Comparison

The Dinnerhub vs DishCue

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

Head to head
About

The Dinnerhub

Simplify meal planning and grocery shopping with customizable meal plans and recipes. Track nutrition, explore dietary options, and enjoy easy-to-follow instructions for quick, healthy dinners.

Highlights
  • Customizable meal plans
  • Nutrition tracking (calories, macros)
  • Heart-healthy low-sodium recipes
  • Step-by-step cooking instructions
  • Dietary options (gluten-free, vegan, etc.)
  • Automatic grocery list generation
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We are your hub for all things dinner! Our app = freedom from thinking up dinner & making a shopping list. Want to track nutrition? Our meal plans have the Calories & MACROS (fat, carbs, protein & sugar) calculated for you. Have a heart issue in your family? We are also your hub to learn how to cook heart-healthy low-sodium meals that still taste amazing! Want to raise confident cook(s)? Our yummy 20, 30 or 40 min. meal plans are easy to make w/ step-by-step instructions. Everybody in the household can participate in deciding what’s for dinner and helping with the prep and cooking. Don’t have 40 minutes? No problem, just eliminate this category. Have a dietary preference? We offer gluten-free, dairy-free, low carb & diabetic friendly. We also offer heart friendly, vegetarian & vegan meal plan options. The Dinnerhub: Load your own recipes OR use our tasty, 20, 30 or 40 min. meal plans. Ingredients from the meals you choose appear in your app’s shopping list with just the click of a button. You can add/delete items in your list anytime. Go ahead! You’ll LOVE the brain-break & time we save you plus the benefit that come from having healthy meals together. The Dinnerhub….Making Dinner Doable AND Making Healthy Happen.

About

DishCue

Discover specific dishes based on user-generated badges like 'Fire' or 'Comfort', rather than general restaurant ratings. Follow users with similar tastes to curate your food discovery feed and find what's truly worth ordering nearby.

Highlights
  • Dish-specific badging (Fire, Comfort, Hidden Gem)
  • User-curated feed based on followed users
  • Search for dishes, not just restaurants
  • Discover what's worth ordering nearby
  • Follow users with similar taste profiles
Features
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The dish is the destination. Stop scrolling past three-star reviews written by someone who ordered the wrong thing. DishCue is built around one idea: the dish matters more than the restaurant's overall rating. Badges, not stars Every dish gets tagged with real, specific badges — Fire, Comfort, Hidden Gem, and more — dropped by people who actually ate it. No five-star scale trying to average out a wildly different meal than the one you're about to order. Follow people with your taste, not just places Your feed is built from the people you follow, not an algorithm guessing what you might like. Follow friends, local foodies, or anyone whose badges you trust, and see what they're actually eating — starting from the moment you follow them. Discover what's actually worth ordering nearby Search dishes, not just restaurants. See what's getting badged at the places around you before you decide what to order. DishCue is for anyone who's ever taken a photo of their food before eating it and thought — someone needs to know about this dish.

Screenshots

The Dinnerhub4 screens
DishCue4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: DishCue at 5.0 against The Dinnerhub's 4.6. On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DishCue holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Dinnerhub ships an update every 3 weeks, DishCue every 4 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
The Dinnerhub versus DishCue: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe DinnerhubDishCue
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (10 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB15 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperDelicious Family DinnersYun Peng

Customer experience

The Dinnerhub

All ratings11 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

DishCue

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

The Dinnerhub

No in-app purchases

None

DishCue

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is The Dinnerhub free?
The Dinnerhub is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DishCue free?
DishCue is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, The Dinnerhub or DishCue?
DishCue is rated higher. The Dinnerhub averages 4.6 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while DishCue averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do The Dinnerhub or DishCue have ads?
Neither The Dinnerhub nor DishCue shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Dinnerhub or DishCue?
The Dinnerhub ships an update every 3 weeks, and DishCue every 4 weeks. Most recently, The Dinnerhub was updated on October 24, 2026 and DishCue on October 24, 2026.

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