Beli and InstaTaste both help people keep track of places they want to try, but they approach discovery differently. Beli emphasizes personal restaurant rankings, friends, and personalized recommendations. InstaTaste starts with trusted lists, awards, and food creators, then brings those recommendations together on one map.
This comparison is based on publicly available product information and is intended to help you decide which approach fits how you discover food.
Places come from named trusted lists, awards and food creators, such as the Michelin Guide, World's 50 Best, James Beard Awards, Yelp Top 100, Thai SELECT, specialty coffee rankings and food creators. The source is shown in the app.
Personalized recommendations and top lists, plus where your friends are eating and your own ranked lists.
Save places into your own lists, including lists for future trips and cities. Free: 25 saves in up to 3 custom lists. Premium: unlimited.
Organized ranked lists and maps of everywhere you've been and want to try. Tags help organize and filter your lists.
Check in with a 1–10 rating, collect Taste Passport stamps and see your activity.
Ranked lists of the places you've been, with notes and favorite dishes. A “Taste Profile” shows what you love most.
Follow friends and tastemakers and see activity from people you follow.
A newsfeed of the latest spots your friends have tried, what they love and hate, and a “Match Score” showing who shares your tastes.
Browse trusted recommendations by city and build your own saved city lists before a trip, for breakfast, lunch, dinner, drinks, coffee and more.
Save and map restaurants you want to try, and use its personalized recommendations and top lists when you explore a destination.
Source-led discovery. The focus is on showing why a place is on the map and which trusted list, award or creator recommended it.
Personal and social discovery, built on your rankings, personalized recommendations, top lists and friends' activity.
Prices and features can change. Last verified: September 28, 2026.
InstaTaste takes a different approach: instead of starting with crowd reviews or an algorithm alone, every featured spot can show the trusted source that put it on the map.
InstaTaste may fit the way you search if you prefer starting with places already recognized by named lists, awards, and food creators, and you want those sources collected on one map.
Beli takes a more personal and social approach, centered around your restaurant rankings, friends, and personalized recommendations.
Some people may find value in both approaches.
Beli information was checked against Beli's current official website and U.S. App Store listing: Beli website and App Store listing. InstaTaste information comes from the current InstaTaste app and website. Source names are used only to describe where recommendations come from; they don't imply endorsement of InstaTaste.
Last verified: September 28, 2026.