PocketDiner vs Mintbox Advisory
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PocketDiner
This app helps you accurately split restaurant bills, especially in group settings. It tracks individual orders, shared items, and even allows for special cases like birthday meals, ensuring fair payment for everyone.
- Track individual and shared orders
- Split bills by item
- Birthday mode for free meals
- Adjustable tax and tip rates
- Add diners from contacts
- Easy access to meal totals
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Never get screwed at lunch again. PocketDiner is not just a mere tip calculator - it's designed to be the do-everything toolkit for those who eat out in an office setting. No one counts dollars and cents when eating with friends, but face it - your coworkers are deadbeats. If you've been to a twenty five person birthday lunch with the folks at work and ended up forty-seven dollars short when the bill came, you'll know what we're talking about. This app is for you, when just dividing by the number people is too simple. PocketDiner Features: - Keep track of what everyone orders and what is shared. - Split the bill and make everyone pay for what they ordered. - Birthday mode lets you designate who eats free and fairly divides their order amongst everyone else. - Adjustable tax and tip rates. - Share food with one person in the group or with everyone in the group and split the cost only for those who need to pay. - Meal and diner bill totals are easily accessible with a simple swipe up - Add diners either from your contacts or manually.
Mintbox Advisory
Manage your entire financial portfolio, including mutual funds, stocks, bonds, and insurance. Track investments, view historical performance, and generate detailed reports. Invest in mutual funds and manage SIPs with ease.
- Complete portfolio reporting
- Historical performance tracking
- Transaction statement download
- Online mutual fund investment
- SIP and STP tracking
- Insurance premium reminders
- Financial calculators
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Mintbox Advisory is one-stop shopping for all your Financial needs. You can use this state of the art app to stay on top of your Complete Financial Portfolio with all assets: - Mutual Funds - Equity Shares - Bonds - Fixed Deposits - PMS - Insurance Key Features: - Complete Portfolio report download including all assets. - View historical Performace of your Portfolio easily - Transaction statement of any period - 1 Click Statement of Account Download for any Asset Management Company in India - Advanced Capital Gain Reports - Invest Online in any Mutual fund scheme or New Fund Offer. Track all orders till the allotment of units to keep complete transparency - SIP Report to be informed of your Running and Upcoming SIPs, STPs. - Insurance list to keep track of premiums to be paid. - Folio details registered with each AMC. Calculators and Tools available: - Retirement Calculator - SIP Calculator - SIP Delay Calculator - SIP Step up Calculator - Marriage Calculator - EMI Calculator
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mintbox Advisory at none against PocketDiner's 1. Mintbox Advisory also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 6 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. PocketDiner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Mintbox Advisory asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for PocketDiner against 5.0 for Mintbox Advisory. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 5 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
PocketDiner ships an update every 6 months, Mintbox Advisory every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PocketDiner | Mintbox Advisory |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 86 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jeffrey Lai | MINTBOX ADVISORY LLP |
Customer experience
PocketDiner
Mintbox Advisory
In-app purchases
PocketDiner
- Pocketdiner Ad Free$0.99
Mintbox Advisory
No in-app purchases
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