College Menus vs NDSU Dining
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
College Menus
Easily find dining hall menus and operating hours for select universities. Browse full menus, see what's open at a glance with a widget, and star favorite foods to track their availability.
- Browse full dining hall menus
- Check operating hours
- Today View widget for quick access
- Star favorite foods
- Supports multiple universities
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Hungry? Check what food is being served on campus. Currently serving: Drexel University Harvard University Penn State University Tufts University - Browse full dining hall menus anywhere on campus. - Check what's open with in a glance with our convenient Today View widget. - Star your favorite foods to see when they're being served in the Today View widget.
NDSU Dining
Access detailed dining hall menus, including nutritional and allergy information. View operating hours, serving times, and real-time occupancy for dining centers.
- View daily dining menus
- Access nutritional information
- Check allergy details
- See operating hours
- View serving times
- Monitor live occupancy
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View breakfast, lunch, dinner, and late night menus from West, Residence and Union dining centers at North Dakota State University. You can also view nutrition information as well as allergy information. As well as viewing menus, you can also view hours of operation and serving times and the live occupancy of the dining centers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: College Menus at 100% against NDSU Dining's 44%. College Menus also leads on rating (3.7 vs 3.0) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 14.2). NDSU Dining's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (27 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
College Menus holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NDSU Dining has 27 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of College Menus's written reviews are positive against 44% of NDSU Dining's.
College Menus ships an update every 6 months, NDSU Dining every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | College Menus | NDSU Dining |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better | 3.0 (27 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 44.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 27 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 14.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stephen Panaro | North Dakota State University |
Customer experience
College Menus
NDSU Dining
In-app purchases
College Menus
No in-app purchases
NDSU Dining
No in-app purchases
Questions
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