5Cs Menu vs TIA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- View dining hall menus
- Check dining hall hours
- Browse future menus
- See past menus
- Find local restaurants
- Student discount alerts
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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!
TIA
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TIA — Today I Ate One photo is enough. A foodie diary that reads the location and time embedded in your food photos, organizing them on a date-based timeline and map. [Features] • Auto-organize — Upload a photo, and we detect its location and time automatically • Date-based timeline — See your food history at a glance • Map view — Every place you've eaten, on one map • Quick notes — One-line memos for each entry • Share card — Beautiful timeline images to share Never forget what you ate. Let one photo become your foodie record.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: 5Cs Menu at none against TIA's shown. 5Cs Menu also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
5Cs Menu ships an update monthly, TIA every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 5Cs Menu | TIA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (209 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 90.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 209 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Domenico Ottolia | Sangwon Hong |
In-app purchases
5Cs Menu
No in-app purchases
TIA
No in-app purchases









