Comparison

Menu Grade vs Protein Ring

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

Head to head
About

Menu Grade

Features
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Point your camera at any restaurant menu and see exactly how healthy each dish is! Scored, explained and personalised to you. Menu Grade scans menus in seconds using advanced text recognition, then analyses the nutrition behind every item - giving you a clear 0–100 health score, letter grade and full nutrient breakdown before you order. NO MORE GUESSING Every dish gets a transparent health score built from five easy-to-understand categories: calorie density, macro balance, sodium, beneficial nutrients and dietary profile. Tap any score to see exactly how it was calculated - no black boxes. WORKS IN ANY LANGUAGE Travelling abroad? Menu Grade detects the menu language automatically and translates dish names into your preferred language. Supports 15+ languages including Spanish, French, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Thai and more. ALLERGEN ALERTS Set up allergen profiles for yourself or your family. Menu Grade flags items that may contain your allergens using two-tier detection - AI analysis plus keyword matching against EU-14 allergen categories. Never worry about ordering the wrong dish again. BUILD YOUR PERFECT MEAL Combine appetiser, main and dessert to see the total nutrition at a glance. Use preset templates like Light Breakfast or Business Lunch or build your own combinations. TRACK YOUR NUTRITION Log meals to your food diary and track how you're doing against daily macro targets. View daily summaries, weekly trends and see your eating habits improve over time. EARN HEALTH POINTS Every scan earns Health Points based on the quality of your choices. Climb the ranks from "Fresh Start" to β€œMenu Grade Master", unlock achievement badges and maintain streaks. SOCIAL FEATURES Opt in to see how you rank on the anonymous weekly leaderboard. Share beautiful nutrition cards with friends or leave comments on dishes to help the community. FREE TO START Get 2 free scans every week - enough to try before you subscribe. Upgrade to Premium for unlimited scans, allergen alerts, meal combinations, nutrition targeting, export reports and full social features. PREMIUM INCLUDES β€’ Unlimited menu scans and translations β€’ Allergen detection with custom profiles β€’ Meal combination builder with templates β€’ Daily nutrition diary and macro tracking β€’ PDF nutrition reports for your dietitian β€’ Weekly leaderboard and social features β€’ Full scan history and restaurant trends SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS β€’ Monthly or yearly plans (with 7-day free trial) PRIVACY FIRST Your data stays on your device by default. No cross-app tracking. No third-party analytics. Social features are entirely opt-in. We believe what you eat is your business. Download Menu Grade and start making smarter choices at every meal. Terms of Use: https://tilthapps.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://tilthapps.com/privacy.html

About

Protein Ring

Features
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Protein Ring turns a plain sentence about what you ate into an honest protein number. Type what you actually ate, like "2 eggs, oats, and a protein shake". In seconds you see your protein, calories and the nutrients you're low on. Check the estimate, change what's wrong, and watch the ring fill. No photos, no barcodes, no food search. Key features: - A protein target sized from your goal, your training week and your body details, with Apple Health import if you want it. - Meal logging in your own words, typed or dictated. - Every estimate is shown for you to check before it counts. Change the words and it is estimated again. - Log again: repeat a meal you have had, with last time's estimate. - Insights over your last 28 days: how often protein reached its target, macros against your plan, and which nutrients fall short of the daily reference. - Apple Health, if you allow it: import body details, and add saved meals to Health. - Apple Watch: dictate a meal on your wrist and review it on your iPhone. - Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, and a Live Activity while the estimate works. - At most one reminder a day, and only if you turn it on. The weekly and yearly plans renew until you cancel; Apple shows the price before you confirm. Estimates can be incomplete or wrong; you check them before they count. Protein Ring is for general wellness and is not medical advice. LEGAL & SUPPORT Privacy Policy: https://proteinring.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://proteinring.com/terms Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Support: https://proteinring.com/support

Screenshots

Menu Grade4 screens
Protein Ring4 screens

Verdict

The call

Menu Grade and Protein Ring are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters β€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them β€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Menu Grade sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Protein Ring sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Menu Grade ships an update fortnightly, Protein Ring every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Menu Grade versus Protein Ring: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMenu GradeProtein Ring
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch β€” better
Requires iOS17.0 β€” better18.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size5 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoshua Rudland-PotterTypedream LLP

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Menu Grade

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
2 purchases

Protein Ring

Subscriptions2
  • Protein Ring Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Protein Ring Yearly3 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Menu Grade free?
Menu Grade is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Protein Ring free?
Protein Ring is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Menu Grade or Protein Ring have ads?
Neither Menu Grade nor Protein Ring shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Menu Grade or Protein Ring?
Menu Grade ships an update fortnightly, and Protein Ring every 2 weeks. Most recently, Menu Grade was updated on October 16, 2026 and Protein Ring on October 14, 2026.

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