Comparison

Dish Log vs Dining

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

Dining

Features
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Dining is a calm, beautifully simple meal journal for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. Save the food you love with photos, notes and a little everyday ritual. 【Log a meal in 30 seconds】 Choose a meal type, add photos, and record what you ate, when, where and how it felt. Pick from your photo library, search nearby restaurants, use precise location, create custom tags and add notes. 【A clear daily timeline】 Browse meals by date, swipe through days, and jump anywhere with the compact calendar. Search your history by food, restaurant, meal type or tag. 【See your eating rhythm】 Review the last 3 days, this week, this month, the last year or any custom date range. Track meals, recorded days, regularity score, meal distribution, favorite tags and places. 【Create something worth sharing】 Choose a day, a single meal or your stats. Build a daily card, collage or menu poster with flexible photo selection, deletion and balanced layouts that keep every image natural. 【Your data stays yours】 Records are stored locally by default and can be exported as JSON or Excel. Members can sync their records with iCloud and restore them across devices. Meal reminders can be set around your own schedule. Whether you are building healthier habits, training for a goal, or simply learning to enjoy everyday meals, Dining makes consistency feel lighter and more personal. 【Auto-Subscription Terms】 Payment: iTunes account charged at end of free trial after purchase confirmation Auto-Renewal: Charged within 24 hours before subscription ends, period extends automatically Cancel: Manage/cancel auto-renewal in iPhone Settings → iTunes Store & App Store → Apple ID → Subscriptions 【Related Agreements】 Terms of Service: http://app.fuchun.vip/dining/UserAgreement.html Privacy Policy: http://app.fuchun.vip/dining/PrivacyPolicy.html By using this app, you agree to the above terms.

Screenshots

Dish Log3 screens
Dining4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dish Log at none against Dining's 3. Dining's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 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. Dining sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Dish Log asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Dish Log versus Dining: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDish LogDining
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer江泉 王冬 杨

In-app purchases

None

Dish Log

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Dining

Subscriptions2
  • 吃饭打卡神器包月VIP$2.991 Month
  • 吃饭打卡神器包年VIP$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • 吃饭打卡终身会员$14.99

Questions

Is Dish Log free?
Dish Log is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dining free?
Dining is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Dish Log or Dining have ads?
Neither Dish Log nor Dining shows ads.

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