Thrive at UT vs Dining Hall Macros
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Thrive at UT
This app supports University of Texas students in navigating campus life. It offers guidance on friendships, mindfulness, and challenges through videos and interactive activities. The goal is to help students make positive changes for a better daily experience.
- Campus life navigation
- Friendship building guidance
- Mindfulness techniques
- Challenge management
- Student video stories
- Interactive learning activities
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Specifically designed for students throughout the University of Texas system, Thrive at UT helps you live your best life. Eight topic areas including building friendships, becoming more mindful, and managing challenges help you better navigate the ups and downs of campus life. There are short videos of students sharing their own stories as well as interactive activities to help you learn more about yourself. Thrive helps you make small, simple changes that can have a powerful impact on your daily life!
Dining Hall Macros
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Dining Hall Macros shows what is actually in your dining hall food. Every item on today's menu, with the real protein, carbs, fat, fiber and calories, pulled straight from your university's own dining data and refreshed every morning. BUILD A PLATE THAT HITS YOUR TARGET Tell it your protein and calorie target for the meal. It picks items from across the stations and puts a plate together that hits it. Do not like it? Reroll. LOG WHAT YOU ATE One tap per item, in half, single, one-and-a-half, double or triple servings. Your daily totals update as you go. TRACK IT OVER TIME Log your weight. See daily totals against your targets. See whether the last two weeks actually moved. YOUR ACCOUNT FOLLOWS YOU Sign in with your email on any phone and your diary, targets, diet settings and weight history come with it. EATING AROUND A DIET Vegetarian, vegan, halal, gluten-free and allergen filters. Set what you avoid and it stops suggesting it. SCHOOLS UT Austin, Texas A&M, UNC Charlotte, UCLA, UC Berkeley, MIT, Yale, Princeton, Duke, Johns Hopkins, UPenn, Northwestern, Notre Dame, UChicago and Vanderbilt. Not your school? Email ammo.biz08@gmail.com and it gets built if the dining data is public. Free. Built by Ammo Performance Group.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Dining Hall Macros at every 2 days against Thrive at UT's every 6 months. Thrive at UT's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Thrive at UT ships an update every 6 months, Dining Hall Macros every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Thrive at UT | Dining Hall Macros |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (12 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN | Aiden Muhammad |
In-app purchases
Thrive at UT
No in-app purchases
Dining Hall Macros
No in-app purchases









