UCSBDining vs OrtegaEats
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
UCSBDining
This app shows the food available at UCSB dining commons. It helps students and staff see daily menus for campus dining halls. Plan your meals easily with up-to-date information.
- View dining commons food options
- See daily menus
- Up-to-date food information
- Meal planning assistance
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UCSBDining displays the food at the UCSB dining commons.
OrtegaEats
This app simplifies campus meal pickup from a specific dining hall. Users can browse menus, place orders, and have them picked up by a student helper for secure locker retrieval. Students can also earn money by acting as helpers.
- Browse Ortega menu
- Customizable orders
- Student helper pickup
- QR code locker access
- Real-time tracking
- Secure payments
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OrtegaEats makes it easy to get meals from Ortega Dining Commons. Submit your order, and a fellow student helper will pick it up for you — complete with QR code locker pickup. How it works: 1. Browse the Ortega menu and place your order 2. A nearby student accepts your request 3. They place the order and send you the pickup QR code 4. Head to the Ortega lockers and scan to grab your food Want to help out? Go online in helper mode to fulfill orders for other students and earn a small fee for your time. Features: - Full Ortega menu with customizable orders - Real-time order tracking and push notifications - Secure QR code locker pickup - Safe payments powered by Stripe - students only (verified .edu email)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: OrtegaEats at 4.8 against UCSBDining's 3.8. OrtegaEats also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 88%). UCSBDining's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). 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.
OrtegaEats holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 18 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of UCSBDining's written reviews are positive against 100% of OrtegaEats's.
UCSBDining ships an update fortnightly, OrtegaEats every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | UCSBDining | OrtegaEats |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (13 ratings) | 4.8 (18 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 18 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jonathan Chen | Joshua Gabbay |
Customer experience
UCSBDining
OrtegaEats
In-app purchases
UCSBDining
No in-app purchases
OrtegaEats
No in-app purchases
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