MensaMax vs PCA Kantine
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MensaMax
Manage your cafeteria account on the go. Order and cancel meals, check your balance and purchases, and view important messages. Find contact information for support.
- Order and cancel meals
- Check account balance
- View kiosk purchases
- Read notifications
- Find contact persons
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Mit der MensaMax App hast Du auch von unterwegs Zugriff auf die wichtigsten Funktionen aus Deinem MensaMax-Accout: - Essen bestellen und abbestellen - Kontostand und Einkäufe am Kiosk sehen - Mitteilungen lesen - Ansprechpartner finden
PCA Kantine
Manage your school canteen account with this app. View your balance, reserve or cancel meals, and receive notifications about food service and payments. An existing PCA canteen portal account is required.
- View existing balance
- Reserve meals
- Cancel meals
- Authorization for food serving
- Notifications for food served
- Notifications for payments
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The PCA canteen app for students, parents and teachers from schools on the PCA canteen portal. The app can be used for authorization when serving food. At the same time, the existing balance can be viewed and meals can be reserved and cancelled. Stay up to date with notifications when food has been served or payments have been made to the customer account. An existing account in the PCA canteen portal is required to use the free app. Contact your caterer for more information on setting up access.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: PCA Kantine at every 11 days against MensaMax's every 2 months. PCA Kantine also leads on review sentiment (33% vs 24%). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MensaMax holds the better App Store score, 2.5 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 24% of MensaMax's written reviews are positive against 33% of PCA Kantine's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
MensaMax ships an update every 2 months, PCA Kantine every 11 days. Both last shipped on October 27, 2026.
| Parameter | MensaMax | PCA Kantine |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (4 ratings) — better | 2.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 24.0% of reviews | 32.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MensaMax GmbH | PCA GmbH |
Customer experience
MensaMax
PCA Kantine
In-app purchases
MensaMax
No in-app purchases
PCA Kantine
No in-app purchases
