Yale Menus vs Junzi 2.0
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Junzi 2.0
Easily order and pay for a variety of Chinese dishes, including dim sum, noodles, and soups. Earn rewards with every purchase made through the app. Enjoy a seamless ordering experience for your favorite meals.
- Order dim sum, noodles, and soups
- Pay with Apple Pay
- Earn rewards on every order
- Browse diverse menu items
- Streamlined mobile ordering
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Order dim sum, noodles, soups, tofu, and more with the Junzi app. Pay with Apple Pay and earn rewards on every order.
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Verdict
Yale Menus and Junzi 2.0 both sit at 4.2 stars, but that hides the real split: 73% of Yale Menus's written reviews are positive against 0% of Junzi 2.0's. Yale Menus also leads on ratings volume (70 vs 9). Junzi 2.0's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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 — 4.2 for Yale Menus against 4.1 for Junzi 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Yale Menus has 70 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 73% of Yale Menus's written reviews are positive against 0% of Junzi 2.0's.
Yale Menus ships an update every 2 months, Junzi 2.0 every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Yale Menus | Junzi 2.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (70 ratings) — better | 4.1 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 70 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 93 MB | 86 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Erik Boesen | Per Diem Subscriptions, Inc. |
Customer experience
Yale Menus
Junzi 2.0
In-app purchases
Yale Menus
No in-app purchases
Junzi 2.0
No in-app purchases
