Dine On Campus vs Forkast
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.
Forkast
Effortlessly plan healthy family dinners using ingredients you already have. Snap a photo of your fridge or pantry, and get three tailored meal ideas. Save favorites and track what your family enjoys for future meal planning.
- Photo-to-recipe generation
- Three meal idea options
- Family preference adaptation
- Kid-friendly serving tips
- Adult upgrade suggestions
- Meal feedback tracking
- Favorites and scan history
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Make more of the food you already have. Forkast turns photos of your fridge or pantry into practical meal ideas shaped around your ingredients, tastes, time and servings. Review the detected foods, make quick corrections, then choose what to cook. • Ideas for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks and dessert • Cuisine preferences, food restrictions and adjustable servings • Clear cooking directions and optional step timers • Estimated nutrition you can expand when useful • Saved favorites, shopping lists and meal sharing • A saved cupboard and kitchen equipment settings with Forkast Pro Create an account and try one successful scan free. No payment is needed for the free scan. The number of suitable ideas depends on your ingredients and preferences. Nutrition values are estimates; food pictures are illustrative previews. Forkast Pro offers additional scans and recipe swaps. US pricing is $13.99/month or $89.99/year, billed yearly for the annual plan. Localized prices and renewal terms appear before purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled in Apple Account settings. No subscription free trial. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula/ Additional terms: https://forkast-legal-support.nimblecoati128.chatgpt.site/terms/ Privacy: https://forkast-legal-support.nimblecoati128.chatgpt.site/privacy/ Support: https://forkast-legal-support.nimblecoati128.chatgpt.site/support/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Forkast at 5.0 against Dine On Campus's 2.4. Dine On Campus's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (271 vs 2). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Forkast sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $13.99 per month. Dine On Campus asks for nothing beyond the download.
Forkast holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dine On Campus has 271 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Dine On Campus ships an update every 3 weeks, Forkast every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dine On Campus | Forkast |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (271 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 15.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 271 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 98 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | RoaringSky inc. | Jacob Leyden |
Customer experience
Dine On Campus
Forkast
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
Forkast
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Dine On Campus
No in-app purchases
Forkast
- Forkast Pro Monthly$13.991 Month
- Forkast Pro Annual$89.991 Year
Questions
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