My MealTime vs MySynchrony
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
My MealTime
Easily manage your student's school cafeteria account and pay for school-related fees. View balances, track purchases, and set up automatic deposits for convenience. Receive low balance alerts and access account statements anytime.
- Secure student cafeteria deposits
- Pay school fees for trips and activities
- View student account balance
- Check purchase history
- Low balance notifications
- Automatic deposit scheduling
- Store payment methods
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With My MealTime, you can make fast, secure deposits to your student’s cafeteria account, and easily pay fees for field trips, books, and activities at participating schools. View your student's account balance and check their purchase history at any time for free. Depending on your school's policy, debit and credit card transactions processed through this service may incur a convenience fee of up to 4.9%. What else can you do with My MealTime? - Receive notifications on your mobile device when a student's account balance is low. - View, save, and share full account statements at any time without calling the school. - Set up worry-free, automatic deposits on a schedule that works for you and your child. - Securely store payment methods for easy access and use. - Make deposits and pay school fees to multiple departments in a single transaction. Federal law requires public schools to accept in-person cash deposits with no additional fees, so please contact your school or school district to make other arrangements to fund your student’s account if you prefer. You can still download and use this app to keep track of your student's spending at no charge.
MySynchrony
Securely manage your credit card accounts in one place. This app allows you to view balances, make payments, review transactions, and manage bank accounts. It also offers access to partner deals and financial education resources.
- Manage credit cards in one place
- Secure biometric login
- Schedule and manage payments
- Check balance and credit limit
- Review transaction history
- Access partner deals and offers
- Financial education blog
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Download the MySynchrony App today to securely manage your credit card accounts* all in one place. With this mobile app you will be able to: • Manage your Synchrony issued credit cards in one place • Log in securely using Biometric Authentication • Schedule and manage payments for your accounts • Check your balance and credit limit anytime, anywhere • Review your transaction and payment history • View your statements and manage your statement delivery preference • Securely add or delete multiple bank accounts that you'd like to use to pay your bill • Explore the Synchrony Marketplace for savings, deals, and offers from our partners nationwide, online, or right in your neighborhood • Access the Finance 101 blog to stay in the know on tips to better manage your finances • Discover answers anytime with our 24/7 Knowledge Center for cardholder resources. • Provide us feedback on your mobile app experience. Let us know how we can help and what’s working. We are here for you. (For Synchrony Bank Savings accounts, please visit our Synchrony Bank App.) *Credit cards issued by Synchrony, not including Venmo, PayPal Extras, PayPal Credit, TJMaxx/TJX, eBay Extras
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: MySynchrony at 82% against My MealTime's 19%. MySynchrony also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.8) and ratings volume (117K vs 90). My MealTime's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
MySynchrony holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MySynchrony has 117K ratings behind it against 90, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 19% of My MealTime's written reviews are positive against 82% of MySynchrony's.
My MealTime ships an update every 3 months, MySynchrony every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | My MealTime | MySynchrony |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (90 ratings) | 4.8 (117K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 18.9% of reviews | 82.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 90 | 117K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #21 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 197 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The CLM Group | Synchrony Financial |
Customer experience
My MealTime
MySynchrony
Bugs and requests
My MealTime
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
MySynchrony
Reported bugs
4 issues- Delayed payment updates
- Incorrect account balance information
- Compatibility issues with older devices
- Inability to remove closed accounts from the app
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to view all accounts in one place
- Option to set up automatic payments
- More detailed transaction history
- Improved notification system
- Ability to update personal information within the app
In-app purchases
My MealTime
No in-app purchases
MySynchrony
No in-app purchases
Questions
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