BURO vs Nom Nom Joy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BURO
Effortlessly plan, schedule, and enjoy your meals with this comprehensive food companion. It's designed for busy individuals, fitness enthusiasts, and home cooks seeking a more organized and healthier lifestyle.
- Effortless meal planning
- Schedule meals
- Food inspiration
- Organized lifestyle
- Healthier eating
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You do you, and we'd take care of the food! Say hello to buro - the ultimate solution to effortlessly plan, schedule, and enjoy your meals like never before. Whether you're a busy professional, a fitness enthusiast, or a home cook looking for inspiration, buro is your go-to companion for a healthier, more organized lifestyle.
Nom Nom Joy
Simplify your week with a meal planner that creates an organized grocery list from your planned meals. View dinner plans and countdowns directly on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Works offline with no account or ads.
- Weekly meal planning (breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks)
- Automatic grocery list generation
- Lock Screen and Dynamic Island widgets
- Offline functionality
- No account or ads required
- Organized by store section
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It is 5 PM and someone is about to ask what's for dinner. Tonight, the answer is already waiting on your Lock Screen. Nom Nom Joy is a meal planner that keeps the week simple. Plan it the easy way, then turn it into a grocery list. Home cooked, takeout, or leftovers: it all counts. A planner built around the way people actually eat, not a recipe app. No recipe feed to scroll. No calorie counting. No account to create. PLAN YOUR WEEK - Breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, and dessert - Save your favorites and drop them onto any day - Duplicate a week forward, or repeat a meal across the days you pick - Drag meals between days to reshuffle - Flag what needs prep and get ahead on the weekend ONE COMBINED GROCERY LIST - Your meals become a single organized list - Grouped by store section, duplicates combined so you buy once - Tick items off from the widget without opening the app - Add anything extra by hand ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN - A "What's for Dinner?" widget for Home Screen and Lock Screen - A dinner countdown in the Dynamic Island - Control Center buttons for tonight's dinner and your list Everything stays on your device. No account, no server, no tracking, no ads. Works fully offline. Requires iOS 26. Universal app for iPhone and iPad.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: BURO at every 6 weeks against Nom Nom Joy's every 16 months. BURO also leads on ratings volume (25 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for BURO against 5.0 for Nom Nom Joy. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BURO has 25 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
BURO ships an update every 6 weeks, Nom Nom Joy every 16 months. Both last shipped on September 26, 2026.
| Parameter | BURO | Nom Nom Joy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (25 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 16 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 101 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TECHRAR SOLUTIONS COMPANY | Jorge Briones |
Customer experience
BURO
Nom Nom Joy
In-app purchases
BURO
No in-app purchases
Nom Nom Joy
No in-app purchases
