Comparison

Menu vs PizzaLab

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Menu

Features
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منيو اب نظام متخصص لإدارة وتطوير جميع أنواع واحجام المطاعم ومحلات الحلويات والمأكولات بشتى أنواعها وتخصصاتها بما فيها المنتجعات السياحية التي تعمل على تقديم الأطعمة والمشروبات التطبق مجاني ويمكن لاي مطعم استخدامه وهو من الانظمة المتطورة لتوصسل الطلبات وادارتها بشكل سلس وسريع

About

PizzaLab

Features
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PizzaLab is the scientific pizza dough calculator every pizza maker should have. Enter your parameters and get the calculated ingredients, the recommended water temperature and a detailed step-by-step method, with leavening timers built in. PIZZA STYLES • Pizza Napoletana Verace (AVPN 2024 specification) • Pizza Contemporanea (contemporary Neapolitan) • Pizza in Teglia (pan pizza, APITER specification) • Pizza Pala Romana (APITER specification) • Schiacciata Toscana • Pizza Fritta Napoletana (fried, AVPN specification) • Casatiello Napoletano, calculated from your ring pan size CALCULATION • Guided 4-step wizard • Direct method, indirect with biga, indirect with poolish (yeast from the Giorilli table) • Room-temperature fermentation or fridge + room temperature • Mixer type with automatic temperature delta (by hand, fork, spiral, planetary) • Fresh or dry yeast • Compliance indicators for the official specifications • Metric and imperial units LEAVENING TIMERS • At the end of each phase the timer stops and waits for your confirmation before starting the next one, with a reminder if you forget • Live Activity on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island with Pause, Resume and Start next phase buttons • Alarm at phase end (iOS 26.1 or later): rings like a system alarm even on silent or in a Focus mode • Siri and Shortcuts: "Start the next phase in PizzaLab", "Pause the PizzaLab timer", "How long is left in PizzaLab" • Notifications with a 10-minute heads-up before the end of each phase PLAN YOUR BAKE • Pick the date and time you want to bake: the app works backwards to tell you when to mix, refrigerate and divide, including rests and folds • Reminders 15 minutes before and at the time to start METHOD AND RECIPES • Detailed method with interactive checkboxes; the screen stays on while you follow it • Save your own recipes • PDF export and share as text • Flour guide and glossary of technical terms LANGUAGES AND ACCESSIBILITY • English and Italian: the Neapolitan technical terms are kept in Italian with a plain explanation, e.g. "puntata (bulk fermentation)" • VoiceOver, Dynamic Type and Reduce Motion CALCULATIONS • Yeast formula based on temperature, time and hydration, with equivalent hours for cold fermentation • Water temperature from room, flour and mixer temperatures • Parameters aligned with the AVPN 2024 and APITER specifications Coming from version 1.x? Timers no longer move to the next phase on their own: when a phase ends they ask you to confirm, so the timing follows what you actually do. PizzaLab works fully offline, with no account, no ads and no data collection.

Screenshots

Menu4 screens
PizzaLab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: PizzaLab at every 3 days against Menu's every 2 weeks. Menu's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 18.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Menu ships an update every 2 weeks, PizzaLab every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Menu versus PizzaLab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMenuPizzaLab
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS10.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB14 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperManarahnet Modern Software MMSAntonio Scognamiglio

In-app purchases

None

Menu

No in-app purchases

None

PizzaLab

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Menu free?
Menu is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PizzaLab free?
PizzaLab is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Menu or PizzaLab have ads?
Neither Menu nor PizzaLab shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Menu or PizzaLab?
Menu ships an update every 2 weeks, and PizzaLab every 3 days. Most recently, Menu was updated on October 11, 2026 and PizzaLab on October 13, 2026.

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