If you love watching Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives, you’ll want to take a road trip to check out some of the restaurants Guy has visited throughout the program’s 15-year run.
The quickest way to find those eateries is by using an app. Here are the three best DDD apps that are available for you to download.
Top 3 Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives Apps
To save you time, we researched and found these three excellent Triple D apps to help you on your way.
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DDD – Locator for Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives 12+
- Provider: Big Book Apps, LLC
- Price: Free
The DDD app by Big Book Apps is specifically designed for use on iPads, although you can also view the app on your iPhone and iWatch.
If you love watching Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives, you’ll love this easy-to-use app!
The app is designed for users aged 12+ and features all the restaurants that Guy Fieri has visited, so you can plan your very own gastronomic road trip.
The user-friendly app enables you to search for specific restaurants all over the country. You can use the filter facility to find perfect diners near you and even sort them by the cuisine offered.
The app includes helpful directions via Google Maps or Apple Maps and gives you the restaurant’s phone number, so you can call them and book a table.
What We Like:
- User-friendly
- It’s free!
- Provides restaurant phone numbers and location maps
Room for Improvement:
- Many of the show’s featured restaurants are missing, and the app needs updating
Diners & Drive-Ins TV Unofficial Guide
- Provider: GoLocalApps
- Price: $1.99
The Diners & Drive-Ins TV Unofficial Guide app is good for use on your iPad and iPhone, although it’s not configured for iWatch yet.
To use this app, you’ll need to pay a $.99 nominal annual subscription, but that’s nothing when you look at what you get for your money!
This excellent app includes all the locations that Guy Fieri has visited on the show.
Every location is geo-located and organized by state and season, so it’s quick and easy to find somewhere to eat, wherever you are.
Unlike other DDD apps, Diners & Drive-Ins TV Unofficial Guide includes every venue from the show, including closed locations and those that have changed owners and names.
These non-active venues have been included in the guide so that you don’t waste your time trying to go to them.
As of May 2017, the app featured 980 locations, and it’s updated every week following each new DDD episode. You can help other DDD fans by posting any updates you discover via the app.
What We Like:
- Locations can be filtered alphabetically and by distance, state, and season
- Links to 456 recipes
- You can get involved by posting your visits on Twitter or Facebook
Room for Improvement:
- Some users felt that the app looks outdated and needs updating
Flavortown
- Provider: Grid Sixty Software
- Price: $.99
Flavortown is an app for iPad and iPhone that’s been created by DDD fans Rick and Jennifer, who have been fans of the show since 2008. The app’s creators stress that they are not affiliated with the show or with Guy Fieri.
The app is updated as soon as a new show is aired, so the information it contains is mostly up to date.
You can use the app to find restaurants in any location or use GPS for restaurants close to you.
The new restaurants featured on the show appear automatically on the app, and you don’t need to download updates or newer versions of the app to access that information.
The app shows you eateries featured on DDD that are close to your location, so you won’t need to travel too far to try them.
In addition, you can read thousands of comments left by Triple D lovers who have eaten at the restaurants featured by Guy.
Some maps included in the app enable you to get directions to the restaurants, as well as detailed information on each eatery, including phone number, address, Twitter and Facebook address, and website information.
What We Like:
- User-friendly
- Updated automatically after every show
- Features restaurant reviews left by other Triple D fans
Room for Improvement:
- Only shows restaurants located in the user’s immediate area, and some people thought the app looked “half-finished.”
Final Thoughts
Did you enjoy our guide to the best Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives apps we could find? If you found the information useful, please share the article with other food fans!
With any of these apps, you can plan your road trip and follow in the footsteps of Guy Fieri and his crew by visiting some of your favorite restaurants from the hit TV series.
Most of these apps allow you to search for locations by area, alphabetically, or by food type and season.
So, download one of these excellent apps and work up an appetite while you enjoy the ride!