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Use case 04 / Food with friends

Same table.
Different tastes.
What wins?

Noor would order the fried rice again. Diego is still talking about the tofu. Before they forget, she gives everyone’s favourite a place.

An illustrative dinner, with real TopX interfaces.

Noor in indigo, Priya in plum and Diego in coral share fried rice, tofu and green beans at a restaurant.
Noor, Priya and Diego share the dishes, then compare their favourites.
The settingA shared dinner
The dishesThree favourites to compare
The methodScores out of 5
The takeawayWhat to order again
Chapter 01

Noor saves the names while everyone remembers

The last plates are being cleared. “The rice wins,” says Noor. “For you,” Diego laughs. Priya asks what they should order next time. Noor saves the names before the plates disappear.

Noor creates an Items list called What would we order again? She adds Ginger fried rice, Crispy tofu and Garlic green beans. This flexible list is for the dishes themselves; a Restaurants list would be for comparing places.

She chooses Point scale, with a top score of 5. One overall score is enough for tonight. Everyone uses the same question: “How much would you like to eat this again?”

→ Help: Create a list · → Help: Score with points

Chapter 02

Three tastes, including a dish Priya missed

Noor records the dinner scores as Diego discusses the tofu and Priya explains she did not try the beans.
Noor records their answers. Priya can say she did not try a dish.

Diego gives the tofu a 5, the rice a 4 and the beans a 3. Noor gives the rice a 5 and both other dishes a 4. Points let her enjoy two dishes equally.

Noor adds guest entries for Diego and Priya and records their answers at the table alongside her own. Guest entries need names, without email addresses or accounts.

Priya gives the rice a 5 and the tofu a 4, but never tried the beans. Noor selects Don’t know it for that dish. Priya has answered without inventing a score: her abstention is excluded from its average.

They leave Show everyone’s ballots on for this friendly comparison. These saved examples have live updates turned off; reopening or refreshing the shared link reads the latest saved result.

Diego’s own scores

“The tofu
was my favourite.”

Crispy tofu
Ginger fried rice
Garlic green beans
One friend’s taste, before the group result. Badges use the actual TopX component.

→ Help: Guest entries · → Help: Ballot visibility

Chapter 03

The rice wins. Diego still prefers the tofu.

With all three people’s scores recorded, the group averages are 4.7 for the fried rice, 4.3 for the tofu and 3.5 for the beans. The beans’ average uses two tasters’ scores. The group favourite and an individual favourite can both be worth talking about.

The replay begins with empty ballots. Add each person’s scores to see the averages change. The values below are made-up examples, rather than reviews of a restaurant or its food.

Different tastes. One group favourite.

No votes yet.

Noor · Point scale · Out of 5

What would we order again?

3 itemsGroup Noor Noor Diego Diego Priya Priya
– No score yetNot scored yetNot scored yetNot scored yet
– No score yetNot scored yetNot scored yetNot scored yet
– No score yetNot scored yetNot scored yetNot scored yet

Scores out of 5 · Not scored yet Don't know it: answered, excluded from the result = Shared place

Actual TopX components and calculations with illustrative ballots. This replay changes only this page. The saved public example below contains all example ballots. Swipe sideways on a phone to compare everyone.

→ Help: How scores become a group result

Chapter 04

Next time, they have something to go on

Outside the restaurant, Noor sends their result while Priya and Diego check the group chat on their phones.
After dinner, Noor shares the result so their favourites are easy to find next time.

Noor copies the Share results link into their chat. It opens without an account and lets the friends compare the group average with each person’s scores. It gives view-only access, with no invitation or voting permission.

Before their next outing, they can create a separate Restaurants shortlist to choose where to go. Choosing a place comes before the meal; comparing the dishes comes afterwards.

→ Help: Share results · → Help: Rank a shortlist

Keep the meal.
Compare the memories.

Make a list for the dishes, collect everyone’s scores and save what your group wants to try again.

Start your food list ↗