Hibachi Express Laurel vs UMD Dining
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hibachi Express Laurel
Easily order your favorite meals ahead of time and skip the wait. View detailed menu information, track your order status in real-time, and receive notifications when it's ready. Manage your account, check rewards, and review your order history.
- Order ahead
- View menu details
- Track order status
- Real-time notifications
- Account management
- Reward balance check
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Order Ahead Order ahead and get your food without the wait! Menu Details Check the status of all dishes and place your order. My Orders Track your Orders and get real-time notifications your order is ready! My Account Check your Reward Balance, Order History and more.
UMD Dining
Discover personalized food recommendations across campus dining halls using AI. Track your nutrition, filter by dietary needs and allergens, and save your favorite items for easy access. This app helps you find the best meals based on your taste and preferences.
- AI-powered personalized food recommendations
- Nutrition tracking (calories, protein, carbs, fat)
- Dietary preference and allergen filtering
- Searchable menus across all dining halls
- Save favorite foods and stations
- Real-time menu item nutrition facts
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UMD Dining uses AI to learn your taste and surface the best items across Yahentamitsi, 251 North, and South Campus Diner. No more walking around dining halls to find something that looks good. Your feed is ranked based on your favorites, dietary preferences, and past interactions. The more you use it, the smarter it gets. Log what you eat and track calories, protein, carbs, and fat against daily goals. Every menu item includes full nutrition facts pulled directly from UMD Dining Services. Set your allergens once and they're filtered out everywhere. Filter by vegetarian, vegan, high-protein, or specific allergens like gluten, dairy, nuts, and more. Search any food across all dining halls and meal periods. Results are ranked by relevance and personalized to your preferences. Save foods and stations you love. Your favorites travel across dining halls — if a favorite item shows up anywhere, you'll know. Built by Terps, for Terps.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: UMD Dining at weekly against Hibachi Express Laurel's monthly. UMD Dining also leads on ratings volume (12 vs 3). Hibachi Express Laurel's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Hibachi Express Laurel against 5.0 for UMD Dining. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 12 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Hibachi Express Laurel ships an update monthly, UMD Dining weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hibachi Express Laurel | UMD Dining |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PEBLLA, INC | ADVAY MONGA |
Customer experience
Hibachi Express Laurel
UMD Dining
In-app purchases
Hibachi Express Laurel
No in-app purchases
UMD Dining
No in-app purchases
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