UCSC Menu vs SlugMenu
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
UCSC Menu
This app provides UC Santa Cruz students with organized dining hall menus, including nutrition information and future date options. It also features an hours tab, a points calculator, and integration with GETMobile for easy dining hall access.
- Dining hall menu summaries
- Detailed college menus
- Nutrition information
- Future date menus
- Dining hall hours
- Slug points calculator
- GETMobile integration
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Organized dining hall menu app for UC Santa Cruz students. Includes a summary page for each college's main food, a detailed menu for each individual college with nutrition information, ability to see menus for future dates, an hours info tab, and a remaining slug points calculator. Also, we integrated GETMobile to easily swipe into the dining hall. Keep the app on the App Store by supporting us at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/christiantknab Contact us at ucscmenuapp@gmail.com for feedback, bug fixes, and new features. Please include relevant screenshots.
SlugMenu
Easily find daily dining options at UCSC, including hours and current open status for all campus eateries. Favorite dishes to discover where they are served and get alerts for availability. Access detailed nutrition, ingredient, and allergen information for each item.
- Campus dining hall menus
- Real-time open/closed status
- Dish favoriting and alerts
- Nutrition and allergen info
- Allergen filtering
- Gluten-friendly sorting
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SlugMenu shows what UCSC is serving today. Every dining hall, cafe, market and Perk coffee bar in one place, with hours and whether they are open right now. Favorite the dishes you love. SlugMenu tells you which hall has the most of them today, and how long you have to get there. Tap any dish for nutrition facts, ingredients and allergens. Hide anything with allergens you avoid, and float Gluten Friendly options to the top. Tags come from UCSC, so check with dining staff if your allergy is serious. SlugMenu is an independent, student made app, not affiliated with UC Santa Cruz.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SlugMenu at 5.0 against UCSC Menu's 4.2. SlugMenu also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). UCSC Menu's advantage is ratings volume (17 vs 3) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment 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.
SlugMenu holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: UCSC Menu has 17 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
| Parameter | UCSC Menu | SlugMenu |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (17 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Christian Knab | STEFAN JULIAN BATORY |
Customer experience
UCSC Menu
SlugMenu
In-app purchases
UCSC Menu
No in-app purchases
SlugMenu
No in-app purchases
