Five Bars vs Bruno Bites
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Five Bars
Discover and log your favorite chocolate bars with this app. Keep a personal record of chocolates you've tried and find new ones to enjoy.
- Track chocolate bars
- Discover new chocolates
- Personal chocolate log
- Food & Drink category
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Obsessed with good chocolate? Track and discover bars with Five Bars!
Bruno Bites
Easily browse Brown University's dining hall menus. See what's open now, favorite dishes, and view ratings, nutritional info, and allergens at a glance. Customize your station order for a personalized experience.
- Streamlined dining hall menus
- Favorite dishes feature
- Dish rating system
- Nutritional info and allergens
- Customizable station order
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With Bruno Bites you can explore today's Brown dining menus quickly and easily! No more scrolling past every salad bar item at the Ratty! - Streamlined menus with currently open dining halls listed first. - Favorite a dish and the app displays a list of your favorites available that day. - Rate dishes from 1-5 stars, and see the average ratings from all app users. - Nutritional info, ingredients, and allergens, all at a glance. - Customize your station order: To see a particular Ratty or V-Dub station listed first, adjust the menu order in settings. I hope you enjoy the app! If you have feature requests, bug reports, or other things to let me know about, feel free to email me or fill out the feedback form in the settings. This app is an independent project and is not affiliated with Brown University.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Bruno Bites at every 2 weeks against Five Bars's every 5 weeks. Bruno Bites also leads on ratings volume (15 vs 2). Five Bars's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.6). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Five Bars against 5.0 for Bruno Bites. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bruno Bites has 15 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Five Bars ships an update every 5 weeks, Bruno Bites every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Five Bars | Bruno Bites |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (15 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stephanie Obodda | Caleb Ellenberg |
Customer experience
Five Bars
Bruno Bites
In-app purchases
Five Bars
No in-app purchases
Bruno Bites
No in-app purchases
