Lik Get Lik

Closed beta · Bay Area

Become the top Sushi Liker of Oakland.

Lik is a food review app that plays like a game. Review what you ate, earn XP, and climb the boards for your city.

Get Lik

Closed beta for iPhone, on TestFlight.

The Likers board shows Theo Lindqvist at 912, Maren Okafor at 885, Ana Ruiz-Bell at 851, and Rosa Vela fourth at 830 Rank Score.
Lik Home shows the fictional Torch & Bun Double Torch franchise ad above the restaurant feed.
A red podium with three steps. The first-place seat is empty. Maren Okafor, a fictional person, in second place Ana Ruiz-Bell, a fictional person, in third place

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00The chase

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01Find

Find

Find the dish, not just the place.

Picks, Explore and Taste Match point you to the plate worth the trip.

How to read a score

  • Spicy shrimp ramen, a fictional dish
    Spicy Shrimp RamenA dish. Out of 10, no star.
    9.6
  • The counter of a fictional noodle house
    Kettle Lane Noodle HouseA restaurant. Out of 5, with a star.
    4.7
  • A fictional bowl of tantanmen
    A brand-new dishNeeds 3 people. Never a zero.
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Taste Match is separate. It says how well a dish fits you, not how good it is.

Lik Explore in Oakland shows Double Smash Burger at 9.2 and Salmon Avocado Roll at 9.6 under Picked for your taste.
Picks shows Double Smash Burger at Copper Griddle Burgers, scored 9.2, priced at $15 and backed by 45 reviews.
Spicy Shrimp Ramen scores 9.6 at Kettle Lane Noodle House, where it costs $19, is listed under Mains and the restaurant is open until 4 AM.

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02Go

Lik Venture shows the Bay Area Ramen Trail with 2 of 4 restaurants done, paying 100 coins, 900 XP and 1 ticket.
The Bay Area Ramen Trail quest shows 2 of 4 stops done, paying 100 coins, 900 XP and 1 ticket, with Yuzu Shio Ramen next.
Lik Venture in Shelf mode shows the Aisle explorer quest with 2 of 3 products done, paying 75 coins, 150 XP and 1 ticket.

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Go

Discovery is the game.

Quests send you to dishes, places and aisles you haven't tried. Finish one for XP and an Arcade ticket.

Bay Area Ramen Trail

4 stops · 2 done

  1. 1Ramen counter
  2. 2Noodle house
  3. 3Izakaya
  4. 4Udon shop
100Lik Coins Soon
900XP 1×
1Arcade ticket

Your trail, your pace.

03Shelf

Shelf

The snack aisle has a podium too.

Search or scan packaged food and drink and score it 1 to 10. Every aisle has its own board.

Shelf Explore in Oakland shows fictional packs from Cloudberry, Red Lantern Pantry, Harbor Crisp and Fizzly, with Fernway Bakery marked Sponsored.
Cloudberry Strawberry Ice Cream scores 9.5 and is sold as a 1-pint product with 238 kcal per 100 g.

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14 aisles

  • Salty Snacks
  • Candy & Chocolate
  • Cookies & Sweet Bakery
  • Bars & Bites
  • Soda & Sparkling
  • Energy & Sports
  • Coffee, Tea & Juice
  • Dairy, Deli & Plant-Based
  • Ice Cream & Frozen Treats
  • Frozen Meals
  • Breakfast & Bread
  • Noodles, Pasta & Meals
  • Sauces & Condiments
  • Spreads & Seasonings
Cloudberry's ice cream brand page shows 4.6 stars from 41 ratings, 7 products, 5 Bay Area stores and is known for Salted Caramel Ice Cream.
Cloudberry's brand rating breakdown shows Taste 8.7/10, Ingredients 4.7, Value 4.2 and Consistency 4.5/5.

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Coming soon

Rate the brand, not just the bag.

Review three of a brand's products and you can rate the brand itself. Tap its stars to see the breakdown.

Brand breakdown

  • 8.7/10Taste
  • 4.7Ingredients
  • 4.2Value
  • 4.5Consistency

Taste comes from every score of the brand's products. Each part shows once 3 people weigh in.

