Comparison

View Menu vs Recipe Folio AI

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

Head to head
About

View Menu

Instantly translate foreign language menus using your phone's camera. See dish photos, check ingredients, and save translated menus for future reference. Explore new cuisines with confidence, even with handwritten menus.

Highlights
  • Instant menu translation by photo
  • Dish photos and descriptions
  • Handwritten menu support
  • Multi-language support (50+ languages)
  • Save translated menus
  • Ingredient and preparation details
Features
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View Menu – Your Smart Menu Translator & Food Guide! Ever struggled with a menu in a foreign language? Want to know exactly what you're ordering without guessing? View Menu is your ultimate dining companion! Instantly translate menus, see dish photos, check ingredients, and make informed choices wherever you go. Why You’ll Love View Menu: - Instant Menu Translation – Snap a photo of any menu, and we’ll translate it for you in seconds. No more confusion! - Dish Photos & Descriptions – See what your food looks like before you order. Get details on ingredients and preparation methods. - Save menus – Save your translated menus for the next visits. - Works in Multiple Languages – Supports English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Russian, and 50+ other languages! - Handwritten Menu Support – Even if a menu isn’t printed, View Menu can still translate it for you. Who is View Menu for? - Travelers & Tourists – Don’t let language barriers stop you from enjoying local food. Order like a pro anywhere in the world! - Food Lovers & Adventurers – Explore new cuisines, try authentic dishes, and make every meal a great experience. - Health-Conscious Diners – Find meals that fit your diet without worrying about unknown ingredients. - Language Learners – Improve your language skills by seeing how menus are translated in real time. How It Works: 1. Open the app and take a picture of a menu. 2. Get instant translations with dish names, ingredients, and descriptions. 3. Browse photos to see what your meal will look like. With View Menu, eating out in a new place is fun, easy, and stress-free. Say goodbye to confusion and hello to amazing food experiences! Download View Menu now and enjoy every meal with confidence! ___________ Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase. SUBSCRIPTION PRICING AND TERMS Subscription Options: Weekly Premium Membership offers $5.99 weekly subscription for unlocking: Instant menu translations, ai dish recommendations, ai-generated dish photos, save & revisit menues Yearly Premium Membership offers $39.99 yearly subscription for unlocking: Instant menu translations, ai dish recommendations, ai-generated dish photos, save & revisit menues Terms of Service: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V1zUJFQuemwRooPH7KOQl2Iq9FfPHrXhRxI_VUL2LA8/edit?usp=sharing Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g6tMTWBKNBE1bQisvA75o0wdlWrvmiVdtrfhiVMDJQE/edit?usp=sharing

About

Recipe Folio AI

Features
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Take a photo of the page. Cook from it tonight. Most of us keep recipes everywhere. A cookbook on the shelf, a page torn from a magazine, a screenshot a friend sent, forty food photos in the camera roll. Recipe Folio AI puts them in one place, helps you cook them, and helps you cook them a little better each time. Snap. Save. Plan. Host. Cook. Rate. Get better. SNAP Point your phone at the page. Recipe Folio AI reads it and writes it up as a recipe: the name, what you need and what to do. Scanning is free, with no limit. Free reading happens on your device with Apple Intelligence, which needs an iPhone 15 Pro, an iPhone 16 or later, or an iPad with M1 or later. On other devices, Photo reading in Plus reads the page for you, or you can add your own OpenAI key in Settings. The support page shows how. SAVE Every recipe in one place. Search by name, or show only breakfast, lunch, dinner, your favourites or the ones you have cooked. Fix anything the reader got wrong, or type a recipe in yourself. PLAN THE WEEK (PLUS) Your week is a row of dated days. Tap a day, add a meal, move to any week you like. Send one meal, one day or the whole week to a shopping list. EVENTS (PLUS) Having people over? Give the night a name, a date and the number of guests. Build the menu by course from your own recipes, and every dish is scaled to the table. Print the menu on one page. Past events stay in the list, so you can see what you served last time. SHOPPING LISTS (PLUS) One list for the week, one for a day, one for each event. The same ingredient lands on one line. Amounts in the same unit are added up, and different units sit side by side, so a total is never wrong. Print a list, send it to Reminders or share it. COOK One step at a time, in big type. The screen stays on. If a step has a time in it, the timer is right there. Halve a recipe, double it or triple it. RATE When you finish, give it stars, say whether you followed the recipe or changed it, and leave a note. "Too salty" or "Needed longer" is one tap. GET BETTER The next time you open that recipe, your notes are waiting, along with every time you have cooked it. You remember what to change, so the dish gets better. WHAT IS FREE Snapping, saving, searching, typing a recipe in, editing, scaling, printing and sharing recipes, cook mode, timers, stars and notes. These stay free. RECIPE FOLIO PLUS Plus is optional. It adds four things: - Photo reading. For pages your phone reads badly, the photo goes through our server to a stronger reader. 50 photo readings a month. - The meal planner. - Events. - Shopping lists. Monthly or yearly. No free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm. Plus renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the period, and your account is charged for the renewal within the 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. If you never want Plus, the free app keeps working. It is up to you. No account. No sign-up. No tracking. The first time Photo reading would send a photo, the app asks you first. The photo goes through our server to OpenAI, which reads it. Our server does not keep your photos or your recipes. OpenAI may keep the photo and what it read for up to 30 days to check for misuse, unless the law requires longer, and does not use it to train its models. Privacy policy: https://recipefolio.app/privacy Terms of use: https://recipefolio.app/terms Support: https://recipefolio.app/support

Screenshots

View Menu4 screens
Recipe Folio AI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: View Menu at every 4 days against Recipe Folio AI's every 7 months. View Menu also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). 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. View Menu sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Recipe Folio AI sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

View Menu ships an update every 4 days, Recipe Folio AI every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
View Menu versus Recipe Folio AI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterView MenuRecipe Folio AI
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (30 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews11.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings30 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNikita VelichkoCoffee Alchymists Pty Ltd

Bugs and requests

View Menu

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Unable to read any menus uploaded
  • Onboarding process is overly long and bloated
  • Lifetime subscription offer not available as advertised

Requested features

2 requests
  • Improve menu reading capabilities
  • Ensure transparent and ethical business practices

Recipe Folio AI

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

View Menu

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Yearly$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • LifetimeFree
2 purchases

Recipe Folio AI

Subscriptions2
  • Plus Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Plus Yearly$19.991 Year

Questions

Is View Menu free?
View Menu is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Recipe Folio AI free?
Recipe Folio AI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do View Menu or Recipe Folio AI have ads?
Neither View Menu nor Recipe Folio AI shows ads.
Which is updated more often, View Menu or Recipe Folio AI?
View Menu ships an update every 4 days, and Recipe Folio AI every 7 months. Most recently, View Menu was updated on October 24, 2026 and Recipe Folio AI on October 28, 2026.

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