Comparison

DinnerVote vs HelloMealio

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

Head to head
About

DinnerVote

This app introduces a democratic approach to family meal planning. Members vote weekly on their top dinner choices, with results displayed in real-time to help create a shared weekly schedule and eliminate mealtime debates.

Highlights
  • Weekly family voting on top dinner picks
  • Live, real-time vote results and rankings
  • Weekly dinner schedule planning
  • View who voted and who hasn't
  • Family group management via join code
  • Admin controls for voting windows and dinner library
Features
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Tired of the "what's for dinner?" debate? DinnerVote brings democracy to your dinner table. Every week, your family votes on their top 3 dinner picks. See the results, plan the schedule, and finally agree on what to eat — without the argument. FEATURES - Weekly Voting — family members pick their top 3 dinners each week during the voting window - Live Results — see how the votes stack up in real time with rankings and vote counts - Dinner Schedule — plan which dinners you're making each day of the week - Who Picked What — see exactly who voted for what, and who hasn't voted yet - Family Management — invite family members with a simple join code - Admin Controls — set your voting window, manage your dinner library, and schedule the week HOW IT WORKS 1. Create a family group and invite your family 2. Build your dinner library with your favorite meals 3. Open voting each week and let everyone pick their top 3 4. Check the results and plan your week DinnerVote works great for families who want to take the guesswork out of meal planning while making sure everyone has a voice.

About

HelloMealio

This app helps couples or households plan weekly dinners together, creating a shared grocery list and assigning cooking nights. It allows users to import recipes from various sources and offers a hands-free cooking companion in its premium version.

Highlights
  • Shared weekly dinner planning
  • Live, collaborative grocery list
  • Recipe import from web and photos
  • Assign cooking nights
  • Hands-free cooking assistant (Pro)
  • Household cooking streaks and stats
Features
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The dinner app for both of you. Dinner is a two-person job, but every dinner app is built for one. HelloMealio gives your household one shared plan you both get a say in, one live grocery list two phones can split, and one answer to "who's cooking tonight." PLAN THE WEEK TOGETHER * A week of dinners from recipes you already have, planned in seconds. * Your partner gets a real vote: thumbs-up any night, or ask for a swap — one tap finds a better fit from your library. * The plan shows its work: see the ingredients your dinners share, so the week fits in one reasonable grocery run. SPLIT THE STORE * One live list, grouped by aisle. Check an item on your phone and it disappears on theirs, instantly. * Claim an aisle each and divide the trip, with a running count of what's left for each of you. * Your list stays with you even when the store's signal doesn't. TONIGHT, HANDLED * Tonight Mode answers 5pm: what's for dinner, and whose night it is. * Assign any night to either of you. The home-screen widget shows "You cook" — or their name — and the dinner reminder goes to the cook's phone. * Mark it cooked, hand it off, or swap it. No plan tonight? Three quick picks from your own library. * Defrost reminders the night before, when tomorrow's dinner needs one. YOUR KITCHEN, GROWING * Bring recipes in from anywhere: paste a link from the web, TikTok, or Instagram, or snap a photo of a cookbook page. * Scale any recipe to tonight's headcount and the ingredient amounts follow. * Keep the screen awake while you cook — wet hands never have to wake your phone. * Share any recipe with a private link your friends can view and save. * A household streak and honest stats: what you actually cooked, together, and who cooked it. FREE FOR BOTH OF YOU The two-player kitchen is free: the shared plan, the live list, reactions and swaps, who-cooks-tonight, streaks, and invites. HelloMealio Pro unlocks an unlimited recipe library and unlimited imports, plus Voice Chef — a hands-free cooking companion that talks you through the exact recipe you're making. Pro is $19.99 a year or $3.99 a month, and one price covers everyone in your household. Less than one takeout order. Sign in with Apple or Google, plan your first week, then add your person. Dinner's better on two phones. Subscriptions renew automatically until canceled in your App Store settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

DinnerVote4 screens
HelloMealio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DinnerVote at none against HelloMealio's 2. HelloMealio's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. HelloMealio sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. DinnerVote asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for DinnerVote against 5.0 for HelloMealio. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DinnerVote ships an update every 2 months, HelloMealio every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
DinnerVote versus HelloMealio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDinnerVoteHelloMealio
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB71 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBirkRidge LLCHELLOMEALIO LLC

Customer experience

DinnerVote

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

HelloMealio

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

DinnerVote

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

HelloMealio

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$59.991 Year

Questions

Is DinnerVote free?
DinnerVote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HelloMealio free?
HelloMealio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, DinnerVote or HelloMealio?
DinnerVote and HelloMealio are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do DinnerVote or HelloMealio have ads?
Neither DinnerVote nor HelloMealio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DinnerVote or HelloMealio?
DinnerVote ships an update every 2 months, and HelloMealio every 4 days. Most recently, DinnerVote was updated on October 8, 2026 and HelloMealio on October 6, 2026.

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