Comparison

Menu Maker vs Bed Side Meals

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

Head to head
About

Menu Maker

Easily create professional-looking menus for your business in minutes. Choose from hundreds of customizable templates, add your own branding, and even generate QR codes for online access. No design skills are needed to make eye-catching menus for print or digital display.

Highlights
  • Hundreds of customizable menu templates
  • QR code generation for online access
  • Easy category search for templates
  • Customizable fonts, backgrounds, and stickers
  • Image cropping and professional editing tools
  • Save and share menus online
  • Undo/Redo and re-edit functionality
Features
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Need a menu for your restaurant, café or small business? Menu Maker gives you hundreds of ready-made designs you can make your own in minutes. Change the text, add your photos, set your prices, then print it or share it. No design skills needed. START FROM A TEMPLATE • Hundreds of fully editable menu templates • Browse by category: restaurant, café, burger, pizza, bar, bakery, breakfast, dessert, ice cream, seafood, drinks, wine, food truck, kids, BBQ and more • Seasonal designs for Christmas, Halloween and other occasions • Price list layouts for salons and other small businesses • Single page, two-fold (bi-fold) and tri-fold formats EDIT EVERY DETAIL • Tap any text to rewrite dishes, descriptions and prices • Choose from a wide range of fonts, grouped by style • Set text color, shadow, outline, alignment and curved text • Add photos from your camera or library and crop them into shapes • Remove the background from a photo • Decorate with stickers, shapes, icons, badges and banners • Change the background color or image • Reorder elements with layers; flip, rotate and resize anything • Undo and redo, so you can experiment freely SAVE NOW, FINISH LATER • Save your work as a draft and pick it up any time • Find all your designs in My Menu • Mark templates as favourites to reach them quickly PRINT IT OR SHARE IT • Export as JPG, PNG or PDF • High-resolution export for sharp printing • Print straight from the app • Share to social and messaging apps • Create a QR code so customers can open your menu on their phone MADE FOR BUSY OWNERS Menu Maker is built for restaurant, café, bar, bakery and food truck owners, and for any small business that needs a clear, good-looking menu or price list. The app is available in 13 languages. MENU MAKER PRO Menu Maker is free to download. An optional Pro upgrade (weekly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase) removes ads and unlocks all templates and high-quality export. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel them in your Account Settings. Privacy Policy: https://viewmenu.app/privacypolicy Terms of Use: https://viewmenu.app/termsofuse

About

Bed Side Meals

This platform streamlines meal ordering and management for healthcare facilities. It connects care staff and kitchen teams to ensure accurate, efficient, and timely meal delivery, improving resident satisfaction and operational workflow.

Highlights
  • Resident profiles with dietary needs
  • Easy meal ordering for staff
  • Multi-management and admin controls
  • Kitchen dashboard for real-time updates
  • Communication log for staff
  • Meal and nutrition tracking
Features
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Bed Side Meals is a smart, easy-to-use food ordering and management platform built specifically for healthcare facilities. It helps care staff and kitchen teams streamline the entire meal service process—from ordering to delivery—ensuring accuracy, efficiency, and better resident satisfaction. Designed with the daily workflow of healthcare environments in mind, Bed Side Meals eliminates paper slips, miscommunication, and meal delays. Care staff can quickly place and track meal orders for residents right from their devices, while kitchen teams receive real-time updates and can mark meals as prepared. The result: a smoother, faster, and more connected meal service experience for everyone involved. Key Features Resident Profiles Maintain complete resident profiles with dietary needs, allergies, and texture preferences. Ensure every meal is tailored to individual health and comfort. Easy Meal Ordering Care staff can browse daily or weekly menus, place meal orders, and customize selections for each resident. Ordering for multiple residents takes just a few taps. Multi-Management & Admin Controls Admins can assign multiple managers to kitchen and care teams. Care managers oversee residents, staff, and orders, while kitchen managers manage staff, menus, and meal orders - ensuring smooth operations and seamless communication. Kitchen Dashboard Kitchen staff get complete control and visibility over meal operations. Orders are received in real time and organized by delivery locations, making meal prep smoother and more efficient. Staff can update order statuses, mark meals as ready, and create or reuse menus - all from one dashboard. Communication Log Stay connected between care staff and the kitchen. The built-in log tracks messages, special instructions, or updates about specific orders - eliminating confusion and delays. Meal & Nutrition Tracking Automatically record resident meal history and beverage consumption. This helps care teams monitor dietary compliance and manage nutrition for every resident. Built for Healthcare Facilities Whether it’s a nursing home, assisted living community, or rehabilitation center, Bed Side Meals adapts to your facility’s workflow. It’s secure, HIPAA-conscious, and scalable across departments. Why Choose Bed Side Meals? Streamline communication between care staff and kitchen teams Reduce order errors and delivery delays Save time with automated tracking and reporting Improve satisfaction for residents and staff Provide transparency and accountability across departments Bed Side Meals isn’t just an app - it’s an innovative solution that modernizes how meals are managed and delivered. By connecting care staff, kitchen staff, and administrators through one seamless platform, your facility can provide faster service, reduce waste, and focus on what truly matters: quality care and resident well-being. Simplify your meal management process today with Bed Side Meals - because better communication means better care.

Screenshots

Menu Maker4 screens
Bed Side Meals4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bed Side Meals at none against Menu Maker's 4. Bed Side Meals also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Menu Maker's advantage is ratings volume (300 vs 2). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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 Maker sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Bed Side Meals asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bed Side Meals holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Menu Maker has 300 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Menu Maker ships an update every 2 months, Bed Side Meals every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Menu Maker versus Bed Side Meals: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMenu MakerBed Side Meals
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (300 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings300 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size128 MB32 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperManoj DhamatBED SIDE MEALS LLC

Customer experience

Menu Maker

All ratings297 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral1.3%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%

Bed Side Meals

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

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Menu Maker

Subscriptions2
  • Menu Maker Pro Weekly Pack$4.997 Days
  • Menu Maker Pro Yearly Pack3 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time2
  • Menu Maker Pro Gift Pack$14.99
  • Menu Maker Pro Lifetime Pack$29.99
None

Bed Side Meals

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Menu Maker free?
Menu Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bed Side Meals free?
Bed Side Meals is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Menu Maker or Bed Side Meals?
Bed Side Meals is rated higher. Menu Maker averages 4.7 out of 5 from 300 ratings, while Bed Side Meals averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Menu Maker or Bed Side Meals have ads?
Neither Menu Maker nor Bed Side Meals shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Menu Maker or Bed Side Meals?
Menu Maker ships an update every 2 months, and Bed Side Meals every 9 days. Most recently, Menu Maker was updated on October 24, 2026 and Bed Side Meals on October 24, 2026.

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