Mealify 2.0 vs Carta
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mealify 2.0
Organize your kitchen, plan meals, and create shopping lists effortlessly. Discover recipes based on ingredients you already have and reduce food waste. Features AI pantry scanning for quick item input.
- AI pantry scan from photo
- Automatic pantry management
- Recipe discovery and filtering
- Instant meal plan generation
- Shopping list creation
- Missing ingredient detection
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Take control of the kitchen with an easier, stress-free way to manage groceries, meals, and pantry items. Mealify 2.0 helps you organize your pantry, discover recipes from your existing ingredients, plan meals for the week, and build shopping lists without the guesswork. Whether you are trying to waste less food, save money, or simply decide what to cook faster, the app brings your groceries and meal planning into one place. Use our exclusive AI pantry scan to quickly detect items from a photo and populate your in-app pantry in moments. Keep track of ingredients, browse recipes, and see what you are missing before you start cooking. Build a weekly meal plan, then turn planned meals into a shopping list automatically. FEATURES: - AI pantry scan from a single photo - Automatic pantry management from item tracking - Recipe organization, filtering, and discovery - Instant meal plan generation - Favorites and saved recipes - Missing ingredient detection GREAT FOR: - Busy families - Students - Meal preppers - Home cooks - Anyone who wants to save time with groceries Spend less time wondering what to make and more time cooking. Privacy Policy: https://www.freeprivacypolicy.com/live/4a0443a3-93e5-45f3-8b5a-5c2b6a789f75 Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Carta
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Carta is a fast, offline menu builder for restaurants, cafés, bars, bistros, and any venue serving food. Design your menu, choose a theme, and export a self-contained webpage you can share or host yourself — all on your iPhone or iPad, with no account and no subscription. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Create unlimited menus, organized by category (starters, mains, desserts, drinks…) • Add dishes with name, description, price, emoji, availability toggle, and tags • Mark the 14 EU allergens (Reg. 1169/2011) on every dish • Pick from 5 designed themes: Elegante, Trattoria, Minimal, Vivace, Zen • Live HTML preview of the finished menu • Edit the generated HTML directly for advanced customizations • Export as a self-contained ZIP (HTML + assets), ready to share or host • Bilingual editor: Italian and English OFFLINE BY DESIGN Carta works without an internet connection and stores everything on your device. Your menu data never leaves your iPhone or iPad unless you export it yourself. No analytics, no tracking, no third-party SDKs. PERFECT FOR • Restaurants, trattorias, pizzerias, osterias • Cafés, bistros, bakeries, pastry shops • Bars, pubs, wine bars, cocktail bars • Catering, food trucks, pop-ups • Hotels, B&Bs, small inns • Private events, weddings, dinners • Anyone serving food who needs a quick, professional digital menu EXPORT WHERE YOU LIKE The ZIP contains a single index.html and its assets. You can: • Open it in any browser • Host it on a local web server inside your venue (so guests load it from your WiFi instead of the internet) • Share it via email, AirDrop, or messaging • Print it from the browser • Keep timestamped exports as your menu history PRIVACY Carta does not collect personal data, does not use trackers, and does not require an account.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Mealify 2.0 at Free against Carta's $4.99. Carta's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On 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
Mealify 2.0 is free to download; Carta costs $4.99 up front. Mealify 2.0 sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Carta asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Mealify 2.0 | Carta |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (11 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 188 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jackson Dow | Marco Tini |
In-app purchases
Mealify 2.0
- Mealify 2.0 Monthly$2.991 Month
- Mealify 2.0 Premium Limited Time$8.99
- Mealify 2.0 Premium$19.99
Carta
No in-app purchases









