What’s changed, and when.

Four new ways to rank a city

Late Night, Cheap Eats, Date Night, and Patios are now open for your Top 5s. St. Louis also has its own St. Paul Sandwich ranking, built around the three shops we could verify today.

Start a ranking from a place page

On a place nobody has ranked yet, you can now put it straight on your Top 5. The editor opens with it already on the list, so you do not have to search for it again.

Top Tier Eats is now on Android

Top Tier Eats is now available on Google Play, alongside the iPhone app and the full web experience.

Publishing notes what changed

After you publish a Top 5, the page notes when the city ranking moved because of it.

Your picks and stash on the city page

Signed in, a city page can show your ranked picks and stashed places alongside where each stands in the local consensus.

A quiet nudge when a list needs review

If a place in one of your Top 5s closes, or a list has not been touched in over a year, the You page points it out so your picks stay current.

Every category has its own icon, and pages read more honestly

Eight categories that borrowed a neighbor's icon now have their own, four city marks got touch-ups, and small screens lost their last mid-name cutoffs. Rankings also stopped showing podium gold before enough locals have weighed in.

One private Loved collection

Love keeps the Top 5s you care about together in You. Only the total love count is public, and it never changes City Consensus, recognition, or ordering.

Long names stay readable

Long restaurant and curator names now wrap cleanly in rankings and community Top 5s, with pick counts and handles kept readable on smaller screens.

See how your recognition grows

Your dashboard now shows your current standing and what earns the next one: publish a Top 5 to become a Contributor, then earn Rising and Established as other locals' rankings back up your picks. A short note marks the moment you move up, and a new section explains the whole ladder.

Sort the all-categories list

When you open all categories, you can now sort them A–Z or by most ranked, alongside the default grouped view.

Reorder your Top 5 by touch

You can now drag picks into place on a phone: press the grip dots next to a pick and slide it up or down. Works the same when editing an existing list.

Quieter cards, clearer details

Browse cards no longer show a zero next to the heart before anyone has liked a list. Place pages load their map only when you scroll to it, and a few small labels and buttons got easier to read and tap on phones.

Rankings show when locals actually weighed in

The refreshed time on a local ranking now reflects the last real contribution from a local, not our background recalculations. Honest, even when it's older.

Clearer actions on a Top 5

It's now clear what each button on a Top 5 does: one saves the whole list, one likes it, and one stashes a single place to try later.

Rising is a showcase, not a podium

The Rising rail no longer stamps gold, silver, and bronze on trending lists. It highlights what's getting attention right now; the only rankings on Top Tier are the ones locals make.

Vouch for picks in others' Top 5s

On someone's Top 5, tap the check next to a pick to vouch for it. Your vouch adds weight to that place's local ranking, even without a list of your own.

Forms stay above the keyboard on iPhone

Signing in, setting up your handle, switching cities, and browsing categories now stay above the on-screen keyboard on iPhone, so the fields and buttons are always in reach.

Community tags on places

Place pages now show short, locals-added notes like good for groups, cash only, or great patio. They appear once enough people agree, and you can add the ones you know from any place.

Closed spots leave the rankings

A city's Top 5 now always reflects places you can actually visit. Permanently closed restaurants drop out on their own.

Smoother sharing

Sharing a Top 5 or a city ranking now works smoothly on desktop and phone. A quick menu lets you copy the link or send it to WhatsApp, X, email, or Facebook.

Built-in feedback

There's now a quiet way to send a bug, an idea, or a note from the footer or your account menu. We read all of it.

Sign in with Apple

You can now sign in with Apple on the web, and the sign-in screen remembers the method you used last.

See the picks on a map

Every ranking page, and every personal Top 5, now has a map view beside the list, so you can see where the picks actually are.

Rank a Top 5 for any city

You can build a list for a city beyond your home city, right from the create screen. Start from the local top picks if you want a head start.