Comparison

Menu Maker vs Meal Curate

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

Meal Curate

This app helps you plan your weekly meals, track your nutritional intake, and generate smart shopping lists. It offers personalized health tips based on your eating habits and supports specific dietary needs like Low-FODMAP. Enjoy a judgment-free approach to healthy eating.

Highlights
  • AI-generated meal plans
  • Macro and calorie tracking
  • Recipe import from URLs
  • Smart pantry management
  • Auto-generated shopping lists
  • Low-FODMAP diet support
Features
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Meal Curate is the meal-planning app that coaches you instead of shaming you. Plan your week, track every macro, and get smart health tips based on what you actually ate - not generic advice. Reminders that match how you actually eat. Tell Meal Curate how many meals you have per day (1–6) and get a reminder for each one, including morning/afternoon/evening snack slots. Low-FODMAP diet support is built in — recipes are auto-tagged so the filter works out of the box. The diet picker now lets you either hide recipes outside your diet or keep them visible with a small "Not [Diet]" badge — useful when cooking for a mixed household. Built for real home cooks. No spreadsheets, no rigid diets, no judgment. == WHY MEAL CURATE == Most calorie apps yell at you for missing a goal. Meal Curate looks at your last 7, 14, or 30 days and tells you what to DO - eat more, boost protein, add fiber. It's the difference between a tracker and a teammate. == WHAT YOU CAN DO == PLAN YOUR WEEK • AI-generated meal plans built around your macro goals • Drag-and-drop weekly planner • Save your favorite combos and reuse them anytime TRACK YOUR MACROS • Daily calorie, protein, fat, carb, and fiber tracking • 7, 14, and 30-day trend charts • Smart health tips delivered on the days you need them • Set your own goals - we'll coach you toward them IMPORT ANY RECIPE • Paste a URL from any cooking blog or website • Meal Curate parses the full recipe automatically • Build a private library of recipes you actually cook SMART PANTRY • Track what's in your kitchen • Barcode scanner for instant adds (Pro) • Expiration alerts so nothing goes to waste AUTO SHOPPING LISTS • Generated from your meal plan • Knows what's already in your pantry • Organized by store section to save you time 500+ STARTER RECIPES • Curated from USDA MyPlate and our own kitchen • Filter by category, ingredient, or macros • Includes summer favorites: smash burgers, grilled skewers, watermelon feta salad == FREE TO USE == Meal Curate is free. Plan meals, save recipes, build shopping lists, and track basic nutrition with no subscription. == MEAL CURATE PRO == Unlock the full experience with Meal Curate Pro: • AI meal-plan generation • Advanced macro coaching and trends • Barcode scanner for instant pantry adds • Unlimited recipe imports • Expiration alerts • Priority support Subscription options: • Monthly - auto-renewing • Yearly - auto-renewing (best value, save 30%+) Free trial available for new subscribers. Cancel anytime in Settings, under Subscriptions. Subscriptions auto-renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. == PRIVACY-FIRST == Your data stays on your device. We don't sell it, don't share it, don't even see it. No account required - open the app and start. == GET IN TOUCH == We're a small team building this for real home cooks. Tell us what to add next: mealcucrate@gmail.com Follow us on social as MealCurate for recipes, tips, and the occasional founder rant. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://mealcurate.github.io/Support/privacy.html

Screenshots

Menu Maker4 screens
Meal Curate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Menu Maker at 300 against Meal Curate's 2. Menu Maker also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). Meal Curate's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 and Meal Curate sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Meal Curate 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, Meal Curate every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Menu Maker versus Meal Curate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMenu MakerMeal Curate
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (300 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings300 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size128 MB7 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperManoj DhamatJeanese Latiolais Raymond

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
2 purchases

Meal Curate

Subscriptions2
  • Meal Curate Pro$2.991 Month
  • Meal Curate Pro1 Month trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Menu Maker free?
Menu Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Meal Curate free?
Meal Curate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Menu Maker or Meal Curate?
Meal Curate is rated higher. Menu Maker averages 4.7 out of 5 from 300 ratings, while Meal Curate averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Menu Maker or Meal Curate have ads?
Neither Menu Maker nor Meal Curate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Menu Maker or Meal Curate?
Menu Maker ships an update every 2 months, and Meal Curate every 2 weeks. Most recently, Menu Maker was updated on October 27, 2026 and Meal Curate on October 24, 2026.

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