Comparison

College Menus vs Swipe Dining

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Browse full dining hall menus
  • Check operating hours
  • Today View widget for quick access
  • Star favorite foods
  • Supports multiple universities
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

College Menus4 screens
Swipe Dining4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
College Menus versus Swipe Dining: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCollege MenusSwipe Dining
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings)4.9 (119 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3119 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStephen PanaroSean Howard

Customer experience

College Menus

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Swipe Dining

All ratings118 ratings
Positive97.5%
Neutral1.7%
Negative0.8%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

College Menus

No in-app purchases

None

Swipe Dining

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is College Menus free?
College Menus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Swipe Dining free?
Swipe Dining is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, College Menus or Swipe Dining?
Swipe Dining is rated higher. College Menus averages 3.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Swipe Dining averages 4.9 from 119 ratings.
Do College Menus or Swipe Dining have ads?
Neither College Menus nor Swipe Dining shows ads.
Which is updated more often, College Menus or Swipe Dining?
College Menus ships an update every 6 months, and Swipe Dining weekly. Most recently, College Menus was updated on November 1, 2026 and Swipe Dining on November 5, 2026.

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