Beli vs Menu Explain
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Beli
Discover and organize top restaurants with friends. Create ranked lists, share dining experiences, and get personalized recommendations. Explore a "Taste Profile" and "Match Score" to understand your preferences and connections.
- Ranked restaurant lists
- Map of visited and desired locations
- Friend activity feed
- Personalized recommendations
- Taste Profile
- Friend Match Score
- Notes and favorite dishes
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Beli helps you track, share, and discover the world’s best restaurants • Keep organized ranked lists and maps of everywhere you've been and want to try • See where your friends are eating and what they love and hate • Get personalized recommendations you are sure to love Select Features • Scroll your newsfeed to see the latest spots your friends have tried • Add tags to help organize and filter your lists • Add notes and favorite dishes • View your “Taste Profile” to learn about what you love most • Check out your “Match Score” with your friends to see who really shares your tastes
Menu Explain
Instantly translate and understand any menu by simply taking a photo. Get detailed dish descriptions, images, and even identify potential allergens and calorie estimates to dine with confidence anywhere.
- Instant menu breakdown
- Food images
- Menu translation
- Allergy & intolerance detection
- Calorie estimates
- AI dining companion
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"Spaghetti alla Nerano." Your phone translates that as... "spaghetti alla Nerano." It is fried zucchini, basil and provolone del Monaco, melted into a sauce on the Amalfi Coast. You would have read past it and ordered the carbonara. Translation gives you the name. Menu Explain gives you the dish. Point your camera at any menu, in any language. Every dish comes back explained, pictured, and flagged for allergens. WHAT YOU GET, ONE PHOTO AT A TIME • Detailed summary of the dish • Ingredient breakdown • Food photos • Calorie estimates • Allergen Flags • Translations Menu Explain reads the dish, not just the word. Disclaimer: Descriptions, images, calories and allergen flags are informed estimates based on the dish name and can be wrong. If you have a serious allergy, always confirm with restaurant staff. Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Menu Explain at 93% against Beli's 48%. Beli's advantage is ratings volume (18K vs 8) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Beli sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $5.79 per month and Menu Explain sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Beli holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Beli has 18K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 48% of Beli's written reviews are positive against 93% of Menu Explain's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Beli ships an update every 3 days, Menu Explain every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Beli | Menu Explain |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (18K ratings) — better | 4.5 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 48.3% of reviews | 93.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 18K — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #57 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 204 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Beli Technologies, Inc. | Mentioned In, LLC |
Customer experience
Beli
Menu Explain
Bugs and requests
Beli
Reported bugs
3 issues- Inconsistent labeling of dish names in photos
- Slow performance and freezing issues
- Incorrect restaurant addresses in the app
Requested features
5 requests- Add dark mode
- Allow custom categories and lists
- Integrate with other review platforms like Yelp
- Provide more restaurant details like menus and hours
- Enable reservations directly within the app
Menu Explain
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Beli
- Creator Subscription (Monthly)3 variants$5.791 Month
- kaitlyneats (Monthly)$5.791 Month
- sola (Monthly)$5.791 Month
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- TheEricHammer (Monthly)$5.791 Month
- Creator Subscription (Annual)$42.901 Year
- Beli Supper Club - Annual7 Days trial2 variants$74.991 Year
- Weekly Streak Restore$0.99
Menu Explain
- Full Access - Monthly$0.991 Month
- Full Access - Monthly$1.991 Month
- Full Access - Yearly$9.991 Year
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- Full Access - Yearly$19.991 Year
- 5 Scan Credits$0.99
- Scan Pack - 10$0.99
- 3-Day Pass$2.99
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- Scan Pack - 50$3.99
- 7-Day Pass$4.99
- 14-Day Pass$7.99
