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Foodcrawl vs Eatlect
Eatlect curates a browse-only catalog of restaurants reviewed by a small set of well-known creators. Foodcrawl is the self-serve version: paste any food video — from any creator — and it pulls out every restaurant, with the quote and timestamp each came from.
| Eatlect | Foodcrawl | |
|---|---|---|
| How places get added | Hand-picked by their team | Paste any link — auto-extracted |
| Creators covered | A small set of famous names | Any creator, including small ones |
| Sources | Selected reviews | YouTube, TikTok, Reddit, articles |
| Per-restaurant receipts | Summary text | Verbatim quote + timestamped clip |
| Open source | No | Yes (AGPL-3.0) |
| Price | Free | Free, no ads, no account |
FAQ
- Is there a free alternative to Eatlect?
- Foodcrawl is free and open-source. Unlike a curated catalog, you paste any food video and it extracts the restaurants for you — so you are not limited to the creators someone else chose to add.
- Can I look up a creator Eatlect does not cover?
- Yes — paste any of that creator's videos into Foodcrawl and it builds their map automatically, restaurant by restaurant.