お弁当Master vs Switch Log
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
お弁当Master
This app helps solve daily bento box challenges by automatically generating weekly meal plans based on your favorite recipes. It also allows you to create a personalized recipe list with photos and links, and generates shopping lists from your chosen recipes to prevent forgotten ingredients.
- Automatic weekly meal plan generation
- Customizable recipe list with photos
- Automated shopping list creation
- Daily bento photo album
- Recipe site linking
- Add custom recipes
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日々の献立に苦労していませんか? 朝忙しい時、あのレシピのサイトはどこだっけと探すことはありませんか? 買い物で何かうんだっけと思うことはありませんか? そんなよくあるお弁当に関する悩みや苦労を全て解決します! 本アプリ「お弁当マスター」は実際に子供のお弁当を毎日作っているエンジニアが自分の実体験に基づいて、日々の「あったらいいのに」を一つにまとめたアプリです。 献立を自動で生成 ・自分のお気に入りのレシピから一週間の献立を自動で作成してくれます ・献立はカテゴライズされており、副菜2品、主菜1品といったように細かく設定できます ・自動生成したレシピを編集して細かい献立の調整もできます ・献立から自分のお気に入りのレシピサイトをすぐに表示できます 自分のレシピリストを作れる ・最初から入っているレシピをベースに自分のお気に入りのレシピを登録できます ・レシピにはレシピサイトを登録したり、料理写真を登録したり自分だけのレシピリストにカスタマイズできます ・新たにレシピを登録することもできます 買い物リストで買い忘れを防ぐ ・レシピに登録した食材に従って買い物リストを自動で生成できます ・買い物リストはクリップボードにコピーして他のアプリへリストをペーストできます ・食材以外にも好きなものをリストに追加できます 毎日の写真を残す ・作った弁当は日々のアルバムに保存できます ・写真にはその日のレシピをワンタッチでメモとして残せます ・撮った写真はスマホの写真ライブラリにも保存できます
Switch Log
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Records ON/OFF of lighting and home appliances, and displays electricity charges in real time. Grasp usage trends with daily and monthly graphs to help you save money on your electricity bill. Easily record ON/OFF with Siri or NFC tag. --------------- Features --------------- - Can check the usage status, electricity cost, and operating time of each item in real time. - Check your status with widgets on your home screen or lock screen. - Calculate electricity charges by tier (metered rate), by time zone, and flat rate. - Compare electricity rates across multiple power contracts. - Can group items and update ON/OFF collectively. - Can fix the scale of the graph. - iCloud allows you to sync your data across multiple devices such as iPhones and iPads. --------------- Siri and NFC tags --------------- Add logs and operate items with Siri and NFC tags. Measuring instruments can be switched with NFC tags. Note Items cannot be manipulated directly from this app. Works with Siri, HomeKit, and other home automation devices like SwitchBot, Nature Remo, TRÅDFRI, and more. NFC tags are limited to read/write compatible models (iPhone XS or later). --------------- Electricity price comparison function --------------- There are contracts where the electricity rate changes depending on the time of day when electricity is used a lot (daytime on weekdays, nighttime, holidays, etc.). You can compare multiple contracts based on what happens when you change to such a contract. If you record logs for a long period of time, the tendency of usage that suits you will become clearer. Let's start by recording and accumulating logs. --------------- what you can do --------------- ## Dashboard - Display daily, monthly, and hourly usage graphs and electricity bill graphs. - Today's current usage status, usage amount and amount ranking, daily/monthly totals, etc. - Step-by-step, time-of-day, flat-rate electricity bill calculation. - Can display/hide graphs and set the display order. ## Calendar - List of daily logs and graphs of power consumption. - Future power consumption graph. ## Item - Register items (household appliances and power consumption items) and record ON/OFF for each item (log). [Item example] Home appliances: refrigerators, lighting, TVs, air conditioners, computers, air purifiers Power consumption items: standby power, miscellaneous power (total power of items that are only used for a short time at a time) - Can check the operating status of each item and electricity charges in a list. - Switch display/hide for each item. (Useful for hiding things you don't use often.) - Register the mode of the item and calculate the power consumption for each mode. [Mode example] Fan → Weak (15W), Medium (25W), Strong (40W) - Can register a series of actions of an item as an action and record each action in one operation. - Display log list and graph (by day/month) for each item. - Add Siri Shortcuts. - Can write NFC tags. ## Cost - Register electricity contracts and record monthly bills. (Power consumption and electricity bill) - Can register and record electricity bill details. (Basic charge, fuel cost adjustment amount, etc.) - Register multiple unit price application periods in case the unit price varies even for the same contract. ## Device - Can register multiple instruments and add records while switching. - Can add a memo if you measure another item with the same instrument. ## Groups - Can group items that you always use together, items in the same room, etc. - One item can be registered in multiple groups. - Add Siri shortcuts and write NFC tags. - Can batch update grouped items. (Siri and NFC are also possible) --------------- About subscriptions and paid features --------------- Please refer to the following for the terms and conditions for using subscriptions and paid functions. 1. Privacy Policy: https://gsoft.jp/privacypolicy/ 2. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: お弁当Master at none against Switch Log's 8. お弁当Master also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Switch Log sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per year. お弁当Master asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | お弁当Master | Switch Log |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hirokazu Komatsu | G-SOFT |
In-app purchases
お弁当Master
No in-app purchases
Switch Log
- Hide ads (Annual amount)$0.991 Year
- Additional graphs (Yearly)7 Days trial$0.991 Year
- Additional graphs (One Month)$0.99
- Siri shortcut for Remo API$0.99
- Hide ads (Unlimited)$1.99
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- Item history$1.99
- Additional graphs (Unlimited)$2.99
- Electricity price comparison$3.99









