Comparison

Menu vs Meal Note

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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Let's add your newly cooked menus, or menus served for you! Each menu in the "List" page has a chart that shows how many times and when you used the menu. By using "List Period" or "Served Times" filter conditions, it easily shows the menus that you haven't cooked recently. By using "Search Words" filter, it can show a list of menus that you can cook with what you have in your refrigerator. In "Communication" page, you can send candidate menus of today's dinner to your family members, and you can receive a chosen menu from them. In "Public" page, owners of restaurants or individuals can show their menus to the application users. Without login, the application users can see the public menu lists. Tutorial videos are available from Help in the application.

About

Meal Note

Features
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シンプルな食事記録アプリ「Meal Note」 毎日の食事を写真とメニュー名で簡単に記録。 カレンダーで振り返れば、自分の食生活がひと目でわかります。 【主な機能】 ・朝・昼・夜・間食をまとめて記録 ・写真で食事を残せる ・自炊/外食/中食の区分管理 ・週・月カレンダーで食事を一覧表示 ・よく使うメニューをタップで素早く選択 ・時間帯・区分ごとの使用回数をもとに優先表示 【こんな方におすすめ】 ・食事の偏りを把握したい方 ・カロリー計算は面倒だけど、記録は残したい方 ・写真で食事を振り返りたい方 ・シンプルな食事日記をつけたい方 余計な機能は一切なし。 入力が不完全でも大丈夫、後から埋められます。 続けられるシンプルさを追求した食事記録アプリです。

Screenshots

Menu4 screens
Meal Note4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Menu at none against Meal Note's shown. Meal Note's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 37 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

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 37 months, Meal Note every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Menu versus Meal Note: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMenuMeal Note
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 37 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGENETEC, K.K.Kengo Kanehiro

In-app purchases

None

Menu

No in-app purchases

None

Meal Note

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Menu free?
Menu is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Meal Note free?
Meal Note is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Menu or Meal Note have ads?
Meal Note shows ads; Menu does not.
Which is updated more often, Menu or Meal Note?
Menu ships an update every 37 months, and Meal Note every 2 weeks. Most recently, Menu was updated on October 1, 2026 and Meal Note on October 2, 2026.

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