Comparison

Cooking Pasta vs Munchlog

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

Head to head
About

Cooking Pasta

This app helps you cook pasta perfectly by providing timers for popular dried types. Choose between al dente or soft consistency for a great result every time. It also includes general cooking instructions and a fun pasta type memorization game.

Highlights
  • Pasta cooking timers
  • Al dente and soft consistency options
  • General cooking instructions
  • Light and dark mode
  • Pasta type memorization game
Features
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If you plan to cook pasta, but are not sure how long it will take to get the perfect consistency, then this app is for you. We collected the most popular dried types of pasta in one application and provided them with a preparation timer for two consistencies - al dente and soft. In most cases, this will be enough to get a great result. We hope this app will help you every time you cook pasta. Features: * General cooking instructions * Cooking timer * Light and dark mode * Special design and animation * Game for memoizing types of pasta

About

Munchlog

Effortlessly log meals with photos, cost, mood, and preference tags. Visualize your eating habits over time with a calendar view and gain insights into your food patterns and emotional connections to eating.

Highlights
  • Photo meal logging
  • Calendar view
  • Cost tracking per meal
  • Mood and status tagging
  • Preference tags
  • Pattern analysis
Features
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Munchlog is a visual meal calendar that makes food logging effortless. Snap a photo, add cost, mood, and preference tags, then review your eating patterns over time—no spreadsheets, no long journaling. What you can do Photo meal logging for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks Calendar view to review by day/week/month Cost per meal to understand spending and eating-out habits Mood & status to spot the relationship between emotions and food Preference tags (spicy, sweet, light, high-protein, etc.) Memories + data: relive with photos, learn with patterns Perfect for Anyone who wants mindful eating without complicated tracking Cutting, bulking, or simply trying to eat better People who eat out often and want budget awareness Those who want to understand mood-driven eating Vision Help you build food awareness with simple, visual logging—and gain self-knowledge through “memories + data.”

Screenshots

Cooking Pasta4 screens
Munchlog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Cooking Pasta at Free against Munchlog's $2.99. Cooking Pasta also leads on iOS requirement (12.1 vs 18.0). Munchlog's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.0). On ratings volume, 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

Cooking Pasta is free to download; Munchlog costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Munchlog holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Cooking Pasta versus Munchlog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCooking PastaMunchlog
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlexander FedoseevKai Chen

Customer experience

Cooking Pasta

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

Munchlog

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Cooking Pasta

No in-app purchases

None

Munchlog

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cooking Pasta free?
Cooking Pasta is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Munchlog free?
Munchlog costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cooking Pasta or Munchlog?
Munchlog is rated higher. Cooking Pasta averages 4.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Munchlog averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Cooking Pasta or Munchlog have ads?
Neither Cooking Pasta nor Munchlog shows ads.

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