M vs CollegeGrub
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
M
Easily browse University of Michigan dining hall menus with this app. Features include food search, personalized dietary filters, and a week-long menu view. Make informed dining choices before you go.
- View dining hall menus for the week
- Search for specific food items
- Customize menus based on dietary restrictions
- View dining hall hours
- Save favorite dining halls and foods
- Dark Mode support
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View University of Michigan dining halls menus quickly and easily using the M-Eats app. With enhanced features like food search, menu customization, and a refreshed UI, the M-Eats app makes navigating Michigan's dining halls easier. Notably, the app allows users to search where specific food items are served throughout every menu over the next eight days. In addition, you can set your dietary restrictions and preferences to view customized menus of what you can eat at the dining halls. That allows users to make more informed decisions before visiting a dining hall. - View hours of dining halls in an easy-to-use layout. - Refreshed Ul - All dining halls' hours for the current day are listed on the home page. - Quickly view the menus for the entire week on one page. - Search for food and where it'll be served. - Save dining halls and food for easy access. - Dark Mode - Set personal preferences and allergens to customize menus. - Haptic feedback when selecting dining halls. The M-Eats app was developed by a student at the University of Michigan and is not an official University of Michigan app.
CollegeGrub
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CollegeGrub helps UW Madison students advocate for better dining food and services by crowdsourcing and aggregating insights from the student community, connecting them to Housing Dining through direct and transparent communication. To accomplish this, CollegeGrub facilitates the processing of Suggestions. Users create Suggestions, which after review from CollegeGrub Moderators, are passed to UW dining admin for consideration via a separate web dashboard. University Housing Dining will then have the opportunity to respond to popular Suggestions, before rejecting them with a reason or marking them as complete. Updates are forwarded directly to users, completing the feedback loop and making enacting changes a seamless process from start to finish. - Submit suggestions for food, menus, hours, and more - Upvote ideas from fellow students - Watch suggestions move through review in real time - Get notified when Dining takes action Transparent. Community-driven. Built by students, for students. CollegeGrub is not an official UW or government app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: M at every 5 days against CollegeGrub's every 4 weeks. 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
M ships an update every 5 days, CollegeGrub every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | M | CollegeGrub |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (19 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Kevin Wang | Jason Xie |
In-app purchases
M
No in-app purchases
CollegeGrub
No in-app purchases
