The Community Compass vs Lively Dish
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Community Compass
Locate nearby food resources with this app. It helps users find essential food assistance programs and services in their area, connecting them with the help they need.
- Find local food resources
- Locate food assistance programs
- Connect with services
- User-friendly interface
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Help people find food resources.
Lively Dish
Discover and organize recipes, from cakes to desserts, with this app. It helps you create shopping lists from ingredients and save your favorite dishes for easy meal planning and confident home cooking.
- Browse recipes, cakes, and desserts
- Explore cuisine categories
- View recipe details (time, servings, difficulty)
- Save favorite recipes
- Add ingredients to shopping list
- Easy-to-use design
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LivelyDish makes cooking easier, more organized, and more enjoyable. Discover delicious recipes, cakes, and desserts from different cuisines, then save your favorites and turn ingredients into a simple shopping list. Explore featured recipes, browse by cuisine category, and find sweet ideas for cakes and desserts. Each recipe gives you the key details at a glance, including preparation time, servings, difficulty, tags, ingredients, and a clear description. Plan what to cook, keep your favorite dishes in one place, and manage your shopping list while preparing meals at home. Key features: • Browse recipes, cakes, and desserts • Explore cuisine categories like Moroccan, Mexican, Italian, Indian, and more • View recipe time, servings, difficulty, tags, and ingredients • Save your favorite recipes for quick access • Add recipe ingredients to your shopping list • Check off items while shopping • Clean, simple, and easy-to-use design Whether you are looking for dinner inspiration, a homemade cake, a dessert idea, or a simple way to organize ingredients, LivelyDish helps you cook with confidence. Privacy Policy: https://livelydish.com/privacy-policy-for-livelydish/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Lively Dish at 100% against The Community Compass's 0%. Lively Dish also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). The Community Compass's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (16 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Lively Dish holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Community Compass has 16 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of The Community Compass's written reviews are positive against 100% of Lively Dish's.
| Parameter | The Community Compass | Lively Dish |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (16 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Indy Hunger Network, Inc. | Soufiane Khrouch |
Customer experience
The Community Compass
Lively Dish
In-app purchases
The Community Compass
No in-app purchases
Lively Dish
No in-app purchases
Questions
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