# Social Media Food Reviews This App Helps Users Create Food Reviews to Share on Instagram By Katherine Pendrill | Published 2016-02-11 | Tech Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/food-reviews-to-share References: [betalist](http://betalist.com/startups/critic) & [usecritic](http://usecritic.com/) 'Critic' is a new app that helps users create food reviews to share on [Instagram](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/brutalcritic). In recent years, photographing food and sharing it online has become an extremely popular pastime for many people. This app gives users the added ability to share their thoughts about what they just ate in the form of a [visual food review](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/word-oh-mouth). Critic is a mobile application that provides a template for creating food reviews to share on Instagram. To use the app, users simply take a picture of their dish and provide a rating on a scale of one to 10. Users can also add details about the name of the dish, the name of the restaurant and how much the item costs. The app will then create a visual review that can be posted directly to the user's Instagram feed. The app builds upon the [food photography phenomenon](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/totallychefs) by giving users the opportunity to share their thoughts about what they just ate. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 2.5/10 - Popularity: 30% | Activity: 36% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Gen Z, Millennial - Top markets: Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Tech](https://www.trendhunter.com/tech) > [Mobile](https://www.trendhunter.com/mobile) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Visual Food Reviews:** The Critic app allows users to create visual food reviews to share on Instagram, enhancing the food photography trend. - **User-generated Ratings:** Critic's rating scale feature enables users to provide their own ratings for the dishes they try, empowering them to contribute their opinions to the food review landscape. - **Enhanced Food Sharing Experience:** Through the Critic app, users can now go beyond just posting food pictures and also share their thoughts about the dish, adding a new dimension to the social media food sharing culture. ### Who This Affects Most - **Food and Beverage:** The food and beverage industry can leverage the popularity of social media food reviews to enhance brand awareness, engage with customers, and gather valuable feedback. - **Mobile App Development:** The mobile app development industry can explore opportunities to create innovative platforms that cater specifically to the growing trend of food photography and user-generated reviews. - **Social Media Marketing:** The social media marketing industry can utilize the Critic app trend to develop strategies that leverage user-generated content and facilitate authentic brand engagement in the food and restaurant space. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Social Review Platform Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-ping-app.md) - [Authenticated Product Review Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/product-review-app.md) - [Food-Focused Social Platforms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/foodfocused-social-platform.md) - [Recipe Sharing Networks](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/icancookfood.md) - [AI-Powered Food Journals](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/eat-n-log.md) - [Foodie Social Platforms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/dineit.md) - [Connective Foodie Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/foodie-social.md) - [Swipe-Based Restaurant Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/social-eats.md) - [AI Food Photography Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/menusnap.md)