04Level up

Level up

Every cuisine has its own XP.

Eat sushi, level up Sushi. Eat tacos, level up Tacos. Each food and cuisine climbs on its own.

Try it · +50 XP for a proven dish

Taste Title is a playful line on your profile. You pick it. It isn't a rank.

  • Sushi, gold
  • Sushi, silver
  • Sushi, bronze
  • Tacos, gold
  • Explorer, gold
  • Dish, silver
  • Regular, bronze
  • Quest, gold
  • A locked badge

33 badges in 7 families. Bronze, Silver, Gold.

Lik Taste XP Passport shows East Asian at Level 14 (2,540 XP), Southeast Asian at Level 5 (390 XP), South Asian at Level 6 (610 XP) and Central Asian at Level 1.
Rosa Vela, a fictional person

Rosa Vela

Fiery Dumpling Gremlin

  • SushiFoodLv 4

    312 / 360 XP

  • TacosFoodLv 3

    180 / 240 XP

  • DumplingFoodLv 2

    95 / 140 XP

  • East AsianCuisineLv 6

    560 / 660 XP

  • Latin AmericanCuisineLv 4

    330 / 360 XP

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05Streak

Lik Streak shows a 9-day streak, today's goals done and Saffron League rank 3 of 7.
Saffron League shows Theo at 1,480 XP, Maren at 1,315, Rosa Vela at 1,240 moving up, Ana at 1,105, Dev at 960, Noor at 820 and Callie at 610, with 2 days 23 hours left.

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Keep it going

One move a day. Don't drop it.

Daily goal +10 XP

Any one of these keeps the day.

  • Post a review, post or story
  • Save 3 places
  • Score a dish you ate
  • Rank a place in My List

Next: 14 days · +75 XP · 5 to go

  1. 7days+50 XP
  2. 14days+75 XP
  3. 30days+150 XP
  4. 50days+200 XP
  5. 100days+500 XP
  6. 365days+1,000 XP

Miss a day? A streak freeze holds it. Freezes come at milestones and league promotions.

Weekly Leagues

  1. Salt
  2. Pepper
  3. Saffron
  4. Truffle
  5. Gold Leaf

Groups of up to 20. The top 3 earn 100, 75 and 50 XP, and the top quarter moves up.

06Watch

Watch

Watch it. Then go eat it.

Lik is building an entertainment hub for food. Quick reels on Trending, full episodes on LikTV.

Trending

Food reels and posts from people nearby and people you follow. Tap the dish to open it.

  • For You
  • Nearby
  • Following
  • Viral
Lik Trending on For You: a full-screen spicy shrimp ramen post by Theo Lindqvist at Kettle Lane Noodle House, scored 9.6 out of 10, with 46 likes and 8 comments. Fictional sample data.

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LikTV

Coming soon

Lik's video network, for the long watch. Members will run channels and Shows, and videos will link to the dish or restaurant they feature.

  • For You
  • Following
  • Shows
  • Cooking
  • Restaurants
  • Travel
  • 4 episodesNight Shift BowlsKettle Lane Noodle House
  • 3 episodesBroth HuntersTheo Lindqvist
  • 2 episodesGriddle HoursCopper Griddle Burgers
  • 2 episodesPastry FirstMaren Okafor

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LikTV home: the featured Griddle Hours episode, How a smash burger gets its lacy edge, 19 minutes 30 seconds from Copper Griddle Burgers, above a Continue watching row. Fictional sample data.
A LikTV watch page: Night Shift Bowls, Episode 2, Karaage for the late crowd, 15 minutes 37 seconds from Kettle Lane Noodle House, with a card that opens the Chicken Karaage dish. Fictional sample data.

Chicken KaraageKettle Lane Noodle HousePlan

07Boards

Leaderboards

Every food in the world, in order.

That's what Lik is building. Each dish, restaurant, food product and brand earns its place from proven reviews, and the Likers who review them get ranked too.

