Dianping

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

1. [R108] 5/5 · US Great App: Really useful for locating local eats.
2. [R133] 5/5 · US My most frequently used App: This app is a must for living in China. It becomes a habit to check reviews before making any dining/purchase decisions. It also helps me to find a place for almost anything. Watching pets/parties/food videos shared by other people is a good time killer when I don’t have time to enjoy life.
3. [R136] 5/5 · US Positive feedback: Very useful information about dinning and shopping. Sometimes you can download the coupons for more discount. Recommend!
4. [R194] 5/5 · US Works great in China: This app is really useful for exploring new places to dining and doing entertainment.
5. [R48] 5/5 · US Dianping is full of surprises! Discount packages, free trials, cash cards... · translated
6. [R123] 5/5 · US Good app for your daily life: Recommended by my friend, I installed it and found it offered too many choices for your daily spending, great fun and good discount, including free charges for your well planned food, hotel or experience. I got used to check in this app before I move to consume, online order helped me a lot.
7. [R232] 5/5 · US Perfect: I just can use this to find any kind of good restaurant in China. And sometimes will provide good discount.
8. [R41] 5/5 · US Useful software: Commonly used software. Reviews are very fair. · translated
9. [R152] 5/5 · US Doctor: Very convenient to use and get information. · translated
10. [R101] 4/5 · US Runs well on macOS: The iPad version of Dianping runs well on macOS, but the font and icon sizes on the homepage still need some adjustment. Hope for optimization. · translated
11. [R4] 1/5 · US Can’t even register: Can’t even register with an American phone number
12. [R33] 1/5 · US international consumers not accepted: I’ve tried to sign up to see reviews in China on my upcoming trip, this was the top recommended app , but it won’t let international number to register as an account. So the app is useless for anyone who does not have a Chinese passport.
13. [R53] 1/5 · US Registration process is garbage: I entered my phone number for a verification code, but after entering it, it said "account/login abnormal" and wouldn't let me register. Ridiculous. · translated
14. [R56] 1/5 · US Trash: You can’t get result unless you are registered. You can’t registered without have a phone number. You don’t get a china phone number unless you have a china mainland ID. So you are at a dead end. No solution.
15. [R1] 1/5 · US No way to translate: No way to translate app into English
16. [R21] 3/5 · US Translation: The App needs improvement for the translations, not all verbiage will translate.
17. [R22] 1/5 · US Worthless Translator: Could be a great app but why have a translator if it doesn’t actually work? Alipay’s works, why not yours????
18. [R68] 5/5 · US English version: Cannot find where to change language to english. Is there a separate english version app?
19. [R10] 1/5 · US This stupid app is haunted: What garbage optimization. · translated
20. [R11] 2/5 · US Dianping became unusable lately: Dianping weirdly asked for verification repeatedly even though I am using the same phone and I am using only one device. The verification process is not normal - Dianping asks me to send verification code as a text message to a certain number, instead of sending me a code to verify. I have been using the app for its most basic functions like finding restaurants
21. [R20] 1/5 · US A lot of bugs.: If I don’t allow app to read my photos that it can’t upload photos which I shot in app.
22. [R23] 1/5 · US Garbage software: Nothing opens, it says I have no internet. I'm really fed up, this garbage software can even load its own short videos but tells me I have no internet. · translated
23. [R8] 1/5 · US Where's night mode? · translated
24. [R9] 2/5 · US Doesn't support dark mode: Opening this app at night blinds me. It's the only mainstream app that doesn't support dark mode! · translated
25. [R18] 3/5 · US Dark mode cannot be used: The latest version has a bug, dark mode cannot be used 😡😡😡 · translated
26. [R98] 5/5 · US Hope for dark mode: As the title says. · translated
27. [R12] 1/5 · US Automatic photo album analysis is very useful and provides a great sense of security. · translated
28. [R19] 1/5 · US Monitoring: This software monitors customer privacy. · translated
29. [R34] 1/5 · US Violates GDPR: If this software is listed in the UK, it should comply with UK law. This garbage Chinese app deliberately collects user identity information. I recommend severe penalties! · translated
30. [R46] 1/5 · US 垃圾软件: 一分都不想给，不给开权限，就什么功能都不提供，强制要求窃取用户隐私 Junk software，which does not provide any functions without giving it permission, and is forced to steal user privacy.
