Comparison

ChineseDishNutrientEstimation vs Swipe Dining

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

Head to head
About

ChineseDishNutrientEstimation

Identify and estimate the nutritional content of over 200 Chinese dishes using just a single image. This free application provides detailed nutrient profiles for various popular Chinese food items.

Highlights
  • Classify 241 Chinese dishes
  • Estimate nutrient profiles
  • Single-view RGB image analysis
  • Free to use
  • Supports iPhone and iPad
Features
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A free app to classify 241 types of Chinese dishes and estimate nutrient profiles by single-view RGB images.

About

Swipe Dining

Easily find dining options at UConn with real-time menus and detailed nutrition information. Make informed food choices with health scores and dietary filters, and track your meals with a built-in journal.

Highlights
  • Real-time menus for dining halls and retail locations
  • Health scores for menu items
  • Dietary need filters (vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, halal, allergens)
  • Food journaling
  • Compare dining halls
  • Personalized health scores
  • Crowdsourced busy levels
Features
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Swipe is the easiest way to eat well at UConn. Browse every dining hall menu, see a simple 0–99 health score for each item, and track your nutrition in one place. Whether you're chasing a protein goal or just trying to eat better, Swipe helps you pick before you fill your plate. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Compare food at a glance: every item gets a 0–99 score based on protein, fiber, sodium, sugar and more. • Personalize it: set your dietary preferences and allergens once, and Swipe flags items that may conflict and tailors scores to you. • See every dining hall and retail spot: Northwest, Putnam, South, McMahon, North, Towers, Whitney, Connecticut and campus retail, with live open and closed hours. • Find late-night deals: discounts from local restaurants show up when the dining halls are closed. • Track your nutrition: log meals and watch your protein, calories and macros add up toward your goals. • Build custom meals: combine dining hall items, packaged foods or your own entries to see a full meal's nutrition and score. • Search and scan: look up UConn items and common packaged foods, or scan a barcode. • Find the best hall right now for your goals. Built by a UConn student, for UConn students. Free to use. Swipe works with UConn dining menus and is not an official UConn app. Always check ingredient and allergen info with dining staff.

Screenshots

ChineseDishNutrientEstimation4 screens
Swipe Dining4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Swipe Dining at 119 against ChineseDishNutrientEstimation's 1. Swipe Dining also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for ChineseDishNutrientEstimation against 4.9 for Swipe Dining. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Swipe Dining has 119 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
ChineseDishNutrientEstimation versus Swipe Dining: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChineseDishNutrientEstimationSwipe Dining
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.9 (119 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1119 — better
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size438 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYihang FengSean Howard

Customer experience

ChineseDishNutrientEstimation

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

Swipe Dining

All ratings118 ratings
Positive97.5%
Neutral1.7%
Negative0.8%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

ChineseDishNutrientEstimation

No in-app purchases

None

Swipe Dining

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ChineseDishNutrientEstimation free?
ChineseDishNutrientEstimation is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Swipe Dining free?
Swipe Dining is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ChineseDishNutrientEstimation or Swipe Dining?
ChineseDishNutrientEstimation is rated higher. ChineseDishNutrientEstimation averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Swipe Dining averages 4.9 from 119 ratings.
Do ChineseDishNutrientEstimation or Swipe Dining have ads?
Neither ChineseDishNutrientEstimation nor Swipe Dining shows ads.

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