College Menus vs Swipe 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.
Swipe Dining
Easily find dining options at UConn with real-time menus and detailed nutrition information. Make informed food choices with health scores and dietary filters, and track your meals with a built-in journal.
- Real-time menus for dining halls and retail locations
- Health scores for menu items
- Dietary need filters (vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, halal, allergens)
- Food journaling
- Compare dining halls
- Personalized health scores
- Crowdsourced busy levels
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Swipe is the easiest way to eat well at UConn. Browse every dining hall menu, see a simple 0–99 health score for each item, and track your nutrition in one place. Whether you're chasing a protein goal or just trying to eat better, Swipe helps you pick before you fill your plate. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Compare food at a glance: every item gets a 0–99 score based on protein, fiber, sodium, sugar and more. • Personalize it: set your dietary preferences and allergens once, and Swipe flags items that may conflict and tailors scores to you. • See every dining hall and retail spot: Northwest, Putnam, South, McMahon, North, Towers, Whitney, Connecticut and campus retail, with live open and closed hours. • Find late-night deals: discounts from local restaurants show up when the dining halls are closed. • Track your nutrition: log meals and watch your protein, calories and macros add up toward your goals. • Build custom meals: combine dining hall items, packaged foods or your own entries to see a full meal's nutrition and score. • Search and scan: look up UConn items and common packaged foods, or scan a barcode. • Find the best hall right now for your goals. Built by a UConn student, for UConn students. Free to use. Swipe works with UConn dining menus and is not an official UConn app. Always check ingredient and allergen info with dining staff.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Swipe Dining at 4.9 against College Menus's 3.7. Swipe Dining also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (119 vs 3). College Menus's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.1). On price, review sentiment, 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.
Swipe Dining holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Swipe Dining has 119 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.
College Menus ships an update every 6 months, Swipe Dining weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | College Menus | Swipe Dining |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 4.9 (119 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 119 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stephen Panaro | Sean Howard |
Customer experience
College Menus
Swipe Dining
In-app purchases
College Menus
No in-app purchases
Swipe Dining
No in-app purchases
Questions
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