Provider Dining vs Meal Swipe Planner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Provider Dining
Discover dining options at supported colleges and universities. Browse menus with photos, check real-time opening hours, and filter by dietary needs like dairy-free or gluten-free.
- View daily menu items
- Browse meal photos
- Real-time venue status
- Location and hours
- Dietary preference filters
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The Provider Dining app presents dining venues, menus, and item details for students at supported colleges and universities. - View today's menu items - View beautiful photos to help you make meal selections - See what's open or closed in real-time - View location descriptions and hours of operation - Filter the menus for your dietary preferences: dairy-free, no gluten added, vegetarian, nut allergies, shellfish allergies.
Meal Swipe Planner
This app helps college students manage their campus meal plans by tracking remaining swipes and visualizing usage pace. It provides insights into whether your current rate is on track for the semester. The tool works offline, requiring no accounts or data collection.
- Track total and remaining meal swipes
- Visualize average daily usage rate
- Compare current pace to ideal semester pace
- Fully offline functionality
- Minimalist interface for quick checks
- No accounts or data collection
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Meal Swipe Planner is a simple, offline-friendly tool designed for college students who use campus meal plans. Many students struggle to pace their meal swipes across the semester, using too many too early or ending up with unused swipes at the end. This app helps you visualize your remaining swipes and understand whether your current usage is too fast, too slow, or on track. Key Features: Track total and remaining meal swipes See your average daily usage rate (more accurate after first month) Compare your current pace with the ideal pace for the semester Works fully offline—no accounts, no data collection Clean and minimal interface designed for quick checks This app does not connect to any university systems. All data is entered manually by the user and stays on the device. Meal Swipe Planner is built as a lightweight utility and is intended solely for personal planning and awareness.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Meal Swipe Planner at 100% against Provider Dining's 57%. Meal Swipe Planner also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.1). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
Meal Swipe Planner holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Provider Dining's written reviews are positive against 100% of Meal Swipe Planner's.
Provider Dining ships an update every 4 months, Meal Swipe Planner every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Provider Dining | Meal Swipe Planner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (13 ratings) | 4.6 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Provider Contract Food Services Inc | Tianze Guan |
Customer experience
Provider Dining
Meal Swipe Planner
In-app purchases
Provider Dining
No in-app purchases
Meal Swipe Planner
No in-app purchases
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