloud
• Sign in with Apple, Google, or email
• Private by design — your guide is never published, ranked, or shared without your asking
Palate Journal is for people who keep track of where they've eaten the way they used to keep ticket stubs and theatre programs. A guide to the places you love — by you, for you.
Terms of Use: https://www.palate-journal.app/terms
Privacy Policy: https://www.palate-journal.app/privacy
Ratings & Reviews
• A redesigned Annual Edition — your year in restaurants as a keepsake guide, with a cover, full-page plates for your standout spots, and cleaner, more editorial pages throughout.
• Search restaurants beyond your immediate area — find and add places anywhere, not just what's nearby.
The developer, The Ivy Studios LLC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Identifiers
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- The Ivy Studios LLC
- Size
- 46.8 MB
- Category
- Food & Drink
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 26.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 26.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 26.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- The 2026 Edition $9.99
- Palate Pro $4.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Bing Studios
