Comparison

5Cs Menu vs Gourdo

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

Head to head
About

5Cs Menu

Discover dining hall menus and hours for all five Claremont Colleges. Explore future and past menus, or find local Claremont restaurants with potential student discounts.

Highlights
  • View dining hall menus
  • Check dining hall hours
  • Browse future menus
  • See past menus
  • Find local restaurants
  • Student discount alerts
Features
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Quickly find out what's being served in the dining halls across the Five Claremont Colleges! Figure out what dining hall you want to go to for your meal, or, use the app as an excuse to go back to your room and eat popcorn instead. 5C Menu has auto-updated menus and dining hall hours for Harvey Mudd, Pitzer, Claremont McKenna, Scripps, and Pomona Colleges. You can even change the search date to check out what's going to be served in the future. Or, if you want to make sure you didn't miss out on anything while you were eating popcorn alone in your room, you can check what was served in the past! Tired of eating on campus? 5C Menu also has select few Claremont restaurants for you could explore. Stay on the lookout for student discounts!

About

Gourdo

This app helps you manage your pantry by tracking expiry dates and suggesting recipes for ingredients that are about to spoil. It uses AI to generate meal ideas based on what you have, reducing food waste and saving money.

Highlights
  • Barcode scanning for quick item entry
  • AI-powered recipe suggestions
  • Expiry date tracking and alerts
  • Color-coded freshness grades
  • Offline functionality
  • Produce freshness reference
Features
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Gourdo is the smart pantry app that tracks what you have, alerts you before it expires, and turns your soon-to-spoil ingredients into actual meals — powered by AI. Most food doesn't get thrown away because people are careless. It gets thrown away because life is busy and fridge blindness is real. You bought it, you forgot it, it went bad. Gourdo fixes that loop. TRACK EVERYTHING, INSTANTLY Scan barcodes to add packaged goods in seconds. Photograph the expiry date and Gourdo reads it for you — no typing needed. Or add items manually with a tap. Every item lands in your pantry with its expiry date, category, and storage location tracked automatically. KNOW WHAT NEEDS USING, TODAY Gourdo sorts your pantry by what's expiring first, not by when you added it. Color-coded freshness grades — Fresh, Good, Use Soon, Urgent — give you an instant read of your entire fridge. No digging. No guessing. TURN EXPIRING FOOD INTO DINNER This is where Gourdo earns its keep. When something's about to go bad, Gourdo's AI recipe engine turns your expiring ingredients into a recipe you can actually make tonight. Not a generic suggestion — a real recipe built around what you have, with steps, timing, and a full ingredient list. BUILT FOR REAL KITCHENS Produce freshness reference for 38 common items, with storage tips and ripeness signals Supports fridge, freezer, pantry, and counter storage locations Tracks opened dates for produce that spoils faster once cut Push notifications at the time you choose — 3-day, 1-day, or day-of alerts Works offline. Syncs across your devices when you reconnect. PRO, WHEN YOU'RE READY Gourdo is free to start. Pro unlocks unlimited items, unlimited scans, unlimited AI recipes, same-day alerts, weekly summaries, and recipe suggestions triggered by your notifications. $4.99/month or $29.99/year. The average household saves that in the first week. Download free. Start tracking. Stop throwing money in the bin. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

5Cs Menu4 screens
Gourdo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 5Cs Menu at none against Gourdo's 2. 5Cs Menu also leads on ratings volume (205 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.2). Gourdo's advantage is update cadence (daily vs monthly) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, ads 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. Gourdo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. 5Cs Menu asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Gourdo holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 5Cs Menu has 205 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

5Cs Menu ships an update monthly, Gourdo daily. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
5Cs Menu versus Gourdo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter5Cs MenuGourdo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (205 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews90.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings205 — better2
Update frequencyMonthlyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB31 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperDomenico OttoliaJustin Bernadette Aquino

In-app purchases

None

5Cs Menu

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Gourdo

Subscriptions2
  • $3.99/month subscription$3.991 Month
  • 7-Day Free Trial7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is 5Cs Menu free?
5Cs Menu is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gourdo free?
Gourdo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, 5Cs Menu or Gourdo?
Gourdo is rated higher. 5Cs Menu averages 4.7 out of 5 from 205 ratings, while Gourdo averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do 5Cs Menu or Gourdo have ads?
Neither 5Cs Menu nor Gourdo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 5Cs Menu or Gourdo?
5Cs Menu ships an update monthly, and Gourdo daily. Most recently, 5Cs Menu was updated on October 26, 2026 and Gourdo on October 24, 2026.

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