Comparison

Bebop vs Menuly

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

Head to head
About

Bebop

This app prioritizes speed and simplicity for capturing ideas as plain text. It offers seamless cloud syncing and integration with other apps, allowing for a clutter-free, capture-first mobile editing experience. Advanced features and customization are available through a one-time upgrade.

Highlights
  • Lightning-fast plain text capture
  • Clutter-free interface
  • iCloud Drive/Dropbox sync
  • Open plain-text formats (.txt, .md)
  • Customizable headers, footers, filenames
  • Flashback recent notes
  • Share extension for saving content
Features
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Bebop helps you get down your ideas, fast. It assumes that review and organization are better done on larger screens—that a mobile text editor should be lightning-fast, clutter-free, and capture-first. • No ads, no logins, no tracking: Files are synced natively to your chosen iCloud Drive or Dropbox folder • BYOMA (Bring Your Own MacOS App): Open plain-text formats like .txt and .md/markdown plug neatly into Obsidian • Custom headers, footers, and filename formats: To work with your workflow • Flashback notes: Cycle through recent notes with a single tap • Share extension: Quickly save links and text from other iOS apps • Widgets and shortcut: Launch Bebop in any number of ways • Unlimited notes (even for free users) For a one-time Pro upgrade (no subscriptions!) you’ll also get color themes, custom templating, power-user settings, and help support future development. --- Bebop is made by Jack Cheng, an author and solo developer in Detroit, Michigan. More info and privacy policy: https://www.jackcheng.com/bebop/ * Dropbox sync requires you to have the Dropbox iOS app installed.

About

Menuly

Features
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Need a clean menu for your café, food truck, pop-up, bake sale or dinner party? Menuly turns your sections, dishes and prices into a styled, printable menu PDF — no design software, no template hunting. Enter your restaurant name and an optional tagline, add sections and dishes, pick a paper size and style, and tap Make Menu PDF. • YOUR SECTIONS — starters, mains, desserts, drinks or anything you like. Add, rename and delete sections and items as you go. • NAME, DESCRIPTION, PRICE — each dish gets its name on the left, the price on the right joined by dotted leaders, and an optional description underneath. Prices are free text, so any currency works. • THREE STYLES — Classic, Modern and Bistro, each with its own accent colour. • LETTER OR A4 — choose US Letter or A4 paper. Long menus continue onto as many pages as they need — no dish is split across pages and a section heading never sits alone at the bottom — with page numbers and your restaurant name repeated at the top of each extra page. The paper size starts on the one your region uses. • PRINT, SHARE OR SAVE — print with AirPrint, share the PDF, or save it to Files. Honest scope: Menuly makes text-only menus — no photos or logos — and it isn't an ordering, POS or QR-menu system. Your menu is saved on your iPhone as you type, so it's still there the next time you open the app. Your menu is made on your iPhone. Nothing is uploaded and no account is needed. Try it free — 3 menus. A one-time $4.99 purchase unlocks unlimited menus. No subscription, no ads. Questions: overlapmarr@gmail.com

Screenshots

Bebop4 screens
Menuly3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Menuly at weekly against Bebop's every 3 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Bebop sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Menuly sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bebop ships an update every 3 weeks, Menuly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Bebop versus Menuly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBebopMenuly
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (46 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews95.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings46 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJack Cheng LLCJhomar Maravillas

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Bebop

One-time1
  • Pro Upgrade$4.99
1 purchases

Menuly

One-time1
  • Unlock Unlimited$4.99

Questions

Is Bebop free?
Bebop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Menuly free?
Menuly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Bebop or Menuly have ads?
Neither Bebop nor Menuly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bebop or Menuly?
Bebop ships an update every 3 weeks, and Menuly weekly. Most recently, Bebop was updated on October 23, 2026 and Menuly on October 16, 2026.

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