Ford's Garage vs The Meal App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ford's Garage
This app allows users to manage their MotorClub rewards program. It helps find locations, order food online, and earn/redeem points for dining in or takeout.
- MotorClub rewards management
- Find restaurant locations
- Online food ordering
- Earn and redeem points
- Dine-in and takeout options
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The Ford's Garage app puts MotorClub rewards in the fast lane. Find a location, order online, and earn and redeem points whether you're dining in or grabbing it to go.
The Meal App
Easily digitize recipes by scanning or importing them from websites. Organize your meals for the week, track what you've cooked, and rate your creations. Enjoy a private, ad-free experience with a one-time purchase.
- Scan recipes from photos or cookbooks
- Import recipes from websites via links
- Weekly and monthly meal planning
- Track and rate cooked meals
- Spin the dinner wheel for ideas
- Private and ad-free experience
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Snap a recipe card, a cookbook page, or a recipe that runs across several photos, and The Meal App turns it into one clean, editable recipe. Share any recipe page from Safari or paste a link to save it too. Try everything free for 7 days, then unlock forever for $0.99. No subscription. No ads. No account. SAVE RECIPES FROM ANYWHERE - Scan with your camera or choose photos, even one recipe across several pages - Import from websites: paste a link or share from Safari - On supported devices, Apple Intelligence organizes ingredients and steps. You review every field before saving - Add photos, cook times, source, notes and tags - Use Apple Intelligence to create a recipe photo when you don't have one PLAN THE WEEK - Plan breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert by week or month - Add a saved recipe or type a quick meal - Mark leftovers or plan a leftovers night - Can't decide? Spin the dinner wheel by meal, who's eating, and time REMEMBER WHAT WORKED - Tap "I Made This" after cooking - Add a photo and rating, record who liked it, and note what to change next time - Build a cooking history your family can trust PRIVATE BY DESIGN No profile, no social feed, no ads. Your cookbook stays yours and syncs across your iPhone and iPad with iCloud. ONE PRICE, FOREVER Free for 7 days, then one $0.99 purchase unlocks everything. No subscription.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ford's Garage at none against The Meal App's 1. Ford's Garage also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (8.9K vs 6). The Meal App's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 88%). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. The Meal App sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Ford's Garage asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Ford's Garage against 5.0 for The Meal App. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ford's Garage has 8.9K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 88% of Ford's Garage's written reviews are positive against 100% of The Meal App's.
Ford's Garage ships an update weekly, The Meal App every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ford's Garage | The Meal App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (8.9K ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8.9K — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 120 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ford's Garage | Jimmy Mullins |
Customer experience
Ford's Garage
The Meal App
Bugs and requests
Ford's Garage
Reported bugs
2 issues- Unable to migrate accumulated points to new app
- Unclear instructions on which barcode to scan
Requested features
2 requests- Add call ahead seating option to app
- Migrate previous visits to new app
The Meal App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ford's Garage
No in-app purchases
The Meal App
- Unlock Forever$0.99
Questions
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