How it works

Order, not stars.

RankIt puts restaurants and dishes in order, #1 down. Here is exactly how the order on every page gets set, and how your own list moves it.

1The core idea

Every list is an order

A RankIt list answers one question: which is better? Restaurants and dishes go in order against each other, #1 down, so you find the best pizza in town, not a pile of places that all look about the same.

No scores and no stars. A position is the whole answer.
You build your own list by press-and-hold dragging favourites into order.
Example
Best DishesPort Colborne
1Smash Burger SingleBreakwall Brewing Company
2Chicken PicattaSan Marco's
3Green CurryLucky Thai
Press & hold to drag your favourites into order
2Where the order comes from

Your lists carry weight

Cities RankIt has seeded start with a fair baseline built from public data, so day one is never empty. Once two people have ranked, their order counts as much as RankIt's starting order, and every person after that gives people's lists more of the say.

One list alone never changes the published order. It takes two people.
Two lists split the say 50/50. By ten, people hold 90%, and it keeps climbing.
User-added cities

Cities added from the app skip RankIt’s seeding pass. Their lists start with the places people add there.

The more people rank, the more their lists count
Day one (seeded city)Fair baseline from public data
100% baseline
One person ranksOne person never sets the order alone
Still 100% baseline
Two people rankTheir order counts as much as the starting order
50 / 50 blend
Ten people and countingEvery extra list adds to their say
90% people
Public baseline (seeded cities only)People's lists
3What money can't do

Rankings are never for sale

Restaurants can never buy a ranking position. Businesses can claim their listing and pay for clearly labelled sponsored visibility, but the order itself is not for sale.

Sponsored slots are always labelled and sit outside the ranking.
Ranking positions are never for sale, at any price.
Sponsored is labelled. The order is not for sale.
Your restaurantClaimed listing · paid for visibilitySPONSORED
The ranking, below
1Breakwall Brewing CompanyPosition not for sale
2San Marco'sPosition not for sale
3Lucky ThaiPosition not for sale
×Buy the #1 spot. Not for sale, at any price.
4Built with the people using it

Add what is missing

Missing restaurant? Missing dish? A city we have not reached yet? Add it from the app. Photos and new spots come from people using RankIt. Most menus come from RankIt reading each restaurant's own menu, and a city you add starts with the places people add there.

Photos and new spots come from people using the app.
A place you add can go straight into your own list.
Add a place that is missing
RestaurantDishCity
add a photo of the place
Name the place that is missing
Add a dish, menu, or neighbourhood…
Add to RankIt

Browse free. Rank when you want your taste to count.

Every ranking on RankIt is built this way. Get the app to put your own favourites in order and add the places that are missing.

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