Comparison

Acid vs Mega Meal

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Acid

Discover the alkaline or acidic nature of over 1,200 foods. Easily browse categories, search for specific items, or scroll alphabetically to understand how each food impacts your body. The app uses a heart system to indicate a food's alkalinity, guiding you towards a balanced diet.

Highlights
  • 1,200+ foods listed
  • Alkaline, neutral, and acid ratings
  • Categorized browsing
  • Direct food search
  • Alphabetical food list
  • Heart rating system
Features
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Here you will find over 1,200 foods, whether they have are alkaline, neutral, highly acid oder moderatly acid. You can browse for categories within the app, search for individual foods directly or scroll through an alphabetical list. You can see at a glance how the food affects your body: - empty heart = highly acid - one heart = neutral - two hearts = moderatly acid - three hearts = alkaline The more hearts a food has, the more you can eat as part of an alkaline diet. This is how the food was assessed: You have probably already noticed that you can find countless alkaline-acid tables on the Internet that couldn't be more different. The authors of this app accepted the challenge of creating a table based on the following holistic rules for the evaluation of foods in terms of alkaline nutrition: - The more mineral-rich and natural a food is, the more alkaline it is - the more (animal) protein it contains, the more acid it is - The more difficult-to-metabolize ingredients are in a food, the more acid it is (e.g. gluten, industrial sugar, purine) In addition, individual foods were researched in detail and compared with various recognized opinions. We did not focus solely on the PRAL value, as this does not pursue a holistic approach. Why should you eat an alkaline diet at all? Alkaline foods contain numerous minerals. During digestion and utilization, they donate them to the body and are therefore metabolized in an alkaline way. Highly acid foods deprive the body of minerals. These are metabolized acidic and this has an impact on the pH value in our blood and organs. However, our organism has to keep these pH values constant and so it draws on its own reserves, e.g. in the bones, back to balance the acids. If the body can no longer buffer the amounts of acid, it stores it, which can lead to diseases such as gout (because this is where acid crystals are deposited on the joints). If you already suffer from gout, please note that you should avoid other foods such as lentils and beans, which, however, belong to the "moderatly acid foods" after the alkaline diet. Do you have individual comments or questions about the table? Or would you like to send us suggestions for improving the app? Then write us an email at info@basisch-lecker.de

About

Mega Meal

Features
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Mega Meal makes ordering meals for schools, daycare centers and workplaces effortless. Whether for your child or yourself — lunch is organized in just a few taps. Weekly menu: See what's on offer each week and order directly from the current meal plan. Auto-order: Set your preferred meal categories and Mega Meal orders automatically on your behalf — even when life gets busy. Exclude individual weekdays as needed. Multiple profiles: Parents can manage orders for several children from a single account and switch between profiles with ease. Dietary preferences: Store allergies and dietary requirements so only suitable meals are suggested. Payment overview: Keep track of your balance, outstanding amounts and past invoices at any time. Order history: All past orders listed clearly — easy to review and keep track of. Mega Meal is the app for anyone who doesn't want to worry about meal ordering every day — but still wants to know what's for lunch.

Screenshots

Acid4 screens
Mega Meal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Mega Meal at every 8 days against Acid's every 14 months. Mega Meal also leads on device support (4 vs 2). Acid's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Acid ships an update every 14 months, Mega Meal every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Acid versus Mega Meal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAcidMega Meal
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews63.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 14 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developereat app live UG (haftungsbeschrankt)Team Nifty GmbH

Bugs and requests

Acid

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Meal planner bugs (duplicate recipes, missing recipes)
  • App freezes during search
  • Search function not finding some items (e.g., 'yogurt' without 'h')

Requested features

11 requests
  • Filter by acidity/alkalinity (hearts)
  • Add PRAL values for better comparison
  • Include more food items, especially non-European
  • Create personal folders for favorite products
  • Add a function to track daily intake and overall balance
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  • Improve search functionality
  • Add a reporting function for missing/incorrect items
  • Include nutritional values, especially protein
  • Make legend readily available and easier to understand
  • Allow sorting by value (alkaline to acidic) within categories
  • Add a dark mode option

Mega Meal

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Acid

No in-app purchases

None

Mega Meal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Acid free?
Acid is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mega Meal free?
Mega Meal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Acid or Mega Meal have ads?
Neither Acid nor Mega Meal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Acid or Mega Meal?
Acid ships an update every 14 months, and Mega Meal every 8 days. Most recently, Acid was updated on October 21, 2026 and Mega Meal on October 28, 2026.

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