Curated restaurant guide apps in Brazil offer an opening for modern tools
Brazil — Food & Drink, for consumers. Niche: Curated Restaurant Guide.
Data from the week of 19 Oct 2026, refreshed every two weeks.
Our call
out of 100
We have not checked this against App Store search in Brazil yet, so we won’t call it. Checks run every day, highest-scoring openings first.
At a glance
- Demand
- Medium, neither for nor against you
- 10,046 ratings
- Revenue
- Low, against you
- 1 top-grossing
- Competition
- Low, in your favour
- 1 established in Brazil
- Leading apps
- Strong, against you
- 4.9★ average
How the score of 51 is made
score out of 100
- Demand62
9,516 ratings in the US and UK, 530 in Brazil
- Revenue19
1 of the top 3 on a top-grossing chart in the last 30 days; 0 paid
- Room locally88
1 established app in Brazil (119+ ratings, scaled to the market’s size)
- Language gap50
Not checked in local search yet — counted as neutral (50) at most
- Incumbent weakness25
4.9 stars on average; 1 of 3 not updated in a year
- AI gap30
3 of the top 3 not built around AI
- Momentum—
History building since 19 Oct 2026 — counted as neutral (50) for now
Why this is an opening
Existing options show signs of neglect, with a stale share of 50 percent among local results. The top local app has 530 ratings in Brazil, leaving room for an updated alternative. Demand is solid with a score of 62.
What people in Brazil see
Not yet checked against local App Store search. Checks run every day, highest-scoring openings first.
How strong the competition is
The leading apps in this niche
The niche’s apps available in Brazil, ranked by their share of ratings here and in the United States and United Kingdom; stars in Brazil where it has them.
| App | Ratings in Brazil | Ratings US + UK | Stars | Portuguese | Last update | AI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The MICHELIN Guide | 530 | 9,043 | 4.9 | No | Oct 2026 | No AI |
| Locator for Top Chef Restaurants | 0 | 0 | — | No | Aug 2015 | No AI |
| World of MouthNot in this store | 0 | 473 | 4.9 | No | Oct 2026 | No AI |
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Is demand growing
New ratings each week in Brazil, added up over the leading apps. A rating count only grows, so a week’s rise is the people who rated that week.
- Last 4 weeks
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What users complain about
Too few low-star reviews to group into complaints yet.
If you build it
The smallest app that answers what users complain about and what the leaders leave out. Each feature says where it comes from.
- What apps here chargethe leading apps' in-app prices, once we have read themMembers
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The same niche in other markets
- This market
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Scored 2026-10-26 with score version 4. How the score works. Store data only: we do not estimate revenue or downloads.