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24 alternatives to Luka

A.I. recommending restaurants in SF in a chat interface

Luka is an iOS app that uses artificial intelligence to recommend restaurants in San Francisco through a chat interface. It helps users discover dining options by conversing naturally with the app rather than browsing… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Luka launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Luka 2.0▲394

    Messaging app with AI-powered bots

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Find & book any restaurant in SF & South Bay Area via text

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    The latest macOS offers the world’s best way to play — and add to — your collection of music, movies, TV shows, podcasts, audiobooks, and more.

    2016 · itunes.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    AI that turns menus into food delivery apps

    2023 · restogpt.ai · its alternatives →

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    Veni▲78

    Eliminate the where to eat discussion among friends 🍱

    2018 · veni.io · its alternatives →

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    Luka ▲11

    Private Cloud & AI solution you can hold in your hands.

    2025 · cachai.io · its alternatives →

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    Fika▲128

    The AI connection app

    2023 · fikaconnects.com · its alternatives →

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    Over the last 2-3 weeks, I vibecoded the recipe app that I always wished existed - recipeninja.ai . It now includes a fully interactive voice assistant so you don't need to get your dirty hands over your new iPad when you're cooking. Background: I’m a startup founder turned investor. I taught myself (bad) PHP in 2000, and picked up Ruby on Rails in 2011. I’d guess 2015 was the last time I wrote a line of Ruby professionally. Last month, I decided to use Windsurf to build a Rails 8 API backend and React front-end app, using OpenAI's realtime API for voice-to-voice responses. Over the last few…

    2025 · recipeninja.ai · its alternatives →

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    Blikkee▲76

    AI powered intro's to locals for the best places to eat

    2018 · forsale.godaddy.com · its alternatives →

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    Your daily recommendation is a tap away

    2024 · findmearestaurant.com · its alternatives →

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    Share the menu with Ava and see what each dish may look like

    Jun 2026 · abitdifferently.com · its alternatives →

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    Digital workers that finish tasks across your apps

    2025 · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN, We are Winston, Edward, and James, and we built Meka Agent, an open-source framework that lets vision-based LLMs execute tasks directly on a computer, just like a person would. Backstory: In the last few months, we've been building computer-use agents that have been used by various teams for QA testing, but realized that the underlying browsing frameworks aren't quite good enough yet. As such, we've been working on a browsing agent. We achieved 72.7% on WebArena compared to the previous state of the art set by OpenAI's new ChatGPT agent at 65.4%. You can read more about it here:…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Restaurant reviews & guides

    2019 · theinfatuation.com · its alternatives →

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    The first AI procurement assistant for restaurants

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    Get free access to GPT model & any AI provider easily

    2025 · its alternatives →

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    CravlAI▲15

    Your AI-powered dining companion

    2025 · its alternatives →

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    hika▲31

    AI search for deeper thinking, not just find answers

    2024 · hika.fyi · its alternatives →

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    The Best Voice AI Phone Answering Service for Restaurants

    2025 · kea.ai · its alternatives →

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    Your restaurant phones, covered 24/7 with AI

    2025 · reachify.io · its alternatives →

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    AI Menu Translator APP

    2024 · menuguide.app · its alternatives →

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    Know what you eat. The AI food coach in your pocket.

    May 2026 · fikuapp.com · its alternatives →

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    Lumos▲8

    Conversational bots for QA's

    2024 · its alternatives →

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