MenuCraft vs Trepo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MenuCraft
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MenuCraft turns the recipes you already cook into a clean, print-ready PDF menu. Add your dishes, group them into sections, and pick a template. MenuCraft lays the menu out for you and can fit the whole thing on one page, or two, so it goes straight to the printer or out to your guests as a PDF. MAKE THE MENU - Six menu templates: Grand, Chalkboard, Grid, Broadsheet, Harvest and Neon, each with its own color themes - Fit to one page, two pages, or natural length - Compact, balanced or elegant spacing - The preview is the exact PDF you export, so what you approve is what prints - Export a PDF to share, or print straight from your phone KNOW WHAT EACH PLATE COSTS - Recipes with ingredients, quantities and waste factors - Cost per plate, next to a suggested menu price - Allergens flagged automatically from your ingredient list WRITE AND BUILD FASTER - AI menu descriptions: short, specific lines that name the method and the ingredients that sell the dish - Snap a photo of an existing menu and MenuCraft pulls the items in for you PRICE WITH DATA - Menu engineering matrix: dishes sorted by margin, with popularity estimated from price (MenuCraft does not import your sales yet) - Price sensitivity: see what a price change does to margin - Layout guidance: which dishes should lead each section, and the order of your sections WHAT YOU GET Without a subscription you can build up to 8 recipes and 2 menus, cost your plates, and preview your menu in the Grand and Grid templates. MenuCraft Pro adds PDF export and printing, all six templates, unlimited recipes and menus, AI descriptions, menu photo import, and the menu engineering, pricing and layout tools. WHO BUILT IT MenuCraft was built by an operator with 36 years in restaurants, from dishwasher to owner of Mouton's Bistro & Bar, which was sold in March 2026. It does the menu work that used to mean a designer, a spreadsheet and a long night after close. The annual plan starts with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. Privacy Policy: https://alstiginc.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://restaurantai.consulting/terms TERMS AND PRIVACY Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ App terms: https://alstiginc.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://alstiginc.com/privacy
Trepo
Manage your kitchen inventory, plan meals based on what you have, and track your nutrition effortlessly. This app acts as your AI food assistant, helping you reduce waste and shop smarter.
- Inventory management
- AI meal planning
- Nutrition tracking via photo
- Smart grocery lists
- Waste tracking
- Recipe suggestions
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(From the makers of the Trepo smart kitchen magnet) Stop managing your kitchen across five different apps. Trepo knows what's in your fridge, what you eat, what you waste, and exactly what to do next - all in one place, for free. How it works: 1. Add your groceries to your Trepo inventory 2. Ask Trepo what to cook, buy, track, or skip 3. Scan meals for instant nutrition and macros Features: USE WHAT YOU HAVE Trepo builds meal plans around the food already in your kitchen. No more generic recipe libraries - cook smarter with what you own. ASK TREPO Your AI food assistant is always ready. Ask what you can make tonight, what's about to expire, how many calories were in that meal, or what you should buy this week. Just ask. KNOW YOUR NUTRITION Snap a photo of any meal and get an instant breakdown of calories, macros, and nutrients. Log food effortlessly and stay on track with your health goals or prescribed diet. SMART GROCERY LISTS Trepo sees what you're running low on, what your meal plan needs, and what you've been wasting - then builds your grocery list automatically. No more mental math at the store. TRACK WHAT YOU WASTE See exactly what gets thrown away and why. Trepo helps you spot patterns, shop smarter, and stop spending money on food you don't use. ONE APP. EVERYTHING. Replace your meal planner, grocery list, macro tracker, inventory manager, and recipe app - all with Trepo. One subscription. Actually, free. If you have any ideas or questions, please email us at founders@trepo.ai Download Trepo and take control of your kitchen.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Trepo at none against MenuCraft's 2. MenuCraft's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. MenuCraft sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Trepo asks for nothing beyond the download.
MenuCraft ships an update weekly, Trepo every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | MenuCraft | Trepo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.9 (56 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 56 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ALSTIG INC | Matthew Taylor |
In-app purchases
MenuCraft
- Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
- Pro Annual7 Days trial$59.991 Year
Trepo
No in-app purchases









