Lunch vs Bistromax
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lunch
Easily manage your Swiss catering credits. Check your balance, find acceptance points, and track spending. You can also increase your daily limit or block a lost card instantly.
- Check credit balance
- Find acceptance points
- Track spending history
- Increase daily limit
- Block lost card
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Lunch-Check is the most delicious currency in Switzerland with over 9,000 acceptance points in the catering sector. Use the app to check out where you can redeem your Lunch-Check credit, how much is still available on your card or where you have spent your credit. Should you wish to increase the daily limit for your next restaurant visit, you can do so quickly and easily in the app. Should you lose the card, it can also be blocked immediately in the app.
Bistromax
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Neuigkeiten erhalten, Guthaben abfagen und aufladen, Belege einsehen und die Menüpläne abrufen - alles einfach möglich mit Ihrer Bistromax App. Die App verwendet die Background-Location für das Auffinden von BLE-Beacons an Automaten in Ihrer Nähe, auch wenn die App geschlossen ist. Dieses Feature ist optional und kann deaktiviert werden.
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Verdict
Lunch and Bistromax are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
Lunch ships an update every 2 months, Bistromax every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 3, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lunch | Bistromax |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Schweizer Lunch-Check | ventopay gmbh |
In-app purchases
Lunch
No in-app purchases
Bistromax
No in-app purchases
