Spin My Dinner vs What for Dinner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spin My Dinner
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Can't decide what to eat? Spin My Dinner makes choosing your next meal fun and easy. Just spin the wheel and let the app decide your dinner tonight!
What for Dinner
Create a personalized home menu of your favorite dishes, organized by collections and integrated with a weekly meal planner. Generate grocery lists directly from your plan to shop smarter. Supports English and Chinese.
- Personalized home menu creation
- Dish curation with photos
- Organize dishes into collections
- Weekly meal planning
- Automated grocery list generation
- Bilingual support (English & Chinese)
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WhatForDinner Your kitchen has a menu now. WhatForDinner lets you build a personal home menu — a curated collection of dishes you actually make, presented like a restaurant menu but made entirely your own. No more staring at the fridge wondering what's for dinner. Your answer is already waiting. Curate your dishes Add the meals you love and give them a home. Upload a photo, remove the background, and watch your dish look like it belongs on a real menu. Clean, visual, yours. Organize your way Group dishes into collections — by mood, occasion, cuisine, or season. Your menu, your rules. Plan your week Drag dishes into your weekly meal plan and stop making the same decision every night. See your whole week at a glance and eat with intention. Shop smarter Generate a grocery list straight from your meal plan. Know exactly what you need before you leave the house. Bilingual support Fully available in English and 中文 — switch anytime, seamlessly. WhatForDinner is for people who care about what they eat and how it feels to eat it. Aesthetic, organized, and built for the way you actually live.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: What for Dinner at none against Spin My Dinner's shown. On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Spin My Dinner ships an update every 10 days, What for Dinner every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spin My Dinner | What for Dinner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Trucking Lab, LLC | BOYA DU |
In-app purchases
Spin My Dinner
No in-app purchases
What for Dinner
No in-app purchases
