USDA FBG vs USDA PPRL
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
USDA FBG
This app helps Child Nutrition Program operators and stakeholders purchase correct food amounts and determine food contributions to meal pattern requirements. It offers features like food yield searches, comparisons, favorites lists, and shopping list creation.
- Food yield information for over 2,100 foods
- Food yield comparisons for purchasing decisions
- Create and save favorite foods lists
- Email and print search results and favorites
- Create shopping lists for food orders
- Determine grains contribution for products
- View completed Product Formulation Statements
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The Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs (FBG) Mobile App assists Child Nutrition Program (CNP) operators, food manufacturers, and other stakeholders with: • Purchasing the correct amounts of foods for Child Nutrition meal programs • Determining the contribution that each food makes toward meal pattern requirements. The FBG is the essential resource for food yield information for all CNPs. Food yield information translates the amount of food purchased (weight or volume) into the form after preparation that is served as part of the reimbursable meal. The FBG Mobile App includes many time-saving features for users such as: - Easy search and navigation of food yields for over 2,100 foods typically served in CNP settings. - Food yield comparisons to determine the best food to purchase - Create favorite foods lists to save and access later. - Email and print search results, comparisons, and favorites. - Create shopping list to assist in ordering and purchasing food. - Determine the grains contribution and the amount to serve to provide a desired grains contribution for a grain product as listed on Exhibit. - Search for your grain product (as listed on Exhibit A) and enter in the serving size from the product label to determine: 1) the grains contribution, 2) the amount to serve to provide a desired grains contribution, and 3) the amount to serve for a grain product in order to meet the minimum grains requirement by age group/grade group for a specific CNP. - View completed Product Formulation Statements (PFS) created and saved on the FBG Interactive Web Tool. - View completed Recipe Analysis Workbooks (RAW) created and saved on the FBG Interactive Web Tool.
USDA PPRL
This app helps livestock owners identify poisonous plants to prevent animal loss. It provides a searchable database of toxic flora and allows users to report livestock poisonings to the research lab.
- Identify poisonous plants
- Searchable plant database
- Prevent livestock loss
- Report livestock poisonings
- Awareness of toxic flora
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The Poisonous Plant Research Lab App by USDA is aimed to help livestock owners (Ranchers) in preventing/minimizing the loss of their livestock by giving them awareness about poisonous plant. The app will allow a rancher to search for poisonous plants using the information provided in the Application via bulletin 415. Users will be able to contact PPRL to report their livestock poisoning.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: USDA FBG at 5.0 against USDA PPRL's 4.8. USDA FBG also leads on iOS requirement (13 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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.
USDA FBG holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 4, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | USDA FBG | USDA PPRL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better | 4.8 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | USDA Food & Nutrition Service | Utah State University |
Customer experience
USDA FBG
USDA PPRL
In-app purchases
USDA FBG
No in-app purchases
USDA PPRL
No in-app purchases
