Comparison

Take One vs Menu Box

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

Head to head
About

Take One

Create and customize digital movie slates with a user-friendly interface. Easily type, draw, and add custom elements to your boards. Organize projects into collections and sync across devices.

Highlights
  • User-friendly interface
  • Drawing and sketching capabilities
  • Customizable layouts
  • Logo and branding integration
  • Library management with collections
  • iCloud sync across devices
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Whether you're a student, an amateur enthusiast, or a budding filmmaker, Take One has got you covered. EASY TO USE Get ready to shoot with ease in a beautiful and user-friendly interface. Take One allows you to effortlessly create, type, draw, and clap your way into action. Simply double- or triple-tap number fields to quickly increment or decrement their values. Tap the clapper once to open, and a second time to 'clap' and begin the clock timer. DRAW & SKETCH Unleash your creativity by drawing or sketching in color with your finger or, on supported devices, Apple Pencil. Toggle any text field between 'text' and 'drawing', and personalize your boards with fun hand-drawn elements. Let your creativity run wild with Take One, where every field becomes a canvas for your imagination. CREATE CUSTOM LAYOUTS Tailor your board and create custom layouts to suit your unique style. Effortlessly rearrange the elements on the board using drag and drop, and easily add new modules from the library. Save your preferred layouts as templates to re-use. Built-in options for 'text', 'number', 'date', 'image' and 'clock'. YOUR LOGO HERE Showcase your own branding elements or logos on the board with the 'image' module, with full support for transparency. Theme your boards with various color options for the clapper. LIBRARY MANAGEMENT Work on multiple projects at once? Organize related boards into collections. Sync your library between iPhone and iPad using iCloud. FREE TO TRY Experience the full range of features for free, with a limited board library size. With a simple in-app purchase, unlock the library limit and make as many boards as you wish. Whether capturing a viral social story, documenting an exciting road trip, or hoping to someday create the next blockbuster, Take One is the casual digital movie slate for you. Its simplicity and user-friendly features make it the ideal companion for aspiring filmmakers.

About

Menu Box

Create visually appealing menus for your device's shortcuts. Customize menu items with emojis, app icons, or custom images to build personalized automations. Dynamically generate menus on the fly for advanced shortcut customization.

Highlights
  • Create beautiful menus for Shortcuts
  • Customize with emojis, SF Symbols, or custom images
  • Attach custom data to menu items
  • Fully controllable via Shortcuts
  • Dynamically create menus on the fly
  • Enhance Action Button functionality
Features
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Menu Box allows you to create beautiful menus in Shortcuts, further customising your advanced Automations. Menus can be created using emojis, SF Symbols App Icons or your own custom images to create truly individual menus with near limitless options. Custom data attached to each menu items allows you to create even more advanced Shortcuts. Menu Box is fully controllable via Shortcuts, including creating Menus dynamically on the fly. Menu Box is perfect for creating advanced Shortcuts to allow you to further customise how your menus look, and becomes especially useful when combined with the Action Button. --- Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Take One4 screens
Menu Box4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Menu Box at 86% against Take One's 50%. Menu Box also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.4). 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. Take One sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Menu Box sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Menu Box holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 14 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Take One's written reviews are positive against 86% of Menu Box's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Take One ships an update every 3 weeks, Menu Box fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and August 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Take One versus Menu Box: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTake OneMenu Box
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (7 ratings)4.7 (14 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews85.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings714 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.5
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSteven Troughton-SmithSnailed It Development Ltd

Customer experience

Take One

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%

Menu Box

All ratings14 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral7.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral7.1%
Negative7.1%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Take One

One-time1
  • Take One (Full Unlock)$4.99
4 purchases

Menu Box

Subscriptions1
  • Premium$4.991 Year
One-time3
  • Tip Jar - Small$0.99
  • Tip Jar - Medium$2.99
  • Tip Jar - Large$4.99

Questions

Is Take One free?
Take One is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Menu Box free?
Menu Box is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Take One or Menu Box?
Menu Box is rated higher. Take One averages 4.4 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Menu Box averages 4.7 from 14 ratings.
Do Take One or Menu Box have ads?
Neither Take One nor Menu Box shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Take One or Menu Box?
Take One ships an update every 3 weeks, and Menu Box fortnightly. Most recently, Take One was updated on September 18, 2026 and Menu Box on August 20, 2026.

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