# HappyCow - Vegan Food Near You

> Vegan Guide in 185 Countries

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id435871950](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id435871950)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id435871950`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** HappyCow
- **Category:** Travel
- **Rating:** 4.90 / 5 (32,538 ratings)
- **Version:** 7.7.8
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-29
- **First published:** 2011-05-12
- **Size:** 196 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-21
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/happycow-vegan-food-near-you/id435871950)
- **Website:** [https://www.happycow.net/mobile](https://www.happycow.net/mobile)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.happycow.net/privacy-policy](https://www.happycow.net/privacy-policy)

## Description

Discover plant-based dining worldwide with HappyCow, the 25-year guide to vegan and vegetarian eateries. With 240,000 listings across 185 countries and millions of reviews and photos, HappyCow helps you find trusted dining options wherever you go.

Explore with powerful search and filters, interactive maps, offline favorites, and a thriving community that shares reviews, trips, and photos in 9 languages.

## Rankings

- #8,225 — Overall

## Review summary

HappyCow is a globally useful vegan/vegetarian dining guide that shines for travel with its worldwide coverage and user reviews. However, data freshness issues, contributor workflow friction, limited filtering, and occasional billing confusion are recurring drawbacks across reviews. Its core strength is community-driven global discovery, but improvements in data freshness and the contribution process would boost reliability.

### Pros

- Global vegan/vegetarian dining database with broad geographic coverage and maps, useful for travelers and locals alike.
- Widely used as a travel tool to discover vegan options in new places and abroad.
- Community-driven reviews and photos help guide meal choices and verify options.

### Cons

- Listings can be outdated or inaccurate, with restaurants closed or changed without prompt updates.
- Adding or updating listings is tedious; the submission process requires many details and moderation can be slow.
- Filtering and search options are limited (e.g., limited open-now filtering), making quick narrowing of options harder.
- Pricing confusion and unexpected charges when upgrading or paying for features have been reported by users.

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