Snackpass vs Yale Menus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Snackpass
Earn rewards and discounts by dining at participating restaurants. Share your rewards with friends to unlock even bigger savings and exclusive offers. Discover new places to eat and enjoy special deals.
- Earn rewards
- Unlock discounts
- Share with friends
- Exclusive offers
- Discover restaurants
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rewards with friends
Yale Menus
Easily access dining hall menus, hours, and real-time crowding information. Filter by your allergy preferences and view ingredient details for each item. Rate your favorite dishes and see what other students think.
- View daily menus and hours
- Allergy filtering
- Crowding information
- Ingredient and allergen listings
- Rate menu items
- View community opinions
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The fast and easy way to view information about Yale’s dining halls! Built by Yale students, Yale Menus is the best way to stay up-to-date on menus, allergens, and crowd conditions in your favorite dining hall! Yale Menus provides: - Quick access to hours of operation and menu items for any date - Allergy preferences: Yale Menus will remember your allergies and gray out items you can't eat - Easy-to-read crowding information - Ingredient/allergen listings for each menu item - Reviewing your favorite (and least-favorite) items and viewing community opinions - A clean and lightweight user interface Yale Menus makes finding your dining hall options at Yale a breeze! *"Yale" and "Yale University" are registered trademarks of Yale University. This application is maintained, hosted, and operated independently of Yale University. The statements and information contained in this application are not reviewed, approved or endorsed by Yale. **The ingredient and allergen information used in the app is not perfect. Do not rely on it if doing so might make you sick. It is offered only as a convenience. ***By choosing to use the swiping feature in Yale Menus to "swipe right" or "swipe left" on individual menu items to express your like or dislike of those items, you agree that we may share this anonymized information with Yale, so they can learn more about the items that students most and least prefer to eat in the dining halls.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Yale Menus at 73% against Snackpass's 26%. Yale Menus also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). Snackpass's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.2) and ratings volume (10K vs 70). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Snackpass holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Snackpass has 10K ratings behind it against 70, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 26% of Snackpass's written reviews are positive against 73% of Yale Menus's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Snackpass ships an update fortnightly, Yale Menus every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Snackpass | Yale Menus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (10K ratings) — better | 4.2 (70 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 26.1% of reviews | 72.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10K — better | 70 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 161 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Snackpass, LLC | Erik Boesen |
Customer experience
Snackpass
Yale Menus
Bugs and requests
Snackpass
Reported bugs
5 issues- Login and account management issues
- Inconsistent point/reward tracking
- Orders getting sent to wrong locations
- Checkout process freezing or double-charging
- Notifications not working as expected
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to change email address
- Improve gift sending process between friends
- Allow viewing of menus even when stores are closed
- Provide option to schedule orders for a future time
- Integrate tipping functionality for delivery drivers
Yale Menus
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Snackpass
No in-app purchases
Yale Menus
No in-app purchases
