Dine On Campus vs CampusDish
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dine On Campus
Discover campus dining options, view menus with nutritional information, and get directions. Purchase meal plans or add declining balance to your student card. Contact dining staff directly for inquiries.
- View campus dining locations and hours
- Browse menus with nutritional details
- Get directions to dining halls
- Purchase meal plans
- Add declining balance to student cards
- Contact dining staff
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Dine On Campus™ provides helpful, dining-related information for your school. After selecting your school, you can find places to eat, whether or not they're open, and how close they are to you. Once you select a location, you can get directions using Maps and browse menu items. Tapping on a menu item displays the nutritional information and other important details. You can even add menu items to HealthKit if you're interested in tracking the nutritional value of what you eat. In addition to menus, you can purchase meal plans, build a custom plan, or add declining balance to your student card, depending on which options are available on your campus. If you have questions or comments regarding dining service on your campus, you can contact our dining staff directly through the app by tapping on the email or phone icon associated with each staff profile. Please keep in mind the features and options of Dine On Campus™ may vary from school to school.
CampusDish
Easily manage your campus dining experience. View interactive menus with allergen filters, check dining location hours, and track your meal plan balance. Discover campus programs and find the right meal plan for you.
- Interactive menus with allergen filters
- Real-time dining location hours
- Meal plan balance tracking
- Campus program and event information
- Meal plan selection guidance
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Dining on campus has never been easier! The CampusDish mobile app gives you access to everything you need to make the most of your meal plan or learn about our food and beverage options on campus. - Our interactive menus let you see what’s being served for each meal, filter your menu to find vegetarian and vegan options or avoid allergens, and much more. - Get up-to-date hours for each of our dining locations, learn about on campus programs, events, health & wellness initiatives, and find the perfect meal plan to fit your needs. - Check your campus card balance to get real time info on your remaining meals or dollars, or sign up for balance alerts so you’ll never go hungry! App features vary by campus.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Dine On Campus at every 3 weeks against CampusDish's every 17 months. Dine On Campus also leads on ratings volume (271 vs 17). CampusDish's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, rating, review sentiment 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.4 for Dine On Campus against 2.5 for CampusDish. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dine On Campus has 271 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 15% of Dine On Campus's written reviews are positive against 17% of CampusDish's.
Dine On Campus ships an update every 3 weeks, CampusDish every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dine On Campus | CampusDish |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (271 ratings) | 2.5 (17 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 15.1% of reviews | 16.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 271 — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 17 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RoaringSky inc. | ARAMARK Corporation |
Customer experience
Dine On Campus
CampusDish
Bugs and requests
Dine On Campus
Reported bugs
14 issues- App crashes on launch or during use
- Loading screen freezes indefinitely
- Back button and navigation buttons don't work
- Invalid login errors despite correct credentials
- Forgot password functionality broken
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- School selection causes crashes
- Blank 'Eat' page with no menu data
- Locations not displaying on app despite showing on website
- Date picker for reservations extremely slow
- App crashes with 24-hour time format enabled
- Black text on black background in dark mode
- Menus fail to load or show incorrect meals
- App incompatible with iOS 18 and recent iOS updates
- Reservation button grays out before closing time
Requested features
7 requests- Macro and nutritional information display
- User ratings and reviews for food items
- MyFitnessPal integration
- Dark mode support
- HealthKit integration improvements
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- In-app meal plan purchasing
- Balance/swipe count visibility
CampusDish
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Dine On Campus
No in-app purchases
CampusDish
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Dine On Campus free?
Is CampusDish free?
Which has better reviews, Dine On Campus or CampusDish?
Do Dine On Campus or CampusDish have ads?
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