Comparison

Dish Log vs Mart Day

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

Head to head
About

Dish Log

Features
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Main Features: • Recipe Management: Add recipes, display recipes in card format, and export recipes as long images. • Food Log: Record your daily meals and creative ideas. • Menu Planning: Plan your upcoming dishes. Suitable Scenarios: • Saving and sharing recipes. • Learning new recipes and recording your cooking experiences. Welcome to download and start your culinary creation journey!

About

Mart Day

Features
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Main Functions: I. Ingredient Management 【Ingredient Search】Provides over 900 common ingredients that can be directly added to your shopping list. 【Shopping List】Supports copying or direct sharing; quick entry, automatically identifies and extracts ingredient prices, quantities/weights; to-do lists can be updated synchronously while shopping; Switch to card view for more efficient modification of ingredient names, whether they are staple foods, currency, and weight/quantity units, etc. 【Homepage Grouping】Supports group management and view switching; switching to card view makes it easier to monitor prices. II. Refrigerator Management 【Ingredient Filtering】Supports filtering by different statuses: normal, near expiration, expired, and finished; counts near-expiration quantities. 【Near-Expiration Reminder】Reminds you 2 days in advance when stored ingredients are about to expire. Daily push notifications for near-expiration dates 【Ingredient Management】Swipe left to replenish, delete, or modify the near-expiration days for ingredients. III. Recipe Module 【Recipe Content】The homepage recommends the latest and third-party recipes, supporting searches by name and browsing recipes by region or flavor. 【Custom Recipes】Users can create and input recipes, with data stored locally. 【Recipe Details】Provides ingredient and cooking step information, linked to the shopping list, allowing direct addition (single/batch) of ingredients needed for a recipe to the list; official recipes can also be saved locally for further editing. IV. Settings 【Language Switch】Currently supports English and Chinese. 【Unit Configuration】Users can customize currency units and weight/quantity units. 【User Feedback】Users can directly report issues within the app, submitting descriptions and screenshots.

Screenshots

Dish Log3 screens
Mart Day4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dish Log at none against Mart Day's 3. Mart Day's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.6). On price, ads 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. Mart Day sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Dish Log asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dish Log ships an update every 4 months, Mart Day every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Dish Log versus Mart Day: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDish LogMart Day
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB113 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer江泉 王赛邦 侯

In-app purchases

None

Dish Log

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Mart Day

One-time3
  • 150 points$0.99
  • 400 points$1.99
  • 1500 points$6.99

Questions

Is Dish Log free?
Dish Log is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mart Day free?
Mart Day is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Dish Log or Mart Day have ads?
Neither Dish Log nor Mart Day shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dish Log or Mart Day?
Dish Log ships an update every 4 months, and Mart Day every 2 weeks. Most recently, Dish Log was updated on October 25, 2026 and Mart Day on October 28, 2026.

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