Comparison

dbonApp vs ExpiryMeter

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

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About

dbonApp

Features
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Die dbon App ist immer mit dabei und funktioniert in der ganzen Stadt nach einem ganz intuitiven Prinzip: Mitarbeiter reichen die Rechnung für ihr Mittagessen über die App ein und bekommen automatisch ihren steuerbefreiten Zuschuss bei der nächsten Gehaltsabrechnung erstattet Sie schaffen einen Anreiz für eine gesunde Pause, fördern damit die Produktivität und eine gemeinschaftliche Arbeitsatmosphäre. Mit dbon begeistern Sie Ihre Mitarbeiter mit einer zeitgemäßen Lösung, Sie profitieren von interessanten Steuervorteilen und holen sich eine smarte Incentive-Lösung, die Sie Zeit und Geld spart. Schritt 1: Essen gehen dbon macht die ganze Stadt zu Ihrer Kantine. Ihre Mitarbeiter sind in der Wahl Ihres Mittagessens völlig frei, denn die App funktioniert in jedem Restaurant, beim Bäckerei, Imbiss und bei Einkäufen im Supermarkt. Schritt 2: Beleg fotografieren Smartphone zücken, App öffnen und Foto machen. Mit nur einem Klick wird der Beleg automatisch zur Erstattung eingereicht. Kein Smartphone? dbon funktioniert auch über den Webbrowser. Schritt 3: Geld zurück Pro Arbeitstag werden jedem Mitarbeiter bis zu Euro 8 oder beim Lebensmittelgutschein EUR 2 erstattet. Das sieht er automatisch auf der nächsten Gehaltsabrechnung.

About

ExpiryMeter

This app helps you manage food expiry dates and create prioritized grocery shopping lists. It uses a color-coded system to quickly show what needs to be eaten soon and allows for easy list sharing.

Highlights
  • Track food expiry and best-before dates
  • Color-coded expiry status
  • Prioritized grocery shopping lists
  • Add notes and icons to items
  • Notifications for food expiring soon
  • Share shopping lists
  • Duplicate past purchases
Features
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ExpiryMeter is a free app for iPhone and iPad, available in Spanish and English, very simple and intuitive, and packing two functions: • EXPIRYMETER: To keep under control the Expiration or the Best-Before dates of the food you have at home. • GROCERY SHOPPING LIST: To keep updated your running Grocery Shopping List, prioritized and always at hand. These two functions match two simple gestures proposed by United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization to help reduce food waste. Every year more than a billion tons of food are thrown away, wasting a third of the food produced for human consumption. Halving food waste by 2030 is one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals set by the UN. EXPIRYMETER This first function allows you to manage the list of food stored at home. It sorts food by their Expiry or Best-Before dates and shows the number of days left until that date. In addition, a color code allows to see, in a quick glance, if the food Expiry or Best-Before date has already been exceeded, or how far it is. Its operation is very simple: — Add food to the list: Tap + and write its name, the Expiry date or the Best-Before date and the quantity purchased. Choose a food icon and add a note if you wish. — Food details: It shows every detail of each food, and the background color points out if it has already expired (red). Or if it will expire in the next 7 days (orange), between 8 and 15 days (brown), between 16 and 30 days (green) or after more than 30 days (blue). — Edit the data of a food: Tap on the tab of the food to be modified. — Remove food from the list: Tap 'Edit' or swipe the food card to the left, and press 'Delete’. — Sort the Shopping List by 'Date', by 'Food type' or by 'Name': Tap on the 'Menu' and choose one of the options. — Add a food to the Grocery Shopping List, from the ExpiryMeter: Swipe the food card to the right, touch ‘To buy', and that food will be automatically added to the Shopping List. — Duplicate a food that you already have in the ExpiryMeter: If you have repurchased any of the foods that you already have in the ExpiryMeter, swipe the card of that food to the right and tap 'Duplicate'. — Activate Notifications: Tap on the 'Menu' icon and choose whether you want to activate or deactivate notifications. With 'Notifications on', at 8:00 in the morning a 'Food to eat soon' alert will appear in the event that there are less than 4 days left before the Expiry or Best-Before date of any food. — Share the list: Tap on the 'Menu' icon and select 'To share'. GROCERY SHOPPING LIST To keep your grocery shopping list always updated, prioritized and at hand. Keeping the list updated is simple and intuitive: — Add to Shopping List: Tap + and write the name of the product to buy, and add a note if you wish. And choose an icon for the food type to sort the shopping list by 'Food type'. — Do I have to buy it right away?: Tap on one of the three buttons, depending on the purchase priority: High priority (dark blue), medium (blue), low (light blue). — Edit the details of any product: Just tap on the product. — Remove food from the list: Tap 'Edit' or swipe with your finger the food card to the left, and press 'Delete’. — Mark on the list the products already 'purchased': You can mark on the list the products as you are buying them. Swipe the product card to the right, and a blue validation icon will appear with a question mark; touch it and the 'Already purchased' mark will appear in the blue circle of that product. Or tap on the product card and press 'Yes' in the 'Already purchased?' section. — Remove the products marked as 'Already purchased': Tap on the 'Menu' and choose the option 'Remove the purchased'. — Sort the Shopping List by 'Purchase Priority' or by 'Food type': Tap on the 'Menu' icon and choose one or the other option. Initially, the list is sorted by 'Purchase Priority'. — Share the Grocery Shopping List: Tap on the 'Menu' and select 'To share' option.

Screenshots

dbonApp3 screens
ExpiryMeter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: dbonApp at every 2 months against ExpiryMeter's every 8 months. On price, ads, 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

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

dbonApp ships an update every 2 months, ExpiryMeter every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on March 13, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 7 level
dbonApp versus ExpiryMeter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterdbonAppExpiryMeter
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews—40.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size131 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerdigibon Datentechnik GmbHFrancisco Lara Ruiz

In-app purchases

None

dbonApp

No in-app purchases

None

ExpiryMeter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is dbonApp free?
dbonApp is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ExpiryMeter free?
ExpiryMeter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do dbonApp or ExpiryMeter have ads?
Neither dbonApp nor ExpiryMeter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, dbonApp or ExpiryMeter?
dbonApp ships an update every 2 months, and ExpiryMeter every 8 months. Most recently, dbonApp was updated on March 13, 2026 and ExpiryMeter on September 7, 2026.

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