31. [R40] 1/5 · US Don't want to write a review! Forced to write one!: After consuming, it kept reminding me to write a review on the Dynamic Island. I clicked out, it was still on the Dynamic Island. I deleted the relevant order, it was still on the Dynamic Island. It just forces people to review. Is it sick? I almost gave the merchant a bad review because of Dianping's stupid behavior, but then I felt that wasn't fair to the merchant, so I'll just delete the Dianping app. It's too stupid. · translated
32. [R49] 1/5 · US Always needs verification on macOS: Just looked at a few hotels and it popped up verification again. · translated
33. [R52] 1/5 · US Garbage: I log in once or twice a year, and every time it says there's a security risk and I need to unfreeze my account. Insane. · translated
34. [R7] 1/5 · US Very poor review software: It claims to be objective, but if you give a bad review, it bans you. If you participate, it says you're not objective. If you don't participate, it says you didn't participate and aren't objective. Purely laughable software. · translated
35. [R24] 1/5 · US Not very professional: This app‘s staffs are not smart，always think fake reviews are real reviews，but punish real reviews saying they are fake review. Also worry about its security.
36. [R27] 1/5 · US Too many fake good reviews. · translated
37. [R222] 3/5 · US Too much spam: 1: Definitely not as good as Yelp abroad. The accuracy and authenticity of reviews are not even half as good. 2: If you want to search for something (e.g., a specific area, specific cuisine or food), in a word, it seems promising but is actually useless. 3: What I hate most are the fake reviews, all of which are boosted. · translated
38. [R5] 1/5 · US The new version is really difficult to use: The new version removed the function to open the map for detailed filtering, which is very difficult to use. The interface design is unreasonable. Many users open the map to see the area and then perform detailed filtering. The detailed filter function cannot be used when the map is open! · translated
39. [R43] 2/5 · US Page is too cluttered: Too much recommended content, and the content on the video page is illogical. I suggest optimizing the page layout again. · translated
40. [R54] 3/5 · US Please improve favorites browsing rules: In the old version, for example, if I was located in Beijing, opening favorites would only show restaurants in Beijing by default. Now, all favorites from all over the country are displayed, and I have to filter by city myself, which is very inconvenient. I hope for some improvement. · translated
41. [R94] 4/5 · US Can you optimize the favorites function?: 1. I hope to add a map function to view only the current group within a separate favorites group. 2. I hope the function to immediately group after favoriting returns (or long-press the favorite button to group), including attractions, exhibition halls, etc. (previously some attractions and art museums could not be directly categorized). 3. I suggest learning from Google Maps' grouping method, which is concise and clear, and also allows for notes (I want to note recommended dishes for each restaurant). · translated
42. [R91] 4/5 · US Already give up the watch App?: The app is good and useful in many ways but still defects like: 1. Too big the size 2. The watch App looks like it’s already 10 years old…geez just work out something, or give it up so I don’t need to keep an ugly watch app in my watch or just update it with some modern design 😓
43. [R175] 3/5 · US Reduce the size: Is it necessary for a fast-food type app to be over 200MB? Can't download without Wi-Fi. It's hard to find food outside and then have to find Wi-Fi first. 🤦🏻‍♂️ · translated
44. [R69] 5/5 · US Dianping brings convenience to everyone: I have been using Dianping for many years. In the early days, I used the paper version of the "Beijing Handbook." Now with Dianping, no matter where I go, I can always find good food and fun places. · translated
45. [R100] 5/5 · US My Dianping: After the pandemic, I hadn't used Dianping for a long time. With the arrival of summer in Chengdu, I have more opportunities to work outside, and thus more opportunities to eat out. Dianping has once again become an indispensable assistant and expert for us. With its guidance, I know where to find good food, beautiful scenery, entertainment, good friends, good moods, and good results! All good things will come! · translated
46. [R50] 1/5 · US Does not support iPad landscape mode: It's 2024 and still no iPad adaptation. Garbage software. · translated
47. [R62] 1/5 · US MALICIOUS TO FOREIGNER， DONT WASTE UR TIME: The app is powerful but they won’t allow you to register or search anything unless you had a mainland ID # and a cellphone associate with it. I had a US cellphone number and the app won’t allow me to register. It becomes ridiculous that I spend an hour trying to register the app and an hour with their customer support but at the end it goes no where. I
48. [R131] 3/5 · US Good but not language friendly: I like the app, when I first downloaded it, it says English and simplified chinese but I still can’t figure out where or how yo switch the language and same for my friends who also downloaded. I think this feature should be accessible easily because I believe many foreigners do use this app in china
49. [R32] 1/5 · US Very buggy with shocking review score: I still cannot believe this app has a 4.7 start rating. Itself is an extremely buggy app. The app does not load or work half of the time. And the most frustrating thing is that there’re no apparent reasons!!! You are totally at this app’s mercy! Overall, a very poorly developed app.
50. [R58] 1/5 · US iPhone 15 Pro latest system keeps crashing: This app constantly freezes. Exiting and reopening has the same problem. Upgrading the system and app didn't solve it. Why hasn't such a serious bug been fixed? · translated