Comparison

Menu Maker vs Menu Gen AI

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

Menu Gen AI

Features
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Turn your paper menu into a smart digital menu in minutes. Starter credits included buy more for photo generation / extraction. Menu AI is the fastest way for restaurants and cafés to go digital. Snap photos of your existing menu pages and our AI reads every dish — names, prices, categories, spice levels, and dietary details and builds a polished, shareable digital menu automatically. No typing, no spreadsheets, no designers. BUILT FOR BUSY RESTAURANT OWNERS • Photo-to-menu extraction: upload up to 15 menu pages at once and watch your dishes appear, already organized by category • AI descriptions: generate appetizing, accurate dish descriptions in English or Thai with one tap • AI food photography: missing dish photos? Generate beautiful images for every item, or upload your own • Menu editor: fix prices, reorder dishes, mark items unavailable, and manage dietary and spice tags — changes go live instantly • Completeness dashboard: see at a glance which dishes still need photos, descriptions, or prices A MENU THAT TALKS TO YOUR GUESTS Your public menu comes with a built-in AI assistant that answers guest questions instantly: "What's vegetarian?", "Something spicy under 200 baht?", "Do you have anything gluten-free?" The assistant recommends only real dishes from your actual menu — grounded, accurate, and always up to date. When an exact match isn't available, it suggests the closest options so guests always have something to order. SHARE ANYWHERE Every restaurant gets a clean public menu link, perfect for QR codes on tables, Instagram bios, and Google Maps profiles. Guests browse by category, filter by dietary needs, and see photos of every dish — no app download required on their side. MADE FOR THAI RESTAURANTS, GREAT FOR ANY KITCHEN Menu AI understands bilingual Thai–English menus, Thai dish names, and spice levels out of the box — and works just as well for any cuisine. WHY RESTAURANTS LOVE MENU AI • Set up a complete digital menu in minutes, not days • Answer guest questions automatically, even during the rush • Update prices and availability yourself — no reprints, no waiting • Look professional online with photos and descriptions for every dish Download Menu AI and give your menu a voice.

Screenshots

Menu Maker4 screens
Menu Gen AI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Menu Gen AI at daily against Menu Maker's every 2 months. Menu Gen AI also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). Menu Maker's advantage is chart position (#150 vs unranked). 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. Menu Maker sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Menu Gen AI sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Menu Maker ships an update every 2 months, Menu Gen AI daily. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Menu Maker versus Menu Gen AI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMenu MakerMenu Gen AI
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (297 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings297 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#150 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size128 MB37 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperManoj DhamatRishabh Sharma

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
1 purchases

Menu Gen AI

One-time1
  • Buy credits$9.99

Questions

Is Menu Maker free?
Menu Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Menu Gen AI free?
Menu Gen AI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Menu Maker or Menu Gen AI have ads?
Neither Menu Maker nor Menu Gen AI shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Menu Maker or Menu Gen AI?
Menu Maker ships an update every 2 months, and Menu Gen AI daily. Most recently, Menu Maker was updated on October 18, 2026 and Menu Gen AI on October 7, 2026.

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