Comparison

Menu Box vs uLinks

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

Head to head
About

Menu Box

Create visually appealing menus for your device's shortcuts. Customize menu items with emojis, app icons, or custom images to build personalized automations. Dynamically generate menus on the fly for advanced shortcut customization.

Highlights
  • Create beautiful menus for Shortcuts
  • Customize with emojis, SF Symbols, or custom images
  • Attach custom data to menu items
  • Fully controllable via Shortcuts
  • Dynamically create menus on the fly
  • Enhance Action Button functionality
Features
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Menu Box allows you to create beautiful menus in Shortcuts, further customising your advanced Automations. Menus can be created using emojis, SF Symbols App Icons or your own custom images to create truly individual menus with near limitless options. Custom data attached to each menu items allows you to create even more advanced Shortcuts. Menu Box is fully controllable via Shortcuts, including creating Menus dynamically on the fly. Menu Box is perfect for creating advanced Shortcuts to allow you to further customise how your menus look, and becomes especially useful when combined with the Action Button. --- Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

uLinks

This app provides a unified platform for making and receiving calls, and collaborating through meetings and conferences. It ensures seamless connectivity across various internet types and offers advanced features through subscription packages to manage all communication needs.

Highlights
  • Make and receive calls
  • Collaborate through meetings
  • Conference calls
  • Seamless internet connectivity
  • Advanced features via subscription
Features
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With uLinks, you can make and receive calls and collaborate through meetings, conferences and more on your device no matter where you are. Enjoy seamless connectivity on any internet connection - be it Wi-Fi, 3G, 5G or more. Stay productive with advanced features which are subject to package subscriptions. Save time searching for separate applications and take control of all your communication needs with uLinks today.

Screenshots

Menu Box4 screens
uLinks1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: uLinks at none against Menu Box's 4. uLinks also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.5). Menu Box's advantage is ratings volume (14 vs 1). On price, ads and device support 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. Menu Box sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. uLinks asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

uLinks holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Menu Box has 14 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Menu Box versus uLinks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMenu BoxuLinks
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (14 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings14 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.513.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB147 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperSnailed It Development LtdGenew Technologies Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

Menu Box

All ratings14 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral7.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral7.1%
Negative7.1%

uLinks

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Menu Box

Subscriptions1
  • Premium$4.991 Year
One-time3
  • Tip Jar - Small$0.99
  • Tip Jar - Medium$2.99
  • Tip Jar - Large$4.99
None

uLinks

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Menu Box free?
Menu Box is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is uLinks free?
uLinks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Menu Box or uLinks?
uLinks is rated higher. Menu Box averages 4.7 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while uLinks averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Menu Box or uLinks have ads?
Neither Menu Box nor uLinks shows ads.

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