  • RestaurantsStars out of 5
  • DishesLik score out of 10
  • Food productsShelf score out of 10
  • BrandsFrom their ranked products
  • LikersRank and Palate Score

Filter by cuisine, food, aisle or city. Everyone, or just your friends. No number until 3 people weigh in.

The Restaurant board filtered to Japanese ranks Kumo Hand Roll Counter at 4.8 (58 reviews), Kettle Lane Noodle House at 4.7 (86) and Hoshi Izakaya at 4.6 (61), with Midori Ramen Bar fourth at 4.5.
Sushi Likers in Oakland Tacos Likers in San Jose East Asian Likers in Fremont

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  1. Bronze
  2. Silver
  3. Gold
  4. Platinum
  5. Diamond
  6. Master
  7. Gourmand

Climb from Bronze to Gourmand.

Your rank comes from proven, accurate reviews and can't be bought. The top 100 Masters hold the Gourmand seats, recomputed daily.

08Reviews

Reviews

Reviews that prove it.

A score on Lik counts only when the photo, the place and the person check out. That's what will make these the reviews worth trusting.

A fictional bowl of spicy shrimp ramen, photographed at the tableVerified visit
Rosa VelaKettle Lane Noodle House
Gold
  • Spicy Shrimp Ramen9/10
  • Pork gyoza7/10
  • Everyone else's score?
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  1. 1

    Proof of the visit

    The Lik camera records where and when the photo was taken.

  2. 2

    Dish by dish

    Every dish gets its own score out of 10, not just the place.

  3. 3

    Scored blind

    While you score, Lik hides everyone else's number.

  4. 4

    Earned voices

    Reviewers with a proven palate count for more. No single voice can carry a dish.

How scores are weighted

  • Full weight

    A Lik camera photo taken at the place, scored within 14 days.

  • Half weight

    A library photo whose own place and time match.

  • No weight

    Anything else. You can still post it. It moves no score.

  1. i.

    Stars are earned.

    Restaurant stars unlock after 3 proven dishes in one visit, or proven visits on two different days.

  2. ii.

    One voice each.

    Score a dish ten times and it still counts once, with your latest score.

  3. iii.

    Money moves nothing.

    Ads, bounties and coins never change a score or a rank. Sponsorship is always labeled.

  4. iv.

    Cheats stop counting.

    Reused photos are refused. Impossible travel and rings of matching scores get flagged and lose their weight.

09Rewards

Rewards

Coins buy real food.

Earn Lik Coins on bounties and, soon, on quests. Spend them in the Reward Shop and show the QR at the counter.

  • A ramen rewardA free dish
  • A gelato rewardA dessert
  • A coffee rewardA coffee

Sample rewards. Coins have no cash value and never change a score.

Lik Reward Shop shows 1,240 coins and rewards including Free Chicken Karaage for 350, Salted Caramel Sundae on us for 420 and Bonus Salmon Avocado Roll for 300.
My Rewards shows Pancake Stack on us at Sunbeam Grain Bar ready to claim and a Noodle Passport with 2 of 4 stamps, with 1,240 coins.

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10Arcade

Arcade

Tickets in. XP out.

Spend tickets on a flight. The more tickets you put in, the more XP comes out.

  1. Tickets
  2. Ruby Rooftops
  3. XP
Ruby Rooftops clubhouse: 6 tickets, 4,310 XP, best 48, Level 12, Rosa Vela, the Cat flyer and a Play button.
Clubhouse
Redeem to fly: 3 tickets selected, 3× score and XP, and a Redeem 3 tickets and fly button.
Add tickets
A flight in Ruby Rooftops: the cat flies between red bottles above the rooftops, with 3× score and XP shown.
Fly
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11Crew

Bring your crew

Nobody wins alone.

  • 50 XPfor a friend who joins from your invite
  • 100 XP + a ticketfor you, once they post their first counted review
  • 1.5× XPwhen you start a Duo quest together
The Ramen Trail is a Group quest with four members, 2 of 4 restaurants done, paying 100 coins, 1,800 XP and 1 ticket.

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Start the chase.

Lik is in closed beta in the Bay Area, on TestFlight for iPhone